Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-10-03

The SPECIAL SCHOOL TAx.-Some peo-
pie never pay a tax, if they can shirk
out Of it. Some of the same class of
men never pay an honest debt if they
can evade it. Hence, we find some
people in Gold Hill growing about pay
ing the Special School Tax which has
been advertised as delinquent, and
which the District Attorney and the
Sheriff Of the county are bound by law
to see collected. Now, the law, the
common law of the land, presumes every
man to know what the law is, aud 1t be
is too ignorant to know it, he cannot
take advantage Of his W ignorance.
But, says Mr.. Pewterinctum, "it is not
the tax we are ~grumbling about; tits the
big bill of costs" Well, if Pewterinc-
tum l. Co. neglected to pay their taxes
within the time required BY law, that is
their fault, and not the fault OF the 9TH
GERS of the law-not much; and it will
be sometime before Pewteriuctum Il Co.
can make anybody believe that 1t IS the
fault of any one except the hang-back-
ers. II is simply "boyishnesss'< for
any GROWER to say that he or she did
not see the notices published in the
Gold Hill News, calling for the payment
of the special school tax. Let us ex-
anime the matter q little: The last Leg
i.lature passed a law dividing Storey
county into School Districts, with a GER
tain number of School Trustees in each
District. At our Town election in June,
Messrs. Bail, Batterman and Kelsey,
were elected Trustees, and W. E. Hale,
Assessor and Collector-the question Of
ssSchool Tax, yes" being carried almost
unanimously at the polls. The election
had been held as provided by law, be-
ing duly authorised by the County Su-
perintsndent of Pubic Schools. Mr.. Kel-
sey failed to qualify, and the majorityof
the elected Board, appointed S. Fl. Rob-
iuson in place of Kelsey. Mr.. Hale also
neglected to qualify as Assessor and
Collector, by reason OF the small salary
for the service required, and S. H. Rob-
inson was appointed to act rs Assessor
and Collector. The Assessor went all
over the District and assessed the prop
erty. The Board Of School Trustees
sat as a Board of Equalization. The
Collector did his work for sixty days
without adding u per centage. Under
the revenue law for Town, State and
County purposes, ten per cent. is added
at the end Of thirty days, after the as
sessment roll is turned over to the col
lector. Notice Of the time when the
School Tax would be delinquent was
published in the Daily News for at least
THIRTEEN DAYS, commencing Sept. 10th,
and ending Sept. I'D, the day on which
the tax became delinquent. Besides
this, we locally announced the fact of
the delinquency on several occasions in
our columns. No excuse for ignorance
on this score. or people are too sttnSy
&c take the newspaper which publishes
the legal advertisements in which they
are pecuniarily interested, and are com
PEELED to pay costs afterwards for their
ignorance, it is no fault of the officers
of the law; nor can they tax advantage
of it'll The whole of this school-tax
business is now in the hands Of the Dis
,rict Attorney of Storey county-aud
we know Mr.. Bishop sufficiently well to
be assured that he will do his whole
bouuden duty to enforce the collection
Of every dollar of 1.-THE whining and
bowling of grumblers to the contrary
Notwithstanding. If it goes to the
Sheriff in execution, he also will do his
duty.