The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-15
CHAPTER 24.-REvENUE
OF 70 arnanI an A..:.lA-l IL

in relation to Revenue" being Chapter AZ of
the Revision of 1860.
Section /. Be 1t enacted by The General ASSEM-
bly, Of tie State of Ioua, That the word "two"
in the last line of the first sub division of section
ITO and the word two in the twelfth line of
section TAB of Chapter 45 Of the Revision of
1860, being AN Act in relation to Revenue "
be and the same are hereby stricken out and
the words two and one half inserted in lieu
thereof. And the Census Board may direct the
levy of tax for State purposes not exceeding
two and one half mills on the dollar, any thing
in said Act or other laws of this State to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec = That the Board Of Supervisors of each
County shall hold a session on the first Monday
in September, in the year 1861 and each year
thereafter, at which session they shall levy the
several taxes required by sections ITO and
TAG OF said chapter as numbered in said Revi-
sion, and may transact such other business as
may legally come before them.
See 3. That the words .. and next succeeding
the general election" in section 7S9 be and they
are hereby stricken out, and all provisions of
said chapter 45 Inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act are hereby repealed
Sec. 4. That the words twenty cents" in
the 10th line of section 764 of said Chapter 4s
as numbered in said Revision be and the same
are hereby stricken oat and the words :" a sum
not exceeding ten cents" be inserted in lieu
thereof and that all after the word sale" in the
10th line of said section is hereby stricken out
and the following is enacted in lieu thereof, to
wit: The county shall pay the cost of pubca-
ton, but it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to
act in good faith, and procure the publication
of SAID delinquent tax list for the lowest sum i'll
his power, and in no case shall the county he
liable for more than the amount charged TO the
delinquent lands for advertising, and if the
Treasurer cannot procure the publication of said
notice for that sum, or il for any other reason
the Treasurer is unable to procure the publica-
ton of said notice in his county, it shall be his
duty to post up written notices of said sale in
four of the most public places in his County four
weeks before sale and notice SO given shall have
the same force and effect as though the same
had been published in newspaper. In giving
notice Of the sale of lands or town lots Tor taxes
it shall be the duty of the Treasurer in cases
where the name of the owner of any delinquent
lands or town lots is unknown, to embrace the
largest quantity practicable in each description
of such lands and it is made the duty of the
Auditor of State at the earliest practical day
after the passage of this Act to notify the
Clerks of the respective County Boards of Su-
pervsors of the passage of this Act and trans.
init to each of them copy Of this Act, and such
instructions as he may deem advisable.
Sec. 5. That the words, as the SAME are re-
corded on the tax list the amount Of taxes for
each year." in section 764 of Revision of 1860,
are hereby repealed and there is hereby enacted
in lieu Thereof, the words, :" for the delinquent
taxes of the preceding year aud such real pro-
perry as has not been advertised for the taxes
of previous years, and on which the taxes re
main due and delinquent, and the amount of
taxes"
Sec. 6 That all of section 759 of the Revision
of 1850 after the word title," is hereby re-
pealed, and there is enacted in lieu thereof, the
words, "the Treasurer is authorized and direct
ed to collect the delinquent taxes by the sale OF
any property upon which the taxes are levied
or any other personal or real property belong
| ing to the person against whom the taxes are
| assessed"
Sec Z. This act being deemed of immediate
| Importance by the General Assembly, shall take
effect and be in force from and after its publica
tion in the Iowa State Register, and Iowa State
Journal.
Approved May 9th, 1851.
Chief Justice fancy and the Laws.
Iotle editors Of tie Louisville Journal
am a law-abiding citizen-a thorough law
and order man. l depIore all demonstrations
or unlawful steps of the Administration, thougl
they be taken with the laujable object of pre-
serving the Constitution and the laws for age
to come. particularly deplore the unwilling
ness of the Administration to obey writs of la
6eas corpus, but insist that Chief Justice Tame
is the last man to sickle for the supremacy c
the law over all political considerations.
| Last January, while the imbecie Buchanan
occupied the Chief Magistracy, and treason ra
| riot unchecked, venerable old gentleman iron
New York, Francis TIeadwel, who had in form
err years obtained some celebrity as one of tn
council of Dorr, and is known as a man of tn
| mi nod oh nraspntp6 Aft
davit to Chief Justice fancy. in which he chare
ed Cobb, Davis ana Toomhs with treason, an
named Winfield Scott, James Buchanan, Thorn
as Hicks and some others as witnesses. ID
asked for the issuing Of writ of arrest, sun
moning the Witnesses and that the criminals b
dealt with according to law. fancy put the al
, idavit in his pocket carried it about for thre
, DAYS, and then told Mr.. Treadwell that he coul
, not act in the matter. Now, if the letter of til
i law is superior to all political considerations
Taney should have issued his warrant, commit
ted Cobb Davis and Toonbs for trial, and
their guilt was established, sentenced them t
the gallows. 1t was his duty to do his part {
, the business, and rely on an honest jury to d
theirs, and if the jury had shrunk from the plai
/. path of truth, or if the President desired to il
!. ierfere and shield the traitors by a pardon Q
I, none proseq,i from their we'll deserved fate, h,
: the Chief Justice would have been free froI
guilt. -sse
: But Mr.. fancy appeals to tho supremacy
the law only when it can be appealed to 70
q the destruction of all law; he has no law to pul
q isb, but plenty of law to screen traitors.
a Louisville, june 7ih, 1861.
JEvF DAVIS As PRoPnEr--We find in 7,
ported speech of JEFF Davis, Of June, 1857, tn,
g 'while disclsimins being an alarmst, he urge
/ the citizens of the South to prepare for the moi
. ster crisis, when the Union will be severed, whic
. is to come in 1860" Thus we see that befo
Abraham Lincoln Was dreamed of as a candida
!. for the Presidency, and in the very first year
!. NJ. Buchanan's administration, this Southei
. rebellion of 1850 WAS resolved upon, and tn,
Davis predicted it Is one having authority.