The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27
.sRe-Platsfng of l.ands.,'

Under this head, and following eX-
tracts which we take from Auditor
Parker's review of his duty, will be
found the proceedings of meeting
held at Milton, on the 10th. and also,
the proceedings of meeting held at
Webster, on the 21st. On our first
page, in regard to the same subject,
will be found the proceedings of a
meeting Of the citizens of New Garden
township. on the Goth.
It will be seen by Mr.. Parker's quo
tations from the law of Sections 272
and 273. that his duty has been made
very plain, and, as Conscientious Of
ficer he has tracked the law, and if
any censure attaches at all, the LAW
and not the Auditor is culpable.
Here are the Sections:
Sec. 272. I'm all cases, when any
tract or lot of land Is divided into
parcels, so that it cannot be described,
without describing it by metes and
bounds, it shall be the duty O.; the
owner to cause such land to be sur
veyed, and plated into lots. Such
plat shall be certified and recorded"
Sec. 273 IF the owner of any such
plat, or lot, shall refuse, or neglect to
cause such survey to be made within
thirty days after being notified by the
County Auditor, such Auditor shall
cause such survey to be made and re-
corded"
We have only room for an expla-
nation of what Mr.. Parker conceived
to be his duty in the premises, and
his determination to fill that duty i'm
partially and thoroughly. He evil
IDENTIFY believes and practices on the
common sense plan that, if law is
either good or bad vigorous prose-
cution of it will develop its qualities
soonest, and, if it proves pernicious,
the people will speedily annui it. In
commenting on these sections, above
quoted, Auditor Parker says:
IF this law admits of more than
one construction, l have surely failed
to see it. To me it is as clear and
plain as it is possible for an enactment
to be-just as plain, In fact, as the
language of that law which provides
that each member of the legislature
shall receive eight dollars per day for
his services, as legislator, and five
dollars for every twenty-five miles
travelled in attending the session of
that body, and for which law Mr.
Beeson, who was at the time of its
passage, misrepresenting Wayne
county in the Senate, voted, as will
appear on page 293, of the BREWER
Reports of the special session of 1872.
Mr.. Beeson is a pretty subject to ac-
cuse any one of attempting salary
grab game, in view OF his delightful
record above set out.
II am free to say that / consider
this law good one, and think l can
give sufficient reasons for so thinking.
It is i'm, .ossible for me to give a good
description Of all the land in Wayne
county on the tax duplicate. If / am
unable to describe it there, l cannot
describe it in any list of delinquent
lapd and lots for publication. If it
cannot be described in the list cor
rectly, it cant possibly be described
in tax certificate, and it very natu-
rally follows that if it cannot be de-
scribed anywhere, SO as to locate it
perfectly, my deed, as Auditor, to the
purchase at tax sale. would not
amount to anything, and any court
would set it aside for uncertainty in
the description To illustrate, that
eminent Granger and sterling reform
er. "Jeems Smelsah" appears on the
delinauent list for the taxes of 1873,
and former years, and his land is de-
scribcd as follows: The Southeast
part of the Northeast quarter of sec-