, 1873-11-27
The Acts Of tho State Board Of ECual-
ization Again Contested.
0ne-F Of the Entire Levy for
1873 Claimed to Be Void.
The Tax Appeal Cases-.-Sharp
Legal Practice.
Decision In the Evarts Shingle.Ma-
chine Case.
Close Of the Testimony in the Celebrated
Howell Case.

AVWVA NGo1A
Adjournment Of All the Courts
Until Friday.
Another case was begun ycstorday In tho Or
eutt Court against tho County Clerk, Joseph
pollak. which involves tho legality OF tho State
Doard OF Equalization. Tho compaiuants are
tho Cornell Watch Company, tho Atlantic /; Pa
slno Insurance Company, tho Globe Insurance
Company, The TRIBUNE Company, tho Mutual
Ltfo insurance Company OF Chicago, tho Tcn-
tonia Insurance Company OF Ohicago, tho Chi
cago Life Insurance Company tho Stats Zci-
tung Job Printing Company, tho Daboock Manu-
featuring Company, tho American Insurance
Company, tho Union Foundry Works, Of Chca-
60, and those OF South Chicago, tho Chicago
plow Company, md tho Chicago Euening Mail
Company. Tho bill thon sots out tho organization
Of tic companies. tho property owned by them,
tho amount of capital stocif. and tho amount is-
sued, and tho oqualizod valuation by the County
Board Of the property aforeanid, which Haid
valuation Is alleged III nil casoa to have boon
fair and adequate. Tho Hlocz issued, IL Is stated,
was assosscl in the hands Of Tho holders. Tho
State Board raised tho valuation Of porsonal
property Go por cont, and OF reaf estate 107 per
cont, and assessed tho capital stock and
ftauchiso to g worry great degree. Tho samo
arguments arc urged ngainst tho State
Board md Ills action, and generally tho same
allegations mndo, us In the first case OF tho
Republic Lifo insurance Company, md tho
facts arc 30 familiar as not to mood repetition.
It is also alleged TINT tho joint stock Of aomo
other corporations was not assessed like COM
plainants', and honco discrimination was made.
Tho principal now point mado in tho present
bill is as follows, Which ITO givo in tho language
of tho bill:
Your orators further show unto your Honora that
e Aaltor os the saia State @ Of Illinois IN d determining
and proyoons q Of tte Iesetars ef tic State
ny ana i iowns seo Pabo Lands d 1nos iSb iss pases
osss @ sia T.
aconstitutsonat la, aud still IL foreo and not re-
whereas 9' TO Sasg to onSfs ,
so'a sonstaiona' it, @ and idrlsr tat IT, It
II %4' the sp ssid action of tho ssid Slate Board,
nul ut the me the sad Auditor certified as aforesaid
a sns 'ns So h
year 1875 s inyaa boca',He entirely unwarrantcd BY
law. Your orators further show to your Honors TINT
1o 1SG9 was to practically withdraw from State taxa
ton largo sa1e Of taxable properly in many Of the
and to imposo an unequal and unjast proportion of
taxes for the purposes Of carrying tho State Govern
@ i eresg IN s9nss e1smDc h
tsa0''s e 4ssndsr a t%s3s,op % ppoa IL property q q
provision Of tho Constitution Of the State. Your
tors further show to your uonofs that tho said rate
said Auditor Is three and ais-tenhs mills on tho doar
aud TINT Of the funds which said ratio will raise about
e Of an 10 onSs e
poratons, and which boilds wero issued in aid Of d.
PURPOSES which aforementioned proposed to bo
rn!sed by said local and private purposes oneonrth
q ~ nnar to nreso o y
your orators therefore show that although thero
i no law au:hor!ztaK ~ IL tho !. sata Auditor
ihorizcd md cgal Slate tax, he could only certify
dollar Of valuation upon tic asscssmens of 1873 for
State purposes, nud that a Of said ratio in OF
sa tive saa asysnsntls "a 19 pis or tas el!a5
collection, aud your oraors-wtlltng TO do equity
hereby propose TO pay tho amount Of said State taxes
respectively, and being tho rate Of two and seven-
tcnths e 7-1o} mills thc dollar, being the suid ratio
o rascd ior to rposa o pans sid oeal and
vse bonds, md seek only to enjoin the above
said rate Of two aud soycn-tonhs q 7-1o mills upon
The dollar upon tho original assessment, made by
the Assessor and equaized by said County Board Of
Equalization.
Co,nplannnts also nllcge TINT their stock
rs they would DO held liablo therefor, and q null
tiplicty Of suits will nrse therefor. They thcra-
foro pray that tie County Clerk may be en-
Joined from extending any taxes against them
on my other basis than tlat OF the County Board
OF Equalization. Mossrs Bcnnott, Klctzinger,
and Johnson and Judge Lawrnnco appear for
the conlplainnnts.
hn1NoLE-nAc111Nn PATENT.
Judge Blodgett yesterday delivered decision
in the case Of Harry Il. Eyar1s and O. s. Bart
prior to 1854, Ind beon experimenting on max
tng machines for saving shingles. Tho old way
heretofore used WAS not sufficiently valuable to
mako sawed shingles compete with shaved shin
chimes, tho last Of which ho patented in 1854.
Tho Judge said tho title WIS admitted to bo in
the complainants, md tho questions to be con-
sidered were, whether tho patont Was void for
want Of novelty or, failing that. was the dofond-
embraced in that Of tho complainonts. Tho
claim of the patent is, trst, planning the block
into shingles in rotary carriago, in such way
that tho blocks will be automatically carried for
ward and operated upon, Second, q certain
arrangement Of levers. teeth, aud inclined
plauoa, 30 al to produce tho said result THIRD,
tho presenting the sidoB Of tho wood to be
aawod TO tho saw instead Of tho ond, Which Inst
comprised the leading CHARACTERISTIC Of complnin-
smoother. After D aerica Of experiments, Eyarts
mado machine involving aldo saving,
which he used for aomo time, but
without obtaining pat;tSSnt. S. and. and which
Machine" Subsequently, he made another MA
chino, which ho considered perfect, aud which
was pateutol. Tho hand machine is made
oponly by tho defendant, but be denies TINT Ev-
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