, 1869-04-06
TUESDAY, APRIL c, 1863.


TUESDAY, APRIL c, 1863.
THE TAx-srEAL1NG BILL,
The Inst Legislature Of this State had be-
fore il twenty-five hundred bills, Of which
threc-fourths were passed by both houses.
Hitherto ii has been tho uniform practice Of
the Governor to approve all bills TINS
passed, unless some obnonons measure,
which had been passed without any special
examination Governor Palmer has, how
eves, departed from this custom, and
the result is that, upon the reassonblins Of
The Legislature IN the l4th. he Will return
over one hundred bills, with his objections
to them.
In the list Of bills thus disapprovd
is the "Acs to provide for paying the rail-
q read debts Of counties, cities and towns"
This bill provides that the enount Of taxes
for State purposes, assessed in each county
for the year 1865, shall be tho manmum
nmount Of such taxes TINT shall be collected
70. that purpose in any county, town Or.
city which owes, or shnll heseaftes owe, a
debt contracted in sid Of any railroad; and
that, whenever the levy for State purposes
sban exceed the levy Of 1868, the excess
shall NOT be paid into the State Treasu5,
oa1 ahSA Do te'a'nea oy &ne 'oe1 aetn3
70 pAy Saao sa1ttooa oeo1 tao.e s,. A n.s~,a
debts ware contracted By the ~hole people
Of the State, or the people OF the State bad
any voice in regulating end controlling their
"1non.' tnefe % ~. -. ,s....
e.nea eu.a..s .1.. e.s1,:s;uo,s 49, ~ ,1s.S, | an.ha-
7.s ~ . Ioe.1 t>sa.ets r. ~ T.o;s,stnra
~ a.e.ad ., ~ orthorzi,o ,;t;as cou,,-
t;s. ,nd +oun. ~ 1ev ,nd col,,ct
at their discretion nnon tba nronerH
1-ith;r +ha;- -asr,a.+;v. ;n,;s7;rt;ona a7,ct
s&nonn, - ta,,,;on aa thav n;fht
-. :, a;...o, -
ito11 .11..' W Ne '.e F11
1ecuoh 70 Tue onl ~ otnef c..'e' o9anoes
md towns. II the bill hIed the tar levy OF
1s6S as the n'annum amount to be here
a1'es m e0nseaeu Is 80. nun e,su eny, 1uA.s aua
to"n IL lne ata1e, "ine II "ouio oe une7h-
oeeause oepas'a5e 1'oa eno
conSutuf1onN requirement inot toxas enau
so'u e4 -o ~, ~ -,
1ea4 e4o 4 pHop' - e S' -
80, 1 AS' ~ ~ ~ !, rMs, -. s =, ~D' M me
practical operation Of the bill may be thus
illustrated: A county owing rnilroad debt
in 1865 had property worth ten millions OF
dolla1s- Another county owing no such
debt had the same annount Of nronertv
49, 1s '1s sAA'''e "1''oo,s " proi'o''s'
- - - oe w. ~ oue-'4.44 n ..l' essu
~ ~ 49, ~ 49, e ,a-n ~. o'o "a:
,s,sso ~, -. s|..
.a go :. eAse' s,w en Nsn. WV 1A'e 49, uAassa .
49, ~ 1.v-t t,~ - ~ .,1~r>as.s iii ~ ,s-oa
lii. ,r5 49, s,7s.t o1sest;on of ,he 1.n
~ - ~ w. 49,. 49, 81.
e..+o m..asS,~t,. ths ~oapo..;wa .onn.;.as
-c,,,n,y io,,;no rott,oad drsn IN aoo,,,n, ,r,th
S.ut<:
tn nrnoun. or .,r on s7e soo mn n. mu1a 15T I'm
Tax !ery Of 1sss.....-- eAooo
n, difference to Ia rr,a,ned BY county,. .sia. $40
.,.s.... ,,z 49,
olnolcs ~ e.s1.a a ~ too .e 1e,Sad liz 10 :a;s
Dr.
I'm 1a s11n11 ~ III Sr,cisncs rrr.;ned h1 oisr
county .---.....-..........-..... ~ 500
-ro*., II, r. n,,s :, tsc at.,r -. go
In the one county the tar re1nnins ss it
-. IN 1ese: 1hs}e tha whole burden Of the
increased ts1ation vii fall on the other
oounties, DOUBLING thei. ta1. The bill ex-
,ern1,ta IT rx,.r,..s The t~o-n,irl t.r for Stats
debt purposes but after 1870 that tar will
be rrnealea bv the new constitution. and
tie IA. levied for State purposes not
being the "txo-n,iu taI~ win fall
within the provisions .-of this law, and
those counties owing railroad debts
viii be wholly exempt from any ta1 to nav
.hat State debt, and their oaGre tax fo,
State purposcs-deht, interest, canal, State
oose' 5Asc noepiuNs aaa "s',s' ,l'u
~ .-;,,s -, ~ sst...an ~ =,
500 ~. - -, ,ha ,,thn, r.orr,;oa ~, rat,
-, 80. f,a,. ..-c, ", a;,,ht NM ~ a.
.r,-.1,e ;1.r...;na ,,r.t;n,,
trba isv r,s,a. no 1;rn;t 4 t,,s cre.+;,o =,
+,a.. -;1,aad aabta l..v.s o.t;., toa-n,
and count,.a f,p, In e,s,not tbarnse1vsa f-on
sal. .n,,,;t,n a,,1 IN ,,,ai,,a tha stssa r.va
nnes fo7 twantv vea1. to nav xnoh-.-, =.
This Ne. ~. 1ou's
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