The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-03-24
QUEER CONSTRUCTION OF THE REV.
ENCE LAWS


..Thr County Treasurer shall, b. printed Or writes
harduslls, posted In each townlhip in bis county.
point q said township, not Iess thae one nor mor.
than three days. u receive The tsxes due the county
Such County Treasurer sha vist such township prior
section - has never bsen rcpealea, and the ls~'
requires that the levy Of the poll tax be made at the
:.me tine The other taxes arc :S : also scs
a. Il ever VAS. The only sections repealed by the
amendment of 1870 are, arst: Sections and which
refer y the Of personal psopsty aud Q.
law relating to the - per cent addition to taxes moi
PAID on OF before the fst IT November. The law has
not been complied with besides. xe were etsvcly told
% tax bad bccn repealed. The eject OF this failure
to comply with the law has been TO allow conc ,sOC
Of poll tax to remain uncollccted and 70 reluire %
nscssssry expenses 1or tie care Of The pos Perhaps
the NoE1u Wksr can explain. We are waiting
ISdepeNdest, l6th.
As the above is a mattcr Of importance,
We give 1t entire. Tie ex.Trcasurcr is in
deep wa'er When he grasps At a straw like
that to disparagc Mr.. FEcdrickson. Here d
the explanation:
An act of the Legislature to amend the
act for the collection of revenue, which be-
came law Jan. IL, 1909, contains this:
SEC. 2 Repeal Section % of said Act and enact In
lieu thereof. 1.-The Treasurer SHALL within twenty
days from the time he shall receive the Assessment
Roll from the Clerk direct 10 each tax payer In bis
county n written or printed notice containing the
smount If tax due from such tax payer and the time
the becomes duc. Such notice shall be directed
to the nearest Postose to where the SAID tax payer
rc.ides. Printed blanks for said notices and postage
stamps Tor the came shall e furnished said Treasurer
BY the Board Of County Commissioners"
The repeal of Section 81 not being spccif.
ical'y stated, Mr.. Frcdriskson was in doubt
rs to what were lis duties under this sec-
ton. He consulted District Attorney Har.
rison, the legal adviser of county officers,
Attorney James II. Brown, and others.
Their opinion was unanimous that the re
peal Of Sec. 81 was IN incident of the repeal
of Sec. 28 To make assurance doubly
sure, he wrote to Treasurer Arson L. Potter,
Of Virginia, who framed the law, and waa
informed by him the intent of the repeal
was to repeal Sec. 81; that he 90 construed
il; that he would oct upon that presump.
ton. and that al other Treasures would do
the same. The Treasures of all the coun.
ties, Mr.. Frcdrickson included, 20 scted,
ard the construction has not bccn quss.
toned until the Ex.Treasurer, Mr.. Smith,
who two years ago got a relief bill of 600
through the Legislature to psy Iris lawyers
for one Of his official blunders, all At once,
in the year of our Lord 1871. turns up as a
wise man and expounder of law, and oracu
larly informs Montana 1.-THE law has not
been complied with" Hide your dimin.
ished heads, oh ye of little knowledge, for
behold one cometh with 500 worth of relief
bill wisdom in the law, to sit As chief ex>
FOUNDER, and literally gush with astuteness.
In 50 far as poll lax is concerned, we
wish now to ask the Indtpsndent only two
questions: Was not the Treasurer required
to make the tour previous to Nov. Isl!
Could the payment of poll tax be compelled
prior to that datel