, 1873-11-27
1'EYE gTATTS AEl3ITOE

liberalism 1T uroht DrtniH.
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TIE 1TATE AUDITOR.
Tho Spring GleldJournal, III defending tho tax
robbery proposed In beilnlf Of tho holders OF tho
Gilman. Clinton l. sprIngio!d and othor ln!l-
road-nid bontla couHi:lors 1t necessary TO dsfond
tho Auditor, md Bayn:
whntevcr den. Llrpucot III s3tso Auditor, has louo
In reference 10 tho pending akscsSc't OF t1xea Tor
stato PURPOSES, has been done, not under aty snl.
nus for or against my town, county, or city, III tho
State IIc Ia unt.or SOLEMN oath nl I'll Official bond
to execute tho raycnt,c lava hc flnda tlen Iii tho
slatntc-book. 1u hnn discretion Whatever I'll tho
preneos. lls lntr Ia simply to collect tho revenue in
tho manner wcl,t tlo law.makug power has prescribed
for him.
TAo rovoruo law in the statuso-book providoa,
Sections 118 and 100, as follows:
49, Tho Governor, Auditor, and Trcastlror slall,
annually, OIL the completion Of tho assessment and
equalization Of property, ascertain thu rate per cont
required to proucc thu amount f tares fevied BY he
Gtns,al dRstm1!y.
no. Thu Auditor shall, annually, compute hnd GER
ffy 10 the County ocr1a aacl separate ratcs per ccrt
as will produce tho not amounts Of Stas tdtct authof
lied to DO tevled.
Tho Legislature, by net Of May, 8, 1873, pro.
vi1od:
j. That there shall bo raised by layying tax, by
valuation upon tho taxable property In this State tho
following tus for tho PURPOSES hereinafter not forth
For general State purpoacs to bo designated Novcnus
Fund.- 900 upon the ngBcBaed va}ue Of property
for tho year 1873 mud 81 900 annually thereafter
For school purposes, to bs icsignatcd Slate scool
Fund" TN lieu Of tho 2-mtl tax therefore, stooo,00o
annually.
2. Tho Governor aud Auditor shall, annually, COM
puto the separate rates por cent required to produce
not lesa than the atore am,oants anything III Eny
other act providing different manner Of asccrtnnng
the amount Of revenue required to bo ovtd for State
purposes to tic contrary notwithstanding and When
ascertaned tho Auditor shall certify to the County
clorka tho proper Beparnte rates por cent therefor
and ulso s'sch definite raea for other purposes
now may hereafter be- provided by law to 10 lowed
md collected aa State taxcR.
Thin is tho law on tho atatutc-book. Now,
what has tho Auditor done lie hns certified
to tho County Clerks tho rates for taxation on
tho assessm cnt Of 1873, an aggregate tax
Of . Clio mills on tho total assessment OF
e1,34l, ,G13, oi0. Tlis rato Of tax will produce
the sum Of 94,s2e ,80o.os, or aum in c1ccss Of
that authorized 1y lato Of s1,32D, ,soG.DS. To
DO moro specific and to execute tho law moro
distinctly, ho has certified that tho rato Of tax
shall DO ITO mills for rovonuo purpoHoa,
aud 0-l0 Of mill for school purposcB. Theuo
separate rates will produce tho following Bums
Two mills axtenths for roVenuo. CO. 355 %
Nine-entha Of ono mill for school purposes l207
AmoSnt authorized By law Ss
mi, surplus revenue ,s2o, ,aoe.os
Tho rnto Ut tax for revenue fund pro- -..
AtcSbs ID
Authorized by Aw..............+..... 2boo, 90
Excess Of 81 ,122 355 %
Now, for what purpose ms this 1evy of over
elerea hundred thousand dollars made , Where
is the authority for it in tho "rovonuo inv on
tho Btatute-book"?
Here is = diroct and fragrant levy Of
45 per cont moro tax for royonuo fund
than tho law allows or permits the Auditor
to prescribe. What Ia that money for Is 1t
for tho benefit Of tho State officers, for grand
divide, sort Of ''baok-pny' arrangement, or
for what purpose? Tho Auditor has no author-
ity to lovy tax In 1873, cxccpt for tho two speoi
fed objects. and for tue specified Gums! Why,
then. has ho increased the amount to DO
raised for revonue purposes 45 per cent? Tor
whose benefit, and for what othor
fund? Ho has certified tho two funda for
which tho Tux Ii to bo raised, and proacrlbed the
rates separately. What tho Auditor has not OK
plainod is, why he has ruiRod tho levy for roye-
nuo from 50, 500, coo to 80, ,622, ,955.
The attempt to disguise tho object OF this levy
is too woaE to deceive rny perBon. Tho annual
interest on tho railroad-aid bonds is over QUO
million Of dollars. sfha. ia tue purpose for
which this extra loyy Of 45 per cont oyor and
abovo the amount authorized by law has boon
loyiod anl tho various organs OF the bondlold-
era may as veil acknowledge tho faot at once.
Undor protonBo Of raising revenue for the State,
thcrc ia tar Of ever 81, 600 to be collected
to pay tho intorost on those swindling railroad
nid bonds. The Crodit-Mobilior gentry must
hayo their swag, and tho machinery OF State
taxation Is used to draw it from tho pooplo.
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A RIGHTEOUS DE015I0N.
The decision Of judge Upton, OF the Mclean