Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-08-14

Fiorids, ll6s2s4
Texas, ..- 532s6O
Iowa, eI8ses2
Wisoonsfn. --, So 1883
ECaIisornia. -, 462,a2l
Minnesota, 1oay 100
Oregon. 80 ,.-...s S2,7l1
New Mexico, . 1927
Utah. s0s4T3
Warrington. 1883
NebrsaIs. 2T,96s
Nevada. $3.50
Colorado, say35a
Dekosah. 4,062
District Colunhia, 74,lSs
| The tag 10 be laid On all lands and lots
of ground. vita their improvements,
dwelling houses, ehatsles and slavas- The
bill provides that any person who shall
give fraudalenk iist Of property under
Bis charge or owned by him, shall be in
| ed in the sum nes exceeding $AO0s and
paw. sill costs and charges of prosecution,
Prom the valuation Of the BoAsa Of Asses
soEs, there is 10 be no appeal. !.
| The principal asa esseFs are 30 be paid
SS Per day for esery day employed in
making arrangements and giving Dessssa-
nv instructions to the assistant Asssssors;
o. per day TOR ever day employ ed in hear
| ing appeals, raisang volunteers and max
ing out iisss, gnd % for every hundred
names Of taxable property contained in
the tax list. Each Assistant Assessor
will receive $S for every day employed in
collecting lists and making valuations.
IL 10 proposed 70 tax stills, boilers, and
other utensils employed IN the dissilstion
Of spirisuous liquors fifteen cents ca sv-
err gallon of capacity and &c !AT Lag
OF fivs eauts Per gallon on al fomented
and mailed liquors, and Of ten cents per
gallon on Ill spirituous liquors,
It ID further proposed TO lay = tax upon
carriages, the anoaas OF tax 10 be pro-
portioned 10 the valas Of the carriage
From this all vehicles used exclusively for
the transportation of merchandise are TO
be exempted.
| On alf Others not exceeding in value
$50, it Is proposed to lay tax Of 81; ex-
oesdfng $50 in value, bus NOT ever sl00,
tax Of 81; above $20O, bus not exceed
ing 800, tar of Sl6; sbove $500, but
not exceeding $500 8 lax Of -; ADORE
SEQ, but not exceeding $500, tax Of
tt506. sgg q 20; A sSusRss s sSsssaisg a.,
a tax Of $50.
From the above it viii be seen thaG the
people Of Iowa, will have to pay $S7s,-
s32 in direct taxes, IS their portion Of the
interest on the war dsbt, created By Con-
gress. This SUM will be nearly one and
a half times greater than their State tax
for this year, OF 10 make the matter more
plain, the man who pays $40 State tax
this year, win have 10 par SIS United
State tax next year--he who pays $40 this
yeas, win pay S2s next year, upon the
same properly IL valued By the assessor At
the same price A tax ia 1svied upoO the
farmers wagon, il Of less vslus than $50,
Of one dollar, while under the present Law
IL the wagon was valued al $50, the tax
would be just IL IL esats- This appor.
tioamsns Of taxes, il viii be seen, 10 made
among the whole thirty four States Of she
Union. Ii, for any cause, the tax cannot
be collected ia the seeedsd and slave
States, then the anouni will have to be
raised from the rssnaining free States,
which would Increase the amount 10 be
paid by Iowa, 10 nearly one million OF
dollars. This would ssuss the farmer who
nov pays Sl0 State tax, 10 par so Unit
ed States tax, or $50, in the place Of $40.
And this il not ali The $500, 000, 900
viii have TO be paid ia q few short years,
and We ask If il is necessary 70 resort TO
direct taxation to pay the interest, viii
not the peoples taxes be greatly incrsas-
ed when they are called upon to say both
principal and Interest," when that time
comes, viii the people be able to pay their
taxesP j.. ---..
Ws~ask where 10 che necessity Of tbs
expenditure Of this vass amount of mon
yS What Is 10 be ssinsd by ltd expsad-
itass What viii ii profis the people OF
lows, II thgy sAal ascertain that 1--WE
have Government and ut ths same
time ascertain that they have made them
selves paapsrs In gaining the desired
knowasdge2 But suppose after they have
expended shis yasa amount Of monsy, At.
Ter they have enaambcred themselves with
an overwhelming debt, after they have
shed rivers Of the best blood in the land,
that they should be forced 10 aeknoweI-
edge the Independence OF the Southern
Csnfedsracy, and BY 80 doing, according
TO the Black Republican, dis nion doc
tFiae, aaknowlsdgs thas vs. have no Coy
sznmens Al MI, whs. viii va Aasa gaiasa
By the CIVIL WAR;
Ii it wers an experiment 10 xtast the |
question WHISTLER this uasea eaa ks hsla |
together By fsroe, and If the war was
wagsd for TIE purpose Of holding the Ua-
ion togsahss, ssill there might b. some
SENSE In prosecuting ID. Bias when chs /
lesders 81 she war parry declare that toe
var il net prosecuted with the visN Of /
understanding the Uaion, but merely % show
ms snath thas tho Nnssh ean whip shssn
In, and thss kisk sassm oat Of ahe Union,
on ~ xaoshsr ~ rid, the war Should b.
prosesased ss1sss sevs y ersaia, Aat ~
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