The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16
sANRoRS CONTRACTS.


tracts 20 collect dere'ict taxes, similar to
the Sanborn contracts, was tire witness ex
xmincd this morning hy the committee on
Ways and means. He drafted the clause
in tho sppropriat. bill under which those
various contracts were make. lie had
spokan on tie subject to various members
of the House committee cn appropriations
Dawes, Beck, Nib,ack and Hale Of Maine,
but had received ne sort Of eDco:--ag cement
from them. lie had then sToken to Sena-
tors Cole and Logan, aud he thought Saw
yer, all members OF the Senate conTaaEtee
on appropriations. lie tLeagiat some Of
them favored the proposition, and he was
not sure all did. lie did not recollect
speaking to any member of that committee
who did approve of it. lie, himself thought
il "a good law, and had no hesitation in
pressing it. lie thought that before its
enactment he bad a brief conversation with
assistant secretary Richardson, and one or
two conversations with Banield, solicitor
eof the treasury. lie had also asked Secre-
t.ry Boutwell's opinion about it, aud Bout
well bad told him that he had not much
confidence in the collection of taxcs, which
she officers of the government had failed to
collect, as they become due, Witness did
mos belieye that a proper construction of
She kw would authorize co ontraet to col
fsct Legacy and succession taxes, because
they were matters Of record in the souro-
gates court, and the law only contemplated
employment of three persons to assist III
discovery ard collection OF taxes. These
taxes could not be said to be discovered as
they were already matters Of record. He
testified also, that before the passage of
the law Of 1872, he had gone TO the trea ury
department to make inquiries us to whether
a IRE existing law to collect abandoned and
derelics property in the south could not be
s. construed rs to be made to apply to col
lection Of derelict taxes al over the United
States. The parties TO whom he trans
fsrred his contract, Campbell. Ebert and
Class, were Of the opinion that this nigh.
Ibs done, either by the insertion or omission
OF q comma. Aitaougs he did not agree
with them, he went at their request TO in
auire about it, and had met Sawyer, then
senator, in the secretary's Office, and
Sawyer and himself bad gone to the soici
Tor. Office to get his opinion on the subject
Tut the solicitors opinion, like their own,
was averse to it. 1t was after that the
saw of 1872 was got up. lie denied that
nny person in the treasury department Lad
any interest whatever in contracts, with
which he was corrected.
The committee will continue It's investi-
CATION to morrow.
CHIEF JUSTICE.
The chief justice delivered his first opin-
jor on the bench Of the supreme court, To
day. in u case from Illinois, touching the
right of state 70 tax n3n-resident nation
al bank shareholders, a. the residence OF
bank The niembe1s Of the ba. who heard
It, and his brethren on he teneh spoke of
!, in euIogistie terms. R,verdy johnson
{. complimentary in his remarks, 10th as
80 the sacrits Of the opinion. and the man
.aer Of delivery.
IA, DECISION.
The supreme eaart today, decided he
cast Of rnrren. collector Of taxes a. Chi,
ec,go, against Che MerehaR&s' National Bank
Chicago. from t&e e;seIn court of Hi
nois, presenting the question whether the
legislature Of lllinois ceId ~ 1861 provide
Sor taxation of owners Of shares Of capital
a,ock of a ma tional bank in that state at
the place witliia tAe state where the bank
was located. without regard 20 Their place
6lf residence. Tie court bsioS aeeided
shat the two could set he thus lAd, and
dscrec was against ;hs eolleetor. That de-
cree is here reversed the court holding that
xhares Of stock in national banks are per.
sonal properly under the rational bank g
act. They are species of personal proper
", say the covrt, which is ia one sense in.
tangible and ineorporeal, bs.th law ssSaies
creates them may separate &heH fea.A ti,'
rcrsoA Of the owner, fer the pHI oscs Q.
taxation.
Chief Justice Nat. delivered the opin
ION.
TRANsPoRTATIoS.
A dispatch says that the select commit
tee on transportation routes to the seaboart
will meet Thursday night, and that Sena
Tor Window, the chairman, expects to SUB
nit his report this week Tie senato
will take this posit:on. Cheap .saPsporta
lion IS tq ho obtained only through compe
,i,iop, AMI competition, to be effective
Teqst operate through cheaper channels o
commerce than are now proyide.i, asa mus
be governed by power with which con
b;ne;jou is Impossible. The committe
have passed ever the ide2 of oltainin
cheap transportation by the regulation {
freigh,s, and it ury te SGT down coueluslv,
ly .hot II. between the TWO alternatives ,
freight raiEycads end g@ter lines, the cen
lni;tee will fayor water lines. 1t Is est
mated by engineers wto base condlcte
the surveys that the expenditure of abo,
S1,00o,000 would connect the Missis>ipI
with the lakes, and that the required j:
prosement of the Erie canal to the state
psgnitude ccrrespond;ng with the can:en
plated grapd oanneciior, would requji
rbau, ten Bi'lion daliars, while abo'
twelve million dollars would connect Lal
Ghamplain With deep water on tue lludso
leaving ship canal capable Of passing We
sells ef coo t5Is burden.
ANEW RAILROAD.
The gamu,istes on railroads ip ihe IOu
have deeidai 2 g,fs hearing to some 9
ef the mspg sshf,,aees hssins eergea fer t
se>'aolsstss,l!,.Saass ,!,.Sass II fss fgleess3is: ths IA
sFss,aalt GRslicaas IL las atersssst 81 fai'is9
e9FgglasiSts rave Transferred ttt2iE 2aPeei
fr9o;as; tt,s Rq4btsyq taa4 copmmi1see 10 that
tks asE Committee on railroads. orsani-