Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-02-09

Some weeks ego We asked the Journal TO
quote the law, in regard TO con- pensa,ion
under which tho delinquent tax liz. Of ,,is
county for the years 1857, 1853 and 1859
was published. and also to give the humble,
Of desert p,ions contained in said list After
devo..rg :~o weeks 10 hunting up the law,
'be editor Of he JoMnal produces the fol-
loving:
I've end in The Revision Of 1861 page
1l9, chsrter Is, section ga, Il At Tho com
pensa,ion at that time provided by law 70,
such publication, was twenty cents for each
tract OF land SO advertised IL former ar,
,icle it will DO remembered the RAG srER
boldly claimed that tho law provided ,hir,,
cents per description instead OF twenty. We
are therefore warranted in believing that
ons.third more than legal fees was charged
and received by that paper Tor the publ,ca-
ton Of this list, else Why this a,,emp. to DE-.
c.'ve the people concerning the legal rates
Of paymer.7'
The above IL about a. near the truth a,
the Journal dare 80. Truth is it. enemy,
and, like all rs,y swindler>, 1t is excessive
~ timid, and Invariably gives ito enemy
wide berth. Tbs law, which the journal
misquotes and gsrbles, provides as follows
in regard TO the compensation allowed for
the publication of delinquent tax lists. Sc,
page 80, chapter S, section 81 general laws
of 1860:
THE Treasurer is directed to charge and
collect. in addition 10 the axes nd interest.
the sum oitwenty cents on esch tract OF reaI
property advertised for sale, when the SAM.
is included in one line Ut single colum,
width OF the paper in which the publication
is made, but il the description occupies NOR,
than one line Of .uch single column Width
,heL the sum shall be Mrty cents for each
description"
The list published BY the Rro1srrn inc1u-
ded the delinquent taxes for three years,
requiring for each year separate columns Of
figures, consequently large majority Of the
description. 80 coupled more than one liue
Of single column width.' This fact is we'll
known 10 all residents Of the county u. tina.
time; but, Of coarse, no, 70 the editor Of The
Journal, As on or about ,h,s days he was
engaged in the highly moral and pbilan.
.hropc work Of holding uidLigh, elections
in Dakota Territory
In the same article from which wc make
the extract, the Journal gives an "i''us,ra
tion,' in which, BY leaving out the descrip-
tons and Otherwise garbling to sui. it. par.
pose, it ende wore to make it appear thu. the
kEGssrER pub'ishe one section Of laud Il
times il order to swell ID. amount Of CON-
pensation. This is = very weak straw Tor
the Journal to clutch at, AID ext BITS a ma
lila for lying and misrepresentation that we
were not prepared to look for even in the
Journal. The same section Of the law of 1860.
indicated above, provides how the tax lis,
shall be published, as follows:
at is required that such advertiser cnt
s'a'' eon'a'" a &c =cr'p,ion # the St, IA!
rec Of real lroper,y TO he sold as the
some are recorded on tie tar list"
'As recorded on /! e Xxx lis" tie land is
described it 40 mere tracts, consequently
section Of land contains lG descriptions
Thus the Journals mares nest about adYer.
Using certain sections 80 abundan,ly"-
Notwithstanding it's onisSt, Of the descrip-
tion OF parts Of sectiers, and other misrep.
1esen,iors with view TO deceive its readers
-expIodes wi;hou. i"jai 6 -nyboay.
So much for the law n, " Tor the truth Of
the Journals ".llu IRA io,.' 1t SAYS We id.
,srtsed "Section IA, Township so, R>rge
A, twelve tunes NV. as there is no
Township So in Woodbury. county, nor
within ma y hundr d ies Of it, the
reader can draw his own inference as to the
character Of the Journals assertions. Ths.
sheet manufactures its lies out of whole
cloth. We nigh, re,ort upon the Jourual
by giving Illustrators from he list pub
]ished by it last fall, in which certain Sec
lions wero "abundsntly advertised bu, We
have no desire to te!.t,le ourselves by re-
sorting to tha Journals mode Of warfare -
Its cbara ter for fa's hood and dishonesty is
notorious. and We ohesrlully leave it to the
Enjoyment Of the laurels it has won or may
viii in the exercise Of its percLsus for dis
hone4ty and Misrepresentation.
Now, We again call upon the Journal to
explain how it Figured" so as to make The
tax lis. for 1865 amour, to nearly twelve
hundred dollars? That list contained 1850
Lines, aud the am cunt charged to the del:n
qusnt property owncris : cents for each
line, making the amount which the County
receives to dei'a. the cos. Of publication
just $c7o, yet the Jo,rmal charged and re-
ceived over $ll00. FONT the Journal please
10 explain i's manner Of "fguring?' The
X owledse Of il may be Of advantage to
some loyal skalswag who has \ govern senl
contrrcs in expectancy. -..# @>s 3D.
For Publishing the delinquent lists Of
'57. SO aud 80, the REGISTER did not charge
Or receive one cert mere than " charged
against the property Of de'inquenttax AK payers.
For publishing the lis, Of 1865 the Journal
charged and received nearly 5000 mors than
was charged to the owners Of delin1rent
property, which sum came ont Of the County
Treasury, and from the 20 :ke.s OF those
Who pay their taxes when they are duo. .@.
"Ths ReGrsrE. has ,ereral lines clearly
shown tia. the Journal bin was swindle.'
How has The Journal treated our pro,f?.-
by . succession Of base, shameless false
hoods; By making assertions il could hy no