, 1873-12-19
State and County Taxes for
1873.
Important Bills Filed to Test Tho Va
lilfty Of the Assessment
And the Legality Of the Railroad-Aid
Law Of 1869.
The Cases Taken at Once to tho ST.
preme Court.
Patent Suits Dccidetl-.-Bank-
ruptcy Items.
Pursuit Of an Illegal Constable.


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ANEW PHASE or TEE TAXATION CONTEXT.
Apow Btop waa taken Yesterday In the struggle
agtir,st the valuations aio a,v tho Ht.to Boord of
Eoualizatjon, Tie bill in the Renub]io Btato Life
INSURANCE Company caso vas chiefly directed to the
illo9ality Of tho aots of tho State Board. acting
without restraint nnd making r,1os of their own,
which were alleged to be entirely arbitrary, aud
from whoao decision thoro could bo no appeal.
Four suits worc begun Yesterday In tho Circuit
Court, In which an entirely now ground of attack
was taken. Without giving serintim tho
allegations Of oarl, bill. wo rive m ahssraot of
49, D. ~ y" Lii, 80 IL.
Ano ea"a5 "ao'' Ai'o' a.NI'ne ou1 'no a7-
sessmont OF tho properly, whether personal or
so Sta aeao OF p a tue Aaod
atena which aro tn familiar to neod fnrthor
.pso"a4iaa a.. In. aa. ",,4 .,at ~ a. n...
specl1cat'on' sho GUS sos ous snas tue e1hte
Board raiaed tho equalization thus oqualizod. In
case Of porsonal property e8 nor cent. and
thosa va,,ot;nna ,varo co,4ffaa ~ t,,a
.neno ,,e 'aAua'ioil7 "ete cels'nco Ny inc
Audito7 70 tho County clork rs tho
to DO extended and collected. 1t is charged that
tho assessments by tho Town Assessor wore tho
,n,n ,ors1 o.ao..n,o,,ta .,,"t .t,ar aan w. ,,,
,.'..,s.. . s..o 100 s1o' "o'o Wv 1u,s
saiuAs'oue maao Wy Ins pot"on ol pefson6 eicc'-
cd Or authorized by law to make any basis on
which to aaaess taxes for tho year 1879, 1or
State, county. or park purposos. The asaess-
.nart tv IN r,r., 1aaooan r. ati,, ,,.,;,.,a.,aa
49, ..,,.'. =! ~. ~ .>as s....s.. ~ ~ ~
lss 'ta'n ~ ho1 oooloo' IL nas ucon s"orn 10 as
orty; the olficora who 1nado such valuation ar
uninpenehea. M oomnlaint baa hoe, nano
ss,.i,,at .,,or, -. ,,1soeaano. e1,.....sss
aBAna' 'aot" AVE tnA''o'a@nee' ~ sAoSastonh
psouGnE OF any crlmo, anu no lndlctmens mas
boon found against them.
Again, II tho taxes arc COLLECTED on this in
,x.a.oa 1,ns,a 1a,4 ,,,,, ~ ,.,a - ~. n..I.
~ to co,,ntv ana ort W to town ,Ao o pIS
nIicitv of ants m,st ha hro,,ght ta ,ocovnr t1,o
eEa excess. Tho Tho colectors I vii II not bo abe
onnanr m ;ts fano ~ ho vn;J fnr ;~ro,nritv
sn etota tnroa Vii ~ ~ ,,,ns, ioat
action cannnt ~ tro,,rt n,a hn
yninntion made bv tho tutlItnr 10 3.1o
n.nnriatfona 4nr stato ~. ,rr6'oaos gunoa" Ip5 np55
Iine.tanths of mil, tar for tha acEooi {rnd '1, ~
~ nanta ~ onai aim -. Etot aouu' ~ ~ =
centa for scoo tax Thc % acerenuto m4a
Of The property Of tie state by te enhanced mi.
untion is s nh bf iii n 1i% eonta o'' oaal, sni
sl01 be- leyiod Tor sclool tax. 4 woud rro1ca Hcs
sa97 a. sufcont for thn sat" ac,oa 9uaee Trna
Niuetcon cents on oach e1(O would nrniuce 81
e2t,bo3.u4' more tian sufficient tor the general
e&pehee8 oi the STATE. or total tax OF 2613
eoats on oacn S!eu sa]uat!o1a, whereas tho !oVy
actually ordered to 0o made M 10 W ~ cents-an Ok
cess OF VI cents on oaeA Sloo. Tie amonntwhich
tho Auditor has attempted to low besides tho
sehool @ tax is - ooo,t t0o Tor appropriations and
s1,5oo, ,o0o for tile payment OF other demands on
the state treasury, and. in counties Which owe
Ta'lfoad 1 aa aabfs: the Auditor 10 1evying about
,Voo 0oo Tor the payment Of said debts. IN
auuition TO TIC general tax levy Of 20 cents, and
iho Aoaltor is thua levy1ne double tho sum
levled ~ 'aw, tor tho purpose OF paying DE-
mands on tho Treasury IN violation OF his
power, anu ~ deflance Of tue constitution.
I1ree Oh LILO Ruits are for IN INJUNCTION the
fourth for mandamns. Aamaiton M. Wa1resh
filed hs bill against Z. II. Cloary, tho Collector
Of south Chicago, to prevent him attempting, to
collect taxes on tho enlarged valuation, alleging
ho ownR lands on Calumet avenue. William
Broas filed his bill against Herman Lieb TO pro.
vent him from extending taxes on my other
basis than that OF the Town Assessors calcnla-
tion,, and j. A. Adslt, whose property was per-
sonal, brought his suit against both County