New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-27
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We have often taken occasion to expose the
wrong of casting the entire burden OF taxation
in this City upon the property OF Its residents
alone. while no taxes are levied on the millions
of dollars invested here by non-residents who are
enriched by the advantages New-fork offers for
doing business, who enjoy the protection of the
laws. and whe in all justice ought to pay their
norton of the current cost of these thugs. /.
needs no elaborate argument to prove that the
resident merchant or banker ought not to pay
both his own taxes and those of his non resident
connection next door; this having long been felt
resulted in The introduction of q bill at the las,
session of the Legislature to meet the difficulty
This bill was brought in by Senator Spencer of
the With District, who originally designed 1t to
apply to this City only; but when it came to be
discussed in the Senate its provisions were thou Sht
to be so just that there was universal desire to
extend them over the entire State. The bill was
amended accordingly, and passed the Senate by a
unanimous vote in the following form:
AN ACT to amend al Act entitled An Act for the Assessment
and Collection Of Taxes IN The STATE Of NeTi ORR
A..mIy do mai a, folor,
Section All Persons and associations doing business In the
"a rrItpas or tsrtaers special herwe and
residents OF This State hs be aud taxed all
residents Of said State and said shall be collected
from The properly OF ths firms 10 which they severay belong
Sec ? THIS &C. shall take effect Immediately.
When the act reached the House endeavors to
have it amended were made by certain agents of
foreign capitalists, but they were totally unsuc-
cessfal, ond the BILL as above cited, finally passed
that body on the 18th of April last or six days
before the actual close Of the session, BY vote
very nearly unanimous; il we recollect Alright
not half dozen members voted against it. Hiy-
ing thus passed the Legislature it was sent to the
Governor for bis approval. Up to the date of the
adjournment no official communication had been
received from him upon the subject; but soon
afterward, as we are positively informed, ii was
stated in this City, by Mr.. DePuy. Gov. Scymour's
Private Secretary ntbe presence of Messrs. Ogden
Hoffman, Jonathan w. Allen and Erastus Brooks,
that the bill hsd been signed By the GoeernOr. But
though Mr.. Seymour has thus given the act his
official approval, rendering it complete, he has
never sent it to the Office Of the Secretary Of
State to be recorded, as it was his duty to do,
which record is the official evidence that an
act has become law. He has fixed the saai of
his appreciation upon the measure, after it had
passed the Legislature with such unprecedented
unanimity, but still withholds it from the people,
Thus he compels the inhabitants OF this City
alore to pay one Million Dollars of taxes which
ought to fail upon foreign capital that is here en-
rching its absent owners. Why is thisl For
what reason should Gov. Seymour desire to favor
foreign milOnaires at the expense of the residents
of this City, And on what ground does he keep
back law which he has signed, and has no
longer any moral or legal right to retain in his
possession II he is not too much absorbed in
preparing for the election and in representing the
great cause of unlimited rum, the public would
like to hear from him conct rning this important
law