, 1866-03-14

Cnrd-Explanatton.
Editors CHICAGO Tribune:
Please allow me tpaee in your columns 10 make
Y to e 70
Board Of SupeEs1sors on saturday last
But one per;on, Mr. II. y. Gould. anons the
s%{ae1e gentleman A Sho ,s complain Ct ms Pat. nn,
cate ss that be employed me- and pad me the pal
TT FIN Of five dollals. to DRAFT petition for him
topresent to the Board Of snperrison. asking ~
ducuon OF his REeeas1ent. Ginning that the MIS-
tale wse mine. and that ought not to have been
paId ,he above sum. Al The time At. Gould EN-;
poya me 70 a h N tsS hsd no e1o
OF q law htm. the members Of said firm being
entitled to my time and The proceeds of
u an employment Of tic drm. freely oaered NJ
Gould a statement OF my o~n in reference TO his
aeststDent. without charge, but told him nnd OH
en- who came 10 ny ONCE, that they would either
II, which must be sworn to tn order TO receive ut
tention N the Board Of Supervisors: I furnished
a without ehatge, to e.e1 tsI pays, who R,ae CON.
drew petitions without eharge. There we,r about
ten tax payers who enployed me 10 d1a4 thear pc
wets ana
parcels Of real estate in South CHICAGO rome mis-
takes and error. were inevitable, and that no ruau
could make the assessment required In the
short epace Of four or five months to which he Is
now limited. without making rome mistakes.
bnt heet men Nerc among lnbsE Who were un-
fortunate md suffered BY these inevitable errors,
and knowing them 70 be tuch, employed rae Is an
attorney 10 prepare their petition. md present them
70 The Boa1d Of Supe1rieort- The Committee on
Equalization OF TINS, Of which Mr. Samuel Shack
ford WIS Chairman. reported adfttsely to nearly
every petition presented 10 the Board; tuc1ndtnG
tha1 Of slime, Kramer d Co. whose astessnaent was
HtJt dtTien! 0r0r. the SEM OF S35,0M assessed
araluet the Erm Of Savage, Keith l. Wood on the
line abovr, having been carried BY mistake to the
line below. on which the firm name Of SLING, k.1.
mer + Co. appealt, In copying from my assessment
hook into the roll On die Ii the County Cltrks Of
hc~. The actual assessment Ac1lust slld firm fbeing
x7-tQ, and yef the committee refused to Ernnt The
rriici prayed for. while the chairman Of eald com.
Of Supervisors 1ose and made motion TO- correct
t1sn,tar mistake made IN the County Clerks Office
upon the fremont Aon*e property, which bad been
returned BY 1ne at ISL Coo, increased to $4,000 BY
the board Of Equalization. and which change was
BY mistake entered atFo,30. Comment il unneces-
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nostcee, as rrqnIrvd by The statute and also pub
hAhed notice for several Days in one Of The daily
pape1t Of the CRY, notifying all ta1-psyets to meet
tbe Town board OF EQUALIZATION 10 inspect the as
kessmeut roll On certain day named therein. 10
make objection TO the ret urns they had any. but
few attended On the drst day, and the meeting was
their appearance. and then returned The books to
the County Clerk. That mistakes were made will
Hot deny: The dultes sfc afduCus and difficult.
envy no man who undertakes their Performance
either tic pay or lhe be receives. tor one,
Will forever haTe charity for him. because Uislakes
are inevitable. have hight, however, 10 question
the motives Of thoe who hare publicly as-aied me,
ecyes, and only tend to iDure me ben unexplained
II. &. BALLAnD.