The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-27
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EpfroR CHEY-In your issue of the 20h inst,
editorial comments headed Coup d Etat"
Won were certainly msnformed as il is not true that
sever since last December the Atchison and Nebraska
Railroad Company has been rendering some $1,000 to
A. Oo t the County being the taxes which they did not
dispute and begging the officers to accept it, without
preiuiee to either party in the matter of dispute The
oloxinr letter from the County Treasurer will give some
information on the subject:
COUNTY TREAsURzR's OFFICE, TROY, May 2ad, 1875.
w ID wERB ESQ, COUNTY ATroRSEY-Dear Sir
b tye. levied and assessed against the Achison and
Nebraska Railroad Company for 1874 amounted in the az
Pronerty denominated rs Real Estate. s7,sss 96
Property denomnated as Personal Property, l.6'sl4
Total s9.56s1O
On December 18th Is4 Il. d. Everett ESQ., Treasurer
of the r. r. Company rendered me the following IN yuH
payment half the taxes due by said Railroad Com
fI1 O5e.haIf stock etc, tPrrsonalJ GAL!
One-haf track etc, tReal EstateJ ~ 90 -
All on Depots,
S o,bar tender has ever been made except the pay
ment by said Company May llth 1s.5 Of e 46i 81
under the order of the District Court which Is oneha
The r. r Co has never rendered part Of this tax
to me or aslsd he matter ms 20 D dispute RosT TRACY
ei pay '- -" County Treasurer.
1t is true that the Company unable to induce the
County Treasurer to accept the amount rendered IN
eember upou the terms upon which it tenderet but
II il had been rendered and the r. r. Company had beg
ged the Treasurer accept it IrOu prejudice to aer
payf giving the Treasurer credit for ordinary under
standing think he would have accepted at once and
been glad TO have II is that the County has
lost the use of this money for six months but II was be-
cause there has been time that the County could
have received it. until the order the motion for the
temporary Injunction made at Seneca without losing
the right to collect any other greater than that
which the r. X. Company chose to pay. If this tender
had been accepted before this order made the County
would have lost tEe claim the balance of the as
sessment which is than sioOO- This order provid
ed that the r. r. Company should pay into the Treasury
q 46463 within ten days from May Ih, lss5 and like
by the ah day Of June which might be received
by the County Treasurer 'ctOut prejudice account
Of such 1t that the has been STAY
ed off the part the County. 1t not commenced
until the 9th day Of March last and the notice of motion
for injunction served during the last term
of Court and there has been term and be term
which the can be could be tried until Septem
ber For time the motion could not be argued at
the last term without great Inconvenience to the bus
of the Court that was for the term and the
motion for argument ut Hawatha but it was not
reached there and then set for the Nemaha term
and argued there and issued to restrain
tie collection of that part of the in dispute but with
the condition that the R. r. Company should pay into the
Treasury the amount of taxes above specified which
the County might accept ritOu prejudice as account
Of such taIes."
Relying upon your known desire to do exact justice,
ask that this communication may have place in your
columns. Very truly, etc,
w.D. WEBB, Co. Atty.