, 1873-07-13
TAXATlON.
Workings Of the New State
Revenue Law.
Obnoxious Features Of the Personal
Property Tax.
City Wfse-Hcals Puzzled by Conn
pick Statistical Conun~
drums.


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Thoro Is absolutely no subject "h'oh moro
dlrootly atroots tho matorial interests Of every
attention IL paid y the minority Of our citizens,
~ pntoiaeoa w.sllll .no apose cnpspn
generally, regarded ca burden, and tho pay
mont Of tl1on as a grievance, which is 1nado tito
occaaaIon NJ INV amo,,nt Of prnmhlinv md fanlt.
finding with the the officials vloso position mako Il
their duty to enforce the mn1tiform provisions of
tho laws made to create roYonuo for tho purposes
of government. oitbor Nattonal. State. or local.
ino costly lmpfovemense oemanoea py tno
raptd growth Of chicago has caused an increase
Of taxation from yoar to year which hus boeu
comparatively unlooded, because business and
with tho expenditures rendered necessary. So
tho people, navo boon content tho improve
tnroa md conmon,o - tho citv nroaraaa;,9 , ~
ssus nna commerce OF tno Guy plosresalns SO
,, marsolously, anu havo not paused to take motto
has gone on Increasing AZ I how WITH Tits Board has
hoor crooto1 an hra,,ol - 49, o~a,,,.,,,o
~ .,'4 o"'oa' ~ o'"i'on " NV oAoout4fo
OF tao government and then nnoth-
Commissioner Ind to be appointed for CARRYING
mt nrothcr hranc,, of tl,o c,ocrt;vo ,,o,vor ~
thn oc,1 rovnrn,t ,na t,,o, l.,ra po"'a y, on,
'lo 'ooal eosolhuiel's' anu tnon ooa1d OF eo1a-
ntssonora for still another branch. until now,
oven tho oloar head OF our worthy Chief .Exoo1l-
tive haste stop to tltuls how many brapchoa, md
,oods s,d ta.rds ana n 49,.
neaus, al'o poaras, anu eommlssionorships s tho
Executive Dopartment OF tito City Government
Is diyilod into. Still; while all this has boon
going on, tho original primitive system ia still in
esls.onco, and tho gseat city OF Chicago
to-oay ms undergone oil these newly
authoritative local bodies similar to tho smallopt
,snaaoa ern IN any Of 1 tho o onnss under
| TINT in tho smaller towns tho Taxpayer can al
ways learn when io has pala all Ills tazca. OF
ao,,,o7 ~ rh;,aar, ,.orer., a,,a ~. IT,, ~
| uon'oo TO oncaso propetsy-o"non 10 MN IL
III matter or tho grcatost difficulty to learn
cation Of notice that tho State county. md town
ta1aa oro 1uo nrd novs1,1o =. = r,o,3 ,,t;ror, In
a't "uo ~. W. es sooo e's'1en Io
naseehs TO eno Conft-Honso anu aeoks to pay Ills
tho Town Collector, WHO, on inouiry ho leurns
has no right to an office In fin Court
rIo,,so mt ~ a' oo ,,;rS ~ 'no uoui. =;
aon'e private building in tho town. Tho
| Taxpayer, having found the Town Collector, say
for tho South Town, asks for his bill Of taxeg,
aftor he lag handed IN the description Of his
throo towns Of South, Woat, and North Chicago,
lo is informed that 10 can only pay taxes in tint
office for hs property In South Chicago. He
then proceeds to tho Wost Town, and, nftor
hunting up tho Collector, who occupies an Office,
Of course, in D private building also, he liaD
then to crosH tho river twice again and hunt up
tho Collector in tho North Town, who may DO
found probably IN . hat store or q Justices office.
He then, surely thinking his full duty performed,
mildly inquiries ii that is all lie has to pay,
when ho fB askod, q Have you been to the City
Collectors Office to SEQ it there is anything
against your property there Z" by this time LIE
begins to think 1t is serious business to learn
how to pay taxes in Chicago however, he pro-
Goods to tile City Hail, and, after pleasant in
teryiew with one OF the gentlemGnly clorka in
that Office, ho ventures to ask, "Ia thore any,
thing moro that have to do to ASCERTAIN il all
| my taxes arc paid7" Ho iB aBlted "Hayo you
| mid vour ,yatar-tax 2u ar do not know" envg