, 1875-12-31
OUR ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.

t"4.o's 10 PROVIDE ALAEbiEa'
- De''eAhou, Ill lettef pubh1hoa III yes
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~ WI pic'ont hseessn'ont Bssttu,' ana BhoHH
least. tn riyo ,,rotcc,,on In =, tn-.n.yo- ,t;,
co,,r,,nio.,t.s ~ 49, so,,. '"~p"'s' tli'
cn,caoo nss n@1o 40 ,o'Ips' ',s r,.r - -.
journal: Any hyslcm for tue rntsiuR OF rnya,,,"
1uust bs essentially detective aud iuco1lplete In ns
oau 10 lawfully mao to work out The results a,tan.
i the Of Mr Adst, which reference was nlsds
4oucst man and iuteniing to bo Governed cy son. a.
kcirncs and tls law was asked y tie AvsTsSor IL
what money ho ha on hand or on ssposst wi.a otlsr
tasati' The tnoey wa nos Of Il couuterf.It. a,, nd
thu to the question was pans to 10 toud by
sapaae q i s s ~ so asS stss fe9
,s III" ',ls 'pon 1 Witch h. 'a1 fsr tat 70
property b. assessed vt It's fair cayu value
and tue face Of .hs Rreenback and National Link
notes wuuhl slow the fair cash value" and tint wus
sat8l Gold at a lime of Ihs asssss,rnt Tss alout M
10 everywhere excerpt In thia ststo and fos 10 Hatjo
puspossa Iu lure by species Of Legislative lsgsr.
.cuscnces an logic of the highest j,sicia tribunal
grecnnck iol1r i. increasI In value Is per cr,,t
sass II H.. Il. %s sss%s III. IT. sy.tn
been rceogulzrl Ut tAo National Capital nor cal|ed
Upon to solve tlat pcrrskng rrobcn tbs resumption
of spece-paymeats surely no larger creative pnwer
wond be needed 10 nuke iii groenlnck dollars en,,al
grcenack dollars in Juo. os rer ceut n,or yaaHu Iu
than aro qold dollars e!eowllcrs
In .hu opsnioa Of thu supreno Court in Tho Adsit
case, there this sentence "Ths wrong II snrh
1t be- under which appellant {Adsit suffers rpss a.
W. 'o.t ..+nue fro he ss: thai Wien bis roar
relatively ton hgh." Aud further in tho samo omn
t"u In substance. thu Court aays ths appellant lint
~ Flonla Lave Rone to tho Town 1oarl md to sho
County Hoard s.tssVsrd. aud there 1nals Ais co.n-
I!a!nt md had tho assessment Of his property cor
reeted: And n thta correcting power, given BY Tho
uoarL IL 10 be found lie complete rolnedy Il law
spokeu of. Let " 500. Thero wers in the Tuvn Of
hnuth Chlcsao II that e ua73 say H. oo0 payers
assessed relatively loo low. No one, not csrn
Jussioe. Ut tho supreme Court, would rro-
WA asscsltd rslatyaIy too low would
lnake comIlsint to tho Tomn Board for tAat
roason. Mr; Ads!t then must ham been the COM
planning p1tty the Town uo4 I'd. thu tribunal vhers
tha oompsint 10 ho rnsde aud iii s.e rest Of tho
Taxpayers OF soutA Chicago tbs psttioa against wi
assessed too low. Huch proceeding woui brtnu be-
fots tho Tawn Hoard the consideration Of The rriafrc
value Of sas personal property Of indiyiduals more Ill
spl|sd mora sxpsdioualy than by sny other surthod
tho AA1essor, ha xoa!d nol 10 ssy 10 e1nsct thst
tasfe MY neo toT an. Is atolld ths Town Do.rJ
!av. .pd follow tho sonps;Mns @ taa.p.ysr Az 1asuao 10
this County Doard wAtlhcr i,e h4s been cotn,sn,]ei
to by ths 4uFsrns tud1ux authority tharn ia t,nI
bis complete 1tmody II lsv Il il yslu to az that
ho IL not atsrs4cd loo high that hs prsvry il as.sas
10 be assease aui that, therefore therc IA no rsa.un
why Ae should attend hc lueetiu Of tLs Tnxn nn.rI
Un the couttary. thr Hup,sno Canrt IN thn casn ~
Aiail w. I1eb. At H.. exprctsly Inform, syery Y.
payer That 1t Il BIZ dusy to sec ID II tat hu ia 5t ~
sessed relatively too htxa. md that " S'
Eyrny nT,fsm r.x"p.v,n
il no. assessed r, at1ysly ton Inv r. ~ ,ou,t
.i,T of Jmna I'm IA ~ Horth ,it S.u-
vanv ssy i.Wu Il, nIh,,rr I,esr s,n' aEsnr
uar sac az IL .sa ~ = xxi ~ oetoF. T. ts ao"n
rclaysy tao h,h snd IL. H.. n.ya,r ~ -. j., ~. ,
Id rajssiy.I~ tsn w Ia ~ iis ~ ~ nssIss
IN ssses,ed In law ca H., actr np Ill.,, .uAt G
cnn,ps!nrd aeain.. sh,lt 10 .oind If .ur sy nn,
pisint. ut ot lho iat div of Jux th Aa,.s, ns