The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-11-16


Messrs Maxon, Trl,nbo, and Mackey were add.
cd TO the committee on finance
On motion, the board adjourned to 3 o'clock
to-morrw morning.
Nov l2, O'Clock A. NJ
Board met pursuant TO adjournment. The mi.
nutes OF yesterday were read and approved
Mr. Baldwin stated that u arranging the mat.
ter OF assessments considerable difficulty existed
no to the proper mode Of assessing lands living on
The town borders and on both sides of th. lines
and occupied but an side He said the law
on tile subject was indefinite. For the sake of II.
hiioflnity IN the matter, he moved that il be n.
doPted as rule that IN adjusting the assessment
all land shall be assessed IN the town where i,
hes unless It be lot or Subdivision divided by til.
township line, in which case i, shall he assessed
IN the town where the occupant resides.
Dir. Wagner thought the law was so plain tina;
there could be no such rule adopted without con.
fiictng with its provisions. The law was rs fol.
lows:
5 a. The moneys necessary to defray the town
charges of each town shall he levied on the taxa.
Die property IN such town. in the manner prescri.
bed IN the act for raising revenue and other mon.
eys tor state and county expenses.
ii the town line should for instance, cut n farm
or held, IN one enclosure, although not a legal
subdivision. there can be no doubt but it must b.
taxed IN the town where the occupant resides.
| MI Barber thought, where the law was palm
we should not attempt To establish rifles 10 90
around 1t. The only difficulty here could be in
the meaning of She word farm or lot" Legally
a iot was Il subdivision Of so acres. He tool;
'e law to mean, therefore, that where n man re.
sided on an so lying on both sides OF Il town line
I'M h..f flyu
RESIDES; but where, as were cases in his town. n
man owned many acres across the town line. nj.
though adjoining the land on which lie resided
the land WAS unoccupied by him, and must be
taxed IN the adjoining town. 1t was lust tha,
each town should tax its own lands-thot the
towns should have the bencfi, Of all their land 10
make roads, dc The construction Of Mr. Wap.
ner would operate unustly while fair cvnstruc.
tlon would be equitable.
Mr.. Wagner agreed that so far n. unoccupied
lands are concerned the views Of Mr. Barber we're
correct; but there could be no doubt, that a farm
no matter how large, if all occupied and worked
oy one man. must be assessed in the town Of the
occupant. There could be no dividing it by eight.
les, or confnlng 1t to one enclosure
! Dir McBurney agreed with Mr. Wagners con.
struc,ion
Mr. Jones SAID there We're lands taxed in his
town that lie in DeKalb county. The difficulty
lies III the meaning If the wofd occupy lie tho't
the construction continuing the occupancy To so n.
crrS, WAS the most reasonable and equitable
! On motion Of Mr. Barber the matter WIS laid
over for the present
! The board on motion Of Mr. Hoffman, proceed.
ed To consider an appeal from the decision cf a in.
ry called IN The ;Ownof Salisbury to examine and
award damages if any be found due, to Mr. A. d.
Brown for locating a road through his premises
The jury had been called under Sec. IL of Art.
- OF the town law. The jury after viewing the
premises decided that MIR. Brown wa, not enti.
tied to receive any damages; or rather, that Lis
damages were slO0, and the benefit to hi. place
SlOO, and under sec. / of art "a they Offset the
one against the Other. The board heard the state
menis OF Messrs Highly, Let's, Mitchell and others,
and then, on motion of Mr. jackson, proceeded to
vote by ballot, on the question whether damages
should be awarded Nj Brown or not The vote
stood Is against damages, 10 for damages.
The board thon adjourned 10 | O'Clock.