The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-02-19

We find hat tho history Of the repeal Of III,
river tax is no, perfectly understood ty the pea
pie Interested and ,hat occasionally injustice &
done our mcnbess through misarprsheusion
We shall, thcreiye attenp; 70 STAKE the mar
as tie, SO ,hht t,smo Il there ;s any, nay J
10 tie gi-lt 9uu,tr.
There seemed. during III, fret week o. zen
days Of the .cs.i1s 70 be some uncertainty viii
our ue,nbers, Il TO MIA, vas really waited ot
then on the subject ,he letters received from
HON, being indefinite aud contradictory. Final
", however in tho second veel Of the session, a
bill, prepared by member Of the rivsr board,
was intro gcsj in ,he house By Mr. Potter ami
ia the course q week OF ten days, passed tha,
body, The proyj.i5rs Of TIA. b.l! were in few
word, a. follows;
l. All cSccp; dF ~, sections Of .aa &c. Of
last Jane were repcsNi.
; Tie town, that bad voted ~ be river tax
were authorized at the next town meeting to
withdraw from he river board by vote
s. Immediately on any towns Withdrawing,
the rive, board va. directed to give notice tbs,
al claims gains, the boarj must be- presented
within six marths or Be forever barred
5. Tie town collectors we're arsctsi to coll,e.
tie tax in accordance with lie act Of The extra
session, winch tax, SO collected, was directed to
be refunded to the Withdrawing towns in proper
ton to the amount they had paid after dedact.rs
heir proportion Tor actual expenses incurred 10y
he river board.
6. Edwin S Island WAS directed to convey
lack to the inliyilus'. who had purchased It, the
land hell by him iatru,; f.r the river boali
7, II all the towns withdrew, the river board
was declared dissolved
By tue lime this bill got into the senate M
Cook and indeed al our members, became salts
fi.j tia, j, was no, vha. was wanted here, and
Mr c. then drew ypasi introduced the bin which
was faaIly passed. That tiil simply p-oyijss-
1t. For The repeal + the act Of June, 1859
Which directed ,he tax to be collected
Cd Suspended tie collection Of The tax unc5r
dtionalIy and directed the collectors to return
what they lad collected, to the persons they hao
collected i; from.
81. Dre,ted E,lvio S Leland to convey back
Tie Utica school lois % toe persons vho h'd con
yeyed them to lin 10 trust ior tie River Board
anu dissolved lie River Board
This isthe short AMI plain history We cannot
zee how any cfoor members can e ceusured il
lie mater. Tist- 30 G.sagsesmeat ena9a
them on the SUI jet AMI they we're all sincerely
DESTROYS to do that Gully which would give Tie
mosi general satisfaction.
We see no f4ult IN hrta; 5u. we afe compelled
to say with our dull vision, we cannot see the fair
ness oricslice Of TIE towns absolyiug them,elye.
totally from the paymSut Of even a dine Of the
necessary expenses Of tAs River Board, OF Of re-
funding the amount Ties had paid TO the persons
who purchased in good faith the L tca school lots
flr th. beuef! Of the river board It's true ,here
was no legal liability on the par. OF the towns to
pay them, bu. there was an obi CATION which il
more binding ,han merc law, and that was
h9nor-common honesty and good fli.h. Iii. a
small matter, aud the steven vc,mkad iniivid-
unl. will not be ruinss by their speculation in
Utica school lots, but they are certainly the only
persons dat have Teen wrougei in the natter
We submit, whether it will na; he likely at least
to dampen their counge or disposition again to
venture anything Tor tue hsrcli. or improvement
Of Ottawa and tbs surrounding towns.