Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-25

Of last weeks resident Of Mag loaeta whose
name We have bsen unable to learn, but
who !. is said is respectfully connected at
that place, hired pair Of bay mares .. the
livery stable Of Smith 1 King Of Maquokets
and came T. this city. By representing
that he own the tssn, he affected sale
Of the mares,sn Tuesday, to Mr. J. s. Smith
who 10 in the habit of buying good horses
whom they are offered to him. He asked
Mr.. Smith to send him home with the team
and he did so, Mr.. L. A Peares going with
the team. Oa the way Mr.
Pesrcs was told to say nothing
abou, the sale until the mex, morning.
Suspsctng nothing wrong, he complied,
and on the following morning, when no
got ready t, 90, called for his iir, ard
lsarIel that the fellow nsyer owned the
team. He told his story, AMI on looking
for the scamp. found tbat 10 tad gone
home, packed his "chi.,," biied a team
from another stable, gone to DeWltt, AID
taken ths eastern train for Canais. Mr..
King took another team ard brought Mr..
Pearce imme lately TO Das export Ii Was
known tha. the fellow hai a friend at
mi ght stop TO see her, Mr.. Smith imme.
diately dispatched Mr.. Pearce after him.
He left this city on Friday evening, and
on Saturday evening disl a'ch was re,
ceived that Mr. thief had been taken and all
the money recovered. lie will probably
arrive in the city on this evenings train
Hs won't be very likely to sell ~ ankee'
Smith any more horses right off. Ne, We
guess not.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED. - The Board Of
Supervisors Of Dubuque codnty submitted
to the County Attorney, At it's recent ses
sisn. several questions for his opinion. Mr..
Muksrn responded With acarefullyprepared
opinion on the various points submitted to
him, which We publish this evening The
matter Of taxing street railway and bridge
property, is especially interesting to our
citizens:
To tho Hon. tho Bard Of Supervisors.
GKxrLEnEx-Ysu asked my opinion upon
the following points:
1st. Does the law Of the last Legislature
70 encourage the growth Of timber, require
an abatement for young timber Of natural
GROWTH
l Ianswer, No; the object Of the Law re
ferrsd to is, - encourage the cultivation Of
timber. Timber OF natural growth needs |
no cultivation.
2 Dsss said law embrace nursery men
Who raise fruit trees for sale.
The law does not embrace nursery men.
rhsv invest their meney in such business, |
and that is purely . matter Of private spec
ulatien that needs no legislative encourage
ment. man in that business must take
his chances like any other man in any e.h.r
kinds Of business, under the general rule Of
profit and loss"
Sd. Should the lands, inside the city
limits, not undivided into lets, be valued
- farming lands, or according to their
valusi
This clsss Of lands should be assessed as
farming lands. but in proportion to their
value Is compared with Joining props
erty.
4,h. Are county bounty warrants liable
County bounty bonds or warrants are
liable to taxation like other evidences Of
in sbtednsss. Their value 10 to BE- asccr.
taned by the assessor, as in other cases OF
similar kind.
oh. II what manner shall the assessor
list the Dubuque Street Railway and the
Dlnleith and Dubuque Bridge Company
Are they to be assessed under the State
law taxing rairoadsl
The street railway is clearly taxable in
the ordinary way. There is no reason in
law or common sense why = company Of
the street railway kind should be classified
under the general railroad law With regard
to the Bridge company would recommend
| that the question be referred to the finance
committee IN conjunction with the county
attorney. with power to. instruct the assessor
as 10 his duties in the premises Ny reason
for this recomm enda,ion is this: The sub
ject having ben refarre yesterday, there
was not sufficient time 20 examine the
| question as fully asits i'm portance denanus.
The chartor OF the company never saw.
| Whether 1t confines the conpany within
the lav regulating the taxing CT railroad
| companies, | cannot now determine But
the course herein suggested will enab'e the
b ard to make complete examination, and
decid. with proper dsilberation.
Respectfully, NJ. b. MuLKERN,
Count, Attorney.