The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-01-12

/ Of what had taken place. and be insisted
!. that IN assessment should lie made there
and advised this aiiiant 10 make il BY q
Edeputy for II they, the inhabitants, could
mot he approached by one inar smother
nnst be tried n
He therefore sought for q deputy; aud
Inohe cuuId3he found who w11fd under
taketlie duties but Ii, Keith J0giastotr,
j who was a man not easily blulFed ofF
X lie nceording appointed him deputy. III
lthis way be made tile assessment; hiit BEL
lore the time of collecting tie tax, John
1 sion SOB info difficulty md lgft for Cali.
4 forllii, I,y this time III llad become well
understood that ne eonld rot collect tlie
\ taxes there except W q deputy. IIe
therefore agnig sought deputy aud
found q Mr. Kirk, Who wonI,i undertake
IL il Judge Eckles said the taxes taald lg
lcdtlccted, but not without i Short time
.FaftcrNafd be again saw Nh Eirk, v 10
informed him that lie had talked with
i Juage lsekies on Tic subject. add that
Judge Eckles said ID cotild ilof zee Why
The taxes could not IL collected Ac-
jrordipsy Mr. Kirk was nppqiated tlerll-
Il ~ but he newer succeeded .ftt collecting
3airy taxes as this aaiant finally believes,
NJ any rate he left in June Inst without
5.cHer reporting Hlly taxes collected. Ii
this posi- lion matters stood until j ilg last.
i when ali effort was made TO enforce lie
n INV relating to the sale af liquor. So
}sootl as this was done tie people met ana
/ passed sundry resolutions agreeing to re.
1 sist the execution Of tho law relating 10
the sale 81 liquor, aud the collection Of
5titaxes ':g he. .'3. 80. a,..'
These resolutions were sent 10 Ii Snow,
Probate Judge, and by him shown tOthis
safiiant. s. IS III zs'.
hi August last, at Tie election held ID
j Fairfield Altthe legal 81 ILLEGAL votes
Hpolled we're cast for men whose names
We're on those resolutions. AS this
showed a singular state Of aiTairs, Mr.. u.
Snow invited those men With this ailiaut,
/ and several more men OF his friends in This
Fort Cedar, to come 10 lis house. take
Il supper and have d little talk together Oh
/ the subject Of the election, and tElose res.
Iuintions Myself and Mr.. Shows friends
i IN this Fort attended, but none 81 those
l men eaIne, 50 no talk was Ind. Mr.. Snow
t lienfeanested this afliant 20 whit uttIl
1 the views Of The Governor could he Oh
| tanned .s.l
Accordingly this afIlant did not more
Forward until he got news from Mi. Snow
relating to the Governors views, This
letter was written from Great Salt Lake
i City, ia September last. Itrclnested me
TO 80 To- Fairtield and make an effort To
make an assessment and 10 collect faxes.
1 On the receipt Of this letter This .linant
went to Fairfield on This iiasiness, and AS
Judge Moore was one of fIe men: whose
I names was on tho resolutions, aud WHO
had been voted for d Selectman Of Inc
county aud expected to be one, j com
Enienced on hinl He replied 10 me III
will dc*damned II We lre going 10 pay
any taxes, you may resi- assured Of that; /.
Instead OF rs paying taxes, the county
ought 90 pay Ms thirty thousand dollars
/ Tor roads and bridges which we have
built and then as be refused to- be as
sessed 4 left BIN. i do not think i Was
safe hi that settlement Mbeu there on
that business. ..::, .:. . ,.*..: vi
5s5 J1MEs RoDEHAeR
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 2lth day OF December, 1860. 5
Snow, Probate Judge. B
@ cory OF FEsaIs
AT a meeting Of the citizens OF Fair
field held in that town on tie evening of
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