, 1875-12-31

shoushnd, Of nav and costly buildings hnyo
nesor bccn aascsart at ALL lhe a.ac's smnnt has
usteh boon made oil vacant lnt1 "iIasa nnw
elegant buildings osirt. COMPETENT authority
places tho yalue Ut aicl
1NrAxgr norEH1Y
At slo oon. GOO, wholly invested III buslnoss.b!ockn
co"n tho ratno vaiuca for tho property az was
done for TIM tiItilnnrovcd vacant inlb ton years.
eebo, whcn tho ,prtcca wcso Nominal. Tho
nmSeal ,nn,s f,1n,, Tax Committee ot Tug c9m. ,
peculiar rhnro in raaI n-saso ns'cat,nuntr which
IL especially noticeable III tho funl To:n.
J l!lern Ia another Thing which should camuland
itH nttonttnn. md that il. whether or not c"y-
hHlow, and others fnf A1nyo. n fair prprEsty val
nation. and out OF all proportion TO Mari:ct
values.
20 AnMITTtHcf:.
sinco IhtllTfA has boen C0ltintI to his i:oi1so
by M Rcctslrnt, lsss dcpu!iea havu auidenly da-
sofled tho oillcn, locking 1t up. being nflaIa %
tsco tlo public ncni'ncnt, knowng full we'll
Tint IHE IWDCSE exposures havo Lecu truo
nn,t ettuch right tlomo nj tlneEn.
>, 1t regard 10 tho Tax-Locc.or milking levioA.
ne u mol compellcd 10 mako Ivy III osory i'll
stance where tho payment Of p"rEouaf tnxca ID
refused. and where he Ia uncertain that the
can onlv make nnto of II in lls hooks un'lor
tho leal Of " cfrur.H fie ia not, 10 huttl case,
DRtIdED TO WAIT
for MI injunction, hut neesfs cnfy to Nrito tho
word urror oppGstn 10 the entry III his look,
aspl thu. Ieavo .lo whnIo nal.cr.ait, tho County
Treasurer to decide. Tho law Vi this Htate eS-
otnpts no clap8 Of personal property, escept
money and tnitc'f StntcH bonds. IL former
than Sloo worth Of personal property. aud then
naacHted only onc-ttirx and ons. fifth value. Int
A]ncBsoEs aursca It this year to al alikc. ex-
eopt those Of tho tax-cating party. an! ndlcd
oe sono parties would not bcod. Tl,iA ACCOUNTS
for the fact that thofo woro 30 few complaints in
former years.
Assessor r1i1I.I1rs
should have. gnne to Httngleld 1ast year and
found out how other towns II, tho State woro
ReHcHRod. lilo coald hardly have expected to
got the necessary Information through curre-
spondenco with tho Auditor, rs Buct, intorma-
tion could only be ob,nino4 by personal inter-
vicws. Philips ought a'sa to !lnEe been proscnt
at the scsao, OF tho State Board Of Eqnaliza-
tton. and represented the South Side ,ntc.eats
there, which aEe tho largest in Chicago aud tho
State. His rreeonco thero Nigh. ila:o
PREVENTED THE ANnlrnAHY ADDITION
of 5a per cent by this ignorant body 10 an al
ichdy lleaFy aHBeeam1nt.
The Common Council spocial Tax Committee
will meet in tho City Clerks office stunday AZ
lernoon, wien Commissioner purdtck Mr., Dor
ickAon, and the Town A*soaaora Sill bo invited
to'como before them. All who know anything
about ta1ation. md merchants especially tutor
cstet, arc invited to nlocE with them.
.z... --
MORE CORRUPTION AND RAScAltTY.
I1y1su EVIDENCE or p1Acrmattisn ny rnr
pErurY AasEssony,
II IN ana of tI,osa rem,,k,,Io ,,,i,,. ,,h;o,,
will never DO Blft1d to tho ho ttotn,-how tho A.
Be6Bment "as mado Oh tho South Side. Day ty
day now pl,ases Of corruption and rascaty prs-
sont themselves, but only when it is too lato to
capture and punish tho otIeainra ID 1t that tho
A"tS Mo p1ohSHt ~ llent' fhlitps RaaS Try 10
shift tho responsibility. but tho action Of hls
sSs .hnr,s"rs ~, Duuus amn. .,'lu' 1's . tess o
t,v, ~ .,,a nan1,., . .ly. 4'.ns uA,'
49," w. =. 80. Dep4'y te'eesosa ''Hio'l 1Ao resi-
"enco OF Col Jalne"' Oh Michigan ayonao. They
met that gentleman, mud asked him what ho
thought waH the yu|,,o O. his porsonal proDcrtv.
IIo sad th.t ~ for,,or ,o,r. - t.1 ~, ra,,:i
l.. H., ~ -, non 'sa n"1 n4@ .,sa-, vssa ,a'ae'l
" u''A " si'"'o' "no nn tnouRht II
nj,