, 1873-01-25

Geus pedsteada, oeddang. 81
Household furniture. Observation-Disclosures. 2n
Oue COW, two hoga. Observation-Disclosures. II
Eight I'll ,cp, aeecea, yarn, etc. tc...........--. 7:
Three months family provisions Is;
Thres Tre mon:hs,iaei; as, siess 10; y
other Selected property 1Gt
The necessary wearing apparel for four persons;
their Bibles, school-booka, and family pictures;
the family library and ceznctery lots and rights
Of burial, probably not less than 20
Total amount of rersonal property exempted 81 ,7o1
Having looked over tho foregoing figures the
debtor remarks: D..
"Wen,. sir, il understand yor, this. revised
law entities mo to retain in my stock Of goods .
value considerably more than 81 500, beyond all
, doubt or question:"
The Sheriff assents. y
s'Then, az my stock is not worth that much
money, do not see aa you have any business
around here. Good morning, sir! --..-.-
Such is one OF the practical results Of revision
according to the plan Of Mr.. Hurd. It would
seem that the man who chooses : not t.,
pay his debts, ought now to be happy in
$500 ST. N more 'A all W out eD q reach % of The
law, ho can be sure OF comfortable living. He
may snap his hugers in the face Of his creditors,
keep his property, and bid defiance to everything
Dnt Qealn anu taxes. oucn % one result OIL .
revision which is aaid to have ."swept away ell
those technicalities which delayed and often Do
feated justice i" -. -~'
Thonsands Of persons who had purchased
lands for taxes, and had not taken. ont deed
before the revised Revenue act took effect, will
result is accomplished in 1ollowing
manner. The saving clause Of the re-
viaed Revenue act first repeals the old acts, nnd
then expressly declares that tar deeds thereafter
= tnsx
new law. Statutes, vol. 2, P. 379 1866. That
this il not q mere clerical mistakc, appears from
the body OF tho ac.., wllare the same provision
again occurs. statutes, vol: 2. P. 3a7 S6ss: Now
tie difficulty is that the revised act prescrlbes
certain things to be done, and no deed caa issue
been done, Some OF them wera not in the old
law, and hence have not been done, conse-
quently the purchaser cannot make the
nfldsvit. and for want OF an affidavit
4uires every tax sale notice to state 81 in whose
name taxed," and "for what year taxed or sDe-
ciaiIy nssessed." Statutes, vol. 2, p $685. i
$50. The words quoted are not found in tho old
law as it previously stood Statutes, vol 1. p.
COS, s 15s. Therefore those things were
"revlsed act saJs that q purchaser shall make
affidavit that they were done, or ho shnil havo
deed! Statutes, rol. 9, P. s66, ESQ. and p. aS7,
S. 632 aud 6s5.
LauQ8 VI luHt1lS4 H04tI, 6Afls4 1tf LEAGS
tho old laws, Wherein was preserved to them the
right Of redemption until aiier tho disability was
removed, can not now be- redeemed Tho "re-
vised" act cuts them of completely satutes
rol. 2, p. 379. 7eG, end P. 3G5 S6f3. So that all
redemption rights Of married women, existing
under the old laws at the date wkan the revised
act took effect, are thereby cut OF. : Thousands
Of such cases exist, where wife omitted to re-
deem hor land, though several years had -gono
by, because she knew she had the entire lifetime
ho,t troN in {r
the redemption. BY this revised act, sho is cut
of. Instantly and completely, and without notice.
There is place in the new School laW where
tie change ofa single word, maae by the reviaer.
expensive lawsuits, besidcs causing the loss or
considerable revenue The old law required
School Directors to certify to tho County Clerk
the ''rate Of school tax to be lowed in their
district. Statutes, vol. l, p. 69G, II This was
satisfactorily: Mr. Hurd changes the word
"rate" to :"amount" probably supposine it
made no difference Statutes, vol. 3, p. 4o5, s
1S1. But mark the result. Along every county
line are school DISTRICTS which lie partly in tTo
counties. Part Of their school ta1 ia extenaed on
the tax books Of one country. and collected By tha
Collector of that county. another part is, in
like manner, extended and collected in the
other county. SO long as the two County C1arks
had n rate Of taxation as d basis, their wo1k WIS
easy. Now they only know the amount OF money
Clerk knows or car know, how much taxable
property that district has in the other county.
he cannot know what the rate ought
to be; not knowing the rate, how can ho eztsnd
the taxes? Practically. nothing can be done but
to extend tho whole .tax in each county. The
County Clerk cannot go to tho other county for
1aek Of time il for no
other reason. Instance sangamon County,
which : is bordercd BY tho eight sur
rounding counties OF Macon. Logan, Mennrd,
Cass, Morgan, Macoupin, Montgomery, and
There are fractional school districts
betwcen sangamon and each ono OF these eoun-
others BY which they are surrounded VIII it do
to say that all tho County Clerks in the State at
the very time VIXEN by law they are required to
bo making up tax-oooks. must start On pl1gr1m-
age orer the state to Obtain lntormat.on toI e.
tending district school tax5 Hardly; And yet
the only other xayto obey Ar: Aurds re7ls.oa n
is not to Try to make any d1yision ~, q the ta1
between tho two counties. lbs was me coarse
adopted BY a CERTAIN tan clefk is..,y Tho ,.r re-
ceised ono OF Or. .neso s;...-o. eerti1l-
Gates from certain dlstf1ct, olncany III
forming him that ~ they had ]erled school tax Of
4 the e. amount OF Sso9 On me ta1ap!e properly OF
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