The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-25
THE new ASSESSMENT.
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II may ssfsly b ASSUMED that the set
tismeut efYsctsd with Messrs. Fcx, How.
ard = 20. is satisfActoty to every reason
able Taxpayer Of the city! hut II Smast
not be thought the arrangement efYected
II nnality. The debt remains unpaid,
and both principal and interest must
be provided for. This being true those
citizens who paid the levies imposed
upon them during the progress Of the
work out Of which the debt grew into
bsing, sss, naturally enough, anxious
that the fe.assessfnent contemplated by
our recent charter amendment, shuuld
be made with oil due dispatch, that jus
tice may be done all concerned in the
mAtter. .tioclI ,atlu41
As the work Of street filing progressed
some Of our citizens paid the assessment
against them In full, some paid in part,
ana large number paid nothing. The
reasons assigned for the delinquency
were, on the part of some, inability, on
the part Of others that the burden was
not in proportion 10 the benefits-was
unequal and unjust. f2 H94
II il hoped and believed that the
amendment TO to the charter provides o
cure for all the evils complained Of, and
that an assessment Under 1t will be AZ
nearly justand equitable as Il Is possible
for human ingenuity to make &c. 4 Il will
be the duty of the commissioners, pro-
vided for in the amendment, to deter.
mine under oath the amount Of benefit
or damage sustained by the real proper.
ty Of the city on account Of the work.
In the selection Of these commissioners
the property holders have voice. The
The assessment will embrace all proper.
ty affected by the Improvement, whether
that be merely the properly sbutting
the improvement, or the entire property
Of the city, The benefits that have 30.
crued to each lot will be assesesd against
II, whether large or small; and the
amount that may have been paid by
the owner under former assessment II will
80 TO his credit. II the credit Is less than
the amount assessed, the owner Of the
lot will be called upon for the deficiency.
II the creditexceed the amount assessed,
Why then the surplus will be refunded
By the city. Thus every real estate own.
or OF Me city, benehtted or injured by
the Improvement, will be placed on an
equal footing. Hf9 zorro.
While there ~ purpose on the part Of
the authorities to proceed with the as
at an early day, we do not sup
pose It Is desired or Intended to enforce
The collection Of the amount levied In
that will prove oppressive.
There being no call for prscipitous action
n the premises, II has been suggested,
md We think the suggestion good one,
hat the assessment be perfected as soon
" It can be accurately done, and that
hen the several Amounts levied be made
payable In instailments, running through
three, four or i've years, and in the scrip
,f the city. Such an arrangement, IL
'eems TO US, could excite the hostility OF
10 citizen disposed 70 be fair and reason.
bile. Made payable thus, in small In. |
tallments at long intervals, in city scrip,
he whole levy would be collected With |
ut seriously expressing any one. This
Ian, we know, meets the appreciation
4 many citizens with whom we have |
onversed on the subject, and cannot bs /!
1lected 70 as either unfair or oppressive.
We bring the matter to the attention
4 our citizens that they may give 1t due
onsideration, intending In future issues
4 the Bulletin TO treat II more elabo-
atsly, 49, 90. ..Aar