The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-07


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and few othen Icopld name ii The House. e
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, better BE- Iest Il home. They may make ves
good "bar room politicians but they are entirel
ont Of place in : legislative body. They are
: legdAtion. what broken hridgesare 10 railroas
with this exception, the latter may be repaife
but these men were spoiled in The '.getting q
procsss and there i NO ..repairr in them.
4 The bill appscpriating t7S,0o0 70 the Insan
Asylum, has parsed both houses But one Dem
qcrat, A. o. Patterson, Of the Senate, voted 70
=. and only two, Hall and Taylor, in the House
The mass Of that party seemed 70 be s.impervious
TO the truth. They would listen TO nothing--d,
nothing, only SO it blind Even Senator Cool
baagh forgot his usual independence and bod
| spoke and voted sgatnse tho appropriation, ana
that too aiter compliaenting Senator Patterson
for his abe speech and honest effort ip its behalf
II Senator Coolhaugh is satisfied with his course
90 this subject, Lean assure him, that there an
thcss heretofore among his best friends, iwisu
think he might have made i much more consis
tant record, and one that hereafter might be 1
source Of more pleasure to him. -
| The business before che two houses is now ran.
idly assuming shape TO be ..inishcd up.s The
apportionment bills have passed. Itgivcs to the
House 9S members and to the Senate 4e. These
numbers are large, but it is probably the best
that could be done without piling too many
counties together in one district
The revenue bill isnow under discussion in the
House. have rot read the bill--it is very long,
II provides restriction upon Counties, in regard
70 the amount of taxes TO be levied in any one
year. This may prove good feature. It would
seem that something Of this kind was necessary,
for in some Of the newly organized counties, the
most outrageous abuses have been practiccd, in
ievying enormous taxes, for the special benefit Of
few, to whom fat contracts for bridges, school
houses, &C., have been awarded, where such i'm.
proyements are wholly unnecessary. In one in.
stance a school house was built at a point fifteen
miles from any settlement.
The House has passed very stringent usury
law, and think it win pass the Senate. Should
it pass and become the law Of the State, / think
it will cut Oh the two, three and four-per-cent.
per month men from their tobbing propcnsities.
The usual argument against it is, that it will
dr''e ont and keep ont capital from the State This
argument is sophi0a and based entirely on false
premises. II Is the high rate of interest that pro-
duces this effect, while at the same time, it saps
the money morals Of the people, Legitimate cap
ital in the hands of honest and good men, to be
loaned for legitimate and useful purposes, will
never seek permanent investment where from
two to five per cent month is the interest rate
1hdt ctess Of naes, know that where such rates
obtain, there is and be no security basis and
Mnf is what they look to with scrutinzing eve. |
4 r"soRabie rate Of intereH and certain security
nil ot"oys commend Tie capital Of s,sch men. This
is what We need in Iowa and must have before !
our State can regain her credit abroad The ap-
praisement hill is nov in the hands Of a commit. |
tee OF conference. There is no doubt but the |
committee will come to an agreement such as will
meet the views of both houses and the bill be |
passed. This is another good measure. The
creditor who is not willing to take the soil of |
Iowa at thirdsits cash value, does not deserve
much Legislative sympathy, or any other kind
Dfsympathy.
By the way, permit me to say word IN regard
10 our State officers. No State in the Union
san boast Of better, more honest and more eff
'ientset of State officials, than ourSsate. Amidst
Ill the carping and twisting to find fault and cen
'ure, On the part of the Democrats during the
present session, not one word of blame or censure
las been uttered against one OF them, except Gov
lirkwood, for telling Me haal in his inaugural, and
hat was only done for purpose" Our Secre.
airy of State, the Hon. T. jSegs--onr State Treas
rer, the Hon J. ". Jones-our Auditor of State,
he Hon J. W. Cattsl, are all men of sterling in
rgrity and worth. They are an honor to the
tate, and an honor to the Republican party,
Tho placed them in the position they occupy, ,
nth so much credit to themselves and the State.
'or ono hope they win be reelected next fall
1851 s,
s DEs MONIES, March 81, le60
For several days past the House has been at
FORK upon the Revenue hill--Hopsc file No. s35. ,
{ is lengthy bill, and has been in the hands Of
he Committee on Ways and Means, of which Mr.
hurley is chairman, nearly all the session. Yes
eriay and to-day the Senate has been at work /
pom the bill, it having passed the House at It's {
seninG session night before last. II
The bill provides for State Revenue, of II j
Hills on the dollar unless another rate s ordered
y the State Census Board, in which case it can i
o. exceed p mills; for County Revenue, not |
xceeding mills; for Schools, not more than I
mills. It exempts from taxation all public J
roperty, School lands, property of Fire cempan- +,
ss, Of Educational and Eemos; nary Institutions,
nd the same property Of private individuals as ]
now exempt. Each Township elects its own
assessor, who shall commence his work with
q 8 days after The second Monday of January. {
{ requires town lots and each 40 acre tract Of
and to DO separately assessed, when the owner
J unkno yn.
She Board Of County Supervisors ia Iaade, the
|osrd Of Equalization, who shall perform that
uty at their regular June session Of each year.
he County Clerk is required by July lst to trans
ait to the State Auditor an abstract of the lands
ssessed and the aggregate Of personal property.
he State Census Board is made the Board Of
equalization, and meet for that purpose on the
rst Monday Of August Of each year. At its
une session, the Board Of County aupery:sors
evy the tar for that year, and the tax becomes
se on the Let Of November following, and the
treasurer il directed to collect the same, by dis
ress and sale Of any property not exempt from
seeution, On tAsArst Of February Of each
ear tho taxes fov the yesr preceding become
and draw interest ct one per cent pev-
month"; On the III Monday ofOctober Of each
nar tho Trpor>Rer Il reOueeted to sell the lands