, 1875-08-11
A LIE ON ITa rRAVEIA.


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s;n conr4 IN ,vb;e,, ,ho ron,o ouoat;o,, vo.
;nvo,vc., boa doc;,,ca TINT .,,n;,.r cor,,acotoo
wero not worth tho noncr on wh;c, thev wero
wr;.ton Now for tie focta.
precisely s,3 45c fpo. tho samo M Il wos be.
for. Tho f,ro not n dollar noro or 1osa 1,e-
.o,co ~ tho ira anil +ho o,,,x,,ors <1.-
atr,,ction of tovo,ao nronortv and bo.
cauYo of n 0euora, cbanoo in 1s7o nn1cr
thu ne,v conat;tut;on of Tho novcnnn 1awa
md beoorvo of ;11.adv;acd and now
confesscd nbortiyo efforts 10 col]ect tho con.
tcstod norton NJ Tim c;tv .oroa or INA or7
1874, upt,or whot conrta f]co;1o tn 1,a a enec;n,
INV. thora has hccn fo;1uro tn co1lcot nor.
ttona Of tho citv ,eycnno whom i1uo md IN
tim. In moct tho authorized axnanditnrop
Tho c;.v. thereforo hoa beon co,nne]lel in.
attend of nav;np ;ts oft,cers. contractors. and
mect;no other cnrrcpt e1ncneas in casb tn
isHue to them vo,chors cai,nd ortiacotos at
indebtedness pnvable ont of tho taxes levied
for that nnrnoso ~ foat ,s tho eamc arc co,.
lected. The nncoliocta4 tarcs a,preonto
perhaps from one-th;rd to ouc.half u1ore than
tho certiGcates issuel in anticinat;on of them.
and uayablo ont Of tho1n as col,ectod, Az
fast as the taxes aro collected tho certif1cotes
are taken up. No nav dobt haa bean ron.
t1octed; the CITY bas 1oatle no expenditure. md
authorized nouo for which II had not nre-
rioua1v mo1a mn annronr;ot;on navn,,,o out
Of o tax levied for that purposo. Il has. in
couseouauco Of the non on-collection of taxes
by tie refusal of the Court to give iudomont,
issued certiacatos. in the nature OF orflars. m
tho CITY Treasurer. payablo out Of tho tax
when collected. The amount Of these ordars
aoorepato about Al. .f>DO. .0f}0 apainat wh,c,,
tbs city bolda warrants Tor uncollectsd tares
fur in excess of them,
.. The stato assesamcnt Of taxable proper.
ty in tho City Of Chicago for 1875 Is not yet
completed, Tho assessment Of 1874. whic,,
governs the question of debt. wns in axcoss
Of S225, Oo0, ono. The cdty debt Of s13.4c
0o0 vas in exiatanoo boforo tho ndop.ion Of
tho constitutional limit, and. thouoh II is
only slightly in excess Of that limit. It is
wholly unaffected By 1t, except that Il cannot
be increased.
g. Tho story Of the Clsveiand paper. found
ed on tho mendacious statoment Of tho Chi
cago sheet, that over Sl5. 900, 600 had been
adlod to tho city debt 81 in fragrant violation
Of the supreme law Of tho State" is wholly