, 1874-04-02

rcaf1irmod lla opinion, TINT tho law nllowod no
moro than 9l,500 for tllo 0ollootor, md a5 ,r.or
to aaacsH or lovy any further amount than was
necessary to pay tho salaries Mt TINT rate.
EXTRA cHAnuEa.
JuHtlcc Anatfn thon requested tho County At
torney's opinion on Rnpth0r point. Tho AssesB-
or had prosecuted two charRoB for stationery. one
of SIC and another OF 800 those ohargoB wero
for peculiar kind OF ruled paper which tho A.
scaBor clnitned WIS caBonttAl In preparing tho
books. It WINS similar in form TO tho bookg
themselves, but tho latter could not be handled
30 conveniently hence this pnpor was uHod mud
tho figures coptod into tho booka.
11r. Rountreo wlellod to know whether tho
tionery, aud Justico Walsh said 1t had, hut tho
Aasossor could do his work easier with this
Mr. Rountrce thought ho Ind no right to
that o horse and buggy wcrc ossontial aud charge
theln also.
nTr. ponntroe promised to give an opinion In
writing upon the 4 points seiaoa boforo tbe moot
conference broke up.
THE NEW LAW.
Relative to tho Township Organization Inv,
Mr. Nountroe anid that he had devoted good
measure, and he thought tic objectionable foa-
turoB Of tho little whools within whools wore
noarly all eliminated BY tho law as passed.
There secmod to hnyo been Bomo misundor-
from Town Boords tho right to appropriate OK
orbitAnt BalarieB for thoir town oicora. Tho scc-
ton ID az follows:
In towna IN which there Incorporated cities or
tic limits Of t,s town. or Tho town lies wHoy with
the limits Of incorporated city village thu cleo
tora shall not exercise tho soycrn powers contained III
78 ., TO- ii, H. a IS; but iii moneys noeossar5 to
be raised in Rucl towns for town expenses shall bo
Clark shall e1on the amount SO aBcortnnod upon ts
Go'ccora books OF such town. md. when collected.
tho same ee BE- PAID e oyer to 10Y The M Town
visions Of all cisos MD Villages under their orgnnu
lew shall not bo repealed by my Of tho provisions Of
this article.
approved Maroh 20, 1879. and in force July /,
1879, fixed tho salaries OF all town officers, aud
all that remained for the County Board was to
calculate, from tho salaries fixed by That bill,
tho amount required to pay them and tho noces-
sasy expenses. Tho County Board would then
authorize tho Town Doard to levy ttat amount,
and ITO more. It would be impossible for tho
it could not be raised by taxos nor any other
means. This was the whole effect of tho section.
The powers which it prevented tho Town Board
from exorolsing, specified % Subdivisions 5, s,
Ing money. BY taxation. usunlly exercised BY
Town Boards IN placos Whe1o no city or village
organization existed.
THE COUNTY BOARD.
Hereafter tho County Board would taho the
Foo bill, as nmenlod IN ono or two features by
amount m Of taxos Witch tho Town VIE board ari
would be permitted to levy. and, il tllo former
should determine TINT 5000 VAS sufficient for
arge m Salaries BY obtaining from % Senator % kors tue
a right to uHo his patented invention Of making
five dollars out Of ono.
now ARE THEY TO p1saonoE2
This apparently settles tho question in its
49, Ia
mako the present grabbers disgorgo tho amounts
thoy have alrendv drawn in excoBs Of their legal
salaries Tho Town Boards hnyo voted onor-
nous ealarios; the Collectors, Assessors, and
tho majority Of them are disposed to stick thor
hands tioop into their overladen pockets, and
say, "Well, what arc yoa going to do about 1t ="
They take particular delight IN aayiu{E} that this
consider It Of too little, consequence to give It
any serious attention.
SENATOR m'onATn.
In a conversation between THE TRIBUNE re-
pressed the sano viowBas those Of Nr. llountreo.
md said tlat tho Legislature would have
abolished the Town Boards Of Chicago quickly
enough If it lad not been impossible so to do
under tho Constitution, which required uu-
formity in township organization. As it WIS,
they did tho best they could do by taking away
all tho authority OF those Boards to levy taxes
They might 60 Oh now and vote themselves what
they pleased, but they could not get any money
to pay it:
ln reply to tho suggestion that they had al~
ready 500 urod good portion Of their plunder,
tile Senator said that perhaps that could not be
holped under The old law, Tho Collector was on
L. aowe q 600 ssls1 to 6s BE- Fo but there
donation Of 90, 600 if thoy saw tit. Their power
hnd been absolute under the old Law, and they
were responsible to none, hut horcafter thoy
would be proyidentiRily restrained from doing