, 1862-05-09
Bullion Us. Treasury Notes.
The Test Case upon our
State Taxes.

otdL0 l. axes.
The legal papers prepared for submission to
the Illinois Supreme Court at Ottawa, for an
Immediate decision whether q. s. legal tender
notes may be received In payment for State
taxes, are ID follows:
10 the People Of the Stats of1UInois, By tie GnGcs
9f GodJfee dnd Independent:
70 whom al these presents shall come greeting:
Office Of he CsFk of our circnit Court ID and for
%n5 5 ss, Of ana and shts of Il
and figures following, to wit:
STATE Or ill1Ho1a. sAxGAHoE M CorSrT, ss-of
Fftseo WTIgjat: Treasurer and Collector Of San
ganos Comfy, y, dqain&t Hin. Butter, 116qsursr q
the seventh day Of May, IN the year of our Lord
april term Of the Circuit Court 7of sansanon
county, 1862, before the Honorable Edward Z.
Rice, Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Ci1cait Of
the State Of Illinois, said Court being thenEn ses-
ad er q Is e6e
'' u the Circuit Court fof saagamon county, Of
at is agreed by aud between william Butler,
Treasurer OF the State Of Illinois, and Preeco
mght TT Ss "a apd so c9e55 Gf
aud had in his bands due to the State Of Illinois
1n dors eoectsd by lin of
Eeseed laid and collected By him ia the year 1867
due to the State Of Illinois far al the various items
paid into the State Treasury, which sum had been
collected BY him from the Inhabitants Of San3a-
mon county, and received By him from them in he
ed and that on that day the Auditor Of Public Ac
counts iesucd from his Office the following order,
to Wit:
ACDrToB's OFFICE, ILLINOIS,
&1M0 SPRINGFIELD, May 9Th, 1862,
Mn: TnEAsCRER-Recetye Of P1esco Wright,
lars, being the amount II part Of taxes collected
Auditor.
And It is further agreed, that on the same day.
the ead Presco Wright presented said order to the
there, at the otice Of tic Treasurer Of the state
d 5s II ef as9a Id
In demand Treasury notes Of the United States,
/ eued unoer and in pursuance Of the provisions Of
an act passed the Congress Of the United States
thorize national loan, and foE other parposea,'
there refused to receiTs nom tie sid TT Plesco
rendered, and offered to pay to the said Treasurer
notes Of the United States, issued under and s.
vir'ns Of an !, act passed By the Congress
1s the entts5 Ghited ksase - apP1Ged @
| Of United States Treasury Notes, and for the re-
aenption oE funding thereof, and tol funding the
mentioned sum Of Treasury Notes. Tie SAID Treas a
urer also refused to receive from the said Presco
Wright: and it il row further agreed 10 submit II
TO the decision OF the Court. whether the said
treasurer was bound to receiEe the said sun Of
one Thousand dollars Ii either description Of Treas
UT Hotes before descri6ed and ii the Court shall
| oEol cp1uu1 LII lnc treasurer was 6onna to re-
celse tne ea!d sum 81 one thousand dollars. in
e1tnef QeeGf1plion OF treasury Notes above de-
scfined, tnen me Cou1t Enau award Pc
f1f7fS1 7cTfQvh Ahar
20 receive sslo sum Of one thousand dollars
u lIeasuFy noles, tne paf11es hefeby Wa171nF the
1ssalna OF an alternative maudamus- And it is
l1faAeF aSSreed, tnat pro Jo7Wd Judgment Of the
encult Court may De entered, awarding peremp-
| tofJ man9anns, commanding the Ireasurer to re-
celfe sad lreasurE notes OF either kind. And the
parties further agree, that an appeal may be g1ant
ed bT the Court to the supreme Court Of the State
or ulinole, to the said William Butler. on his i'll
ing = copy Of this record IN the said Supreme
| Coutf, sitting at OTTAWA, IN the Third Grand Di
| F1=lGn un1lng the Aps1l term Of said Court, with
| ont bend or security and they further agree this
said Supreme Court shall enter such judgment q:
in their opinion the Law justides ind requires or
| the agree case.
~ Y 1LEh. state Treasurer.
| -IhESCt HHGHT, Treasurer and Collector
| Sanganor county, Illinois.
! And afterwards, to-wit: On said seventh dav o
Nav in said gear, A. D, 1862. the same heinz an,
for SAID Year A. i, is6a and the said court hcint
then nI11y nroaniycd and s;tfinr in nnen cnr-t ~
The trnnsactfon of bnsinass certan nrocrod;nc
we're had and entered Of record By the said cour1
LII LEV LUZ WITS F,s. anu n5utes lo:loW'ns, to-"M:
anon Ctuafy rs. W7T;az,. H,ztT. gyeasyrtr - ~
) the State O Illinois. Petition for MsndamuB-