, 1875-12-25

personal property in tho South Division Of
tl,'a city lns much to justifyit. For proper
understanding Of tho matter. VIC present sond
facts benring upon the question:
!. I'll MI previous years, tho taxation on
property. real md personal, in this city has
| been two.folfl, TINT IN TO say, the City Of
ChlcRgo, through its own officers, l,as made
its o'7n assessment or vnln.tion Of property,
and Levied its own rates OF tax to be collected
thereon. At tho saine time there was tar
levied for State ana county purposes. based
OH m assessment or valuation wholly dis.
| tinct and widely differing from that nude by
tho city. On this valuation rato Of tax was
imposed for state and county purposes. In
addition, thero las been special tax on oil
kintls OF property in tho Wes. Division fur
park purposes, basetl on tho State assess-
ment, md special assessment upou real
properly In the South Division for park pur.
poses.
:. The difficulties in the vny OF collecting
the revenue for city purposes under so-ca,etl
Bill mo eventually compelled tho City Goy-
ernmcns to resort to the general law Of the
statc; and, abandoning its own valuations
Of tnxablc property, it certified in lump to
the County Clerk tho anount of revenue
needed for city PURPOSES; and that officer,
taking tho Stnto vnluntion of real and per-
sonal property, has nddcd to the rates re-
qaircti for Stat' and county purposes a rnto
sufficient to produce, on the State valuation.
the ainount Of revenue required by the city.
SO, therefore, there is for tho ta1cs Of 1875,
state, county, aut1 city, but ono valuation,
aud tile taxes on personal property for nit
these purposes nre now collected by tho same
officer, and nre included in ono bill, iuatca,,
OF being collected at different timcH and by
different officers, NJ heretofore. The bills for
taxcH on personal property now rendered
include the taxes heretofore eolected sen.
arately for State, county, pnrls, town, and
city purposes,
j. The assessment or valuation Of taxable
property, Oh which all tho taxes of 1875 are
based, was nude by tho sevcral Town As
sessors This assessment wont to Spring
field, and tie Slate Board of Equalization
added thereto. by increasing the valuation Of
real ostate and personal property, 5o pee cent,
1t is on this revised assessment TINT thu taxes
are now levied. From these cllnnges and
complications various rcsu1ts havo followed.
In 1874, tho people OF Cli:aoo maid taxes
on tho following valuations for Statc. countv
end town purposes:
Etak rsrsona, 7nt,.
West Gnic,go Gi's n,'sW SaSS t,artoo 12a6 sdao
North caicaso. 2l.Yas,s.o a,G93o:0 2s,d 5,Sa9
Total. .sl'l,::os.sn c3.os7.ooo sloi oay,5.s
This city valuation for run;c;na1 ,,,,~,oso,
wag as follows. Rcol catoto so,a Eto m.
personal. S45 155. $40 ). tota, ssan. N: In
Tho ta1cs Tor 1876 ara boscd m tbo stct,
valuation. which il no fol,o,~e ' >'''s'
Rtai P:r,cua,. 7at,,
gouth Sou. ohtsagn. s S19;iSs, suan9I so,.1s47a
North chicsso.. ie4:3.ol1 o,2;asoo ;ii1 ia.s;isl7
ro,,, en-: -o,,-, w. - 49, -. ..:--
IT,. n1...a 49,. *'''e ''',s"'H'
49, ".., sa'o'' q, "nen eo"'pAfea' Will OK
~ w. ~ M M w. ps!sot1as psopo.'y Is 60
tba c;ty,a vni,at;an 49, - ~ 49,, ,.".o" ~ !o.t'
mn mn MI - 900, sasae e W. 80
tr,;a wv, uo ..es."is" ~ ''o,o''oo.
~ no..o,,,, XXI A ~. ~ 90 - fs"' ~ Ii
nlout ~ t,o ,'.oaas.;an - 49, =, 44aa' se'us n"S oeeh
49, ,-;.9. ;a9 1870 - w. - eu' u1ea On these
s,o,o vo,ua,;ona =; .,,;s "''1. a. 0''a e''s ai'a
~. .s1.a ".:. ~ su+' -, .oan'''
,o,' % =, a.Ao Aosle' - 'ne proportion es'ao-
~ ~. ~, 49, ., 'Ao"H ~ .he assessment
-, A''A e'l"'o oA "ess tAlcago Is
..n,ss.s. .sa ~ - .. pof eens una mo personal
Eortt % n;a;.;o. -; ~ pss sen' ot 'ne "nolo. IN the
oo *ea' es1a:e ~ assessca u UT
pet eea. 1na PERSONA euecss Of 1d}, being |
n:.'.: ,s ~ wv same proportion On tho West
D.s,s'pn' ooSefse now the assessment
o a'as... ~ .Ao pul''ao'' I'D PHILLIPS. who was
'.. w 'n'e'ea' scola"ass' md ballot-boH
W.; neal estate, 053 personal
p4op.sey, n.y. 1A"s II appears from the rec
o1o 'nae nc nas assessed tho personal proper
y ~ mofe .nan aouple 'ss rolat'So va'uo. It
~ - a'ssaseu sa 1oo n'so IN she proportion that
DIT oeaFs 10 u, or moro than tw0-fotd.