, 1876-12-22
THE REVENUE.
A Further Consultation on the
Subject Of a New Law.
Messrs. Anthony, Adams, Hurd,
and Others, State Their
Views.
Hopes Entertained as TO the Collection Of
the City's Back Taxes.

who nominated Mr. E. B. Sherman to preside
The nomination was made unanimous.
The Committee which met Wednesday made re
port Of thet deliberations on that occasion throug
Mr. kedzie. The full proceedings OF the Commit
tees meeting were published in yesterdays Tnl8
CsE.
THE non. ELLIOT ANTHONY
WIS present, and was requested to give his view
on this matter OF revenue reform. He said be hat
been working on new revenue bill, and rathe
snrcastcally adrerted to Aid. Cullcrtou'
remarks Wednesday, in which the lat
ter seemed 10 prefer hearing from Mr
Adams instead OF from Mr. Anthony. Mr.
Anthony dryly observed that there seemed to have
| been discussion as to the relative amount o
brains possessed by different gentlemen. All he
had to sag was that he had been working on The
bill, under the instruction of the Council. Tue
Illinois Supreme Court WAS the most technical IL
| the world without exception, and it was
| rather rificult matte. to draw up Z bill which
would hang fire. II Chicago had all the back taxes
| due her, she would be better situated than any cty
! in this country. The present law WAS most fear
fully and wonderfully made, and led to all manner
J OF mistakes. There was no Use OF the irtinite
number CT books now in It cost Chicago atleas
s5 600 year to collect its taxes, aud it cost Cook
| County fully IS much. Very experienced men llad
| questioned the use Of publish ng these taxlisrs
4 simple advertisement in the papers, covering
ten lines, by the County Treasurer stating that
certain time he would apply for judgment agains,
all lands where the taXcs had not been paid would
be just as well us to have tho entire property ot
Cook County put into book and then recopicd fos
printing, and then to have this whole OF stu
printed and brought into court. No State in the
world had such a cumbersome arrangement for the
collection Of taxes as Illinois Bloomington,
Peoria, and other cities in tue State were in the
same box with Chicago. In Afiiwa ukec they had
fos time been talked out Of buck taxes, but new
law was nade the taxes releyied, and there was
and Mr. Adams. he should be willing to receive any
suggestions in the natter from anybody, lawyer or
iay,nan- lie had no doubt Mr. Adams would spenk
his mind.
did 90. He had considered the collection OF taxes
for the years prior to 1879 perhaps more than he
had any other topic. His views coiilciIcd with
those OF Mr.. Anthony. Those who had paid their
back taxes were the oncs%ho were interested in
uniform taxation. very large part Of the people
had paid their taxes for 1873 and 18Th under The
provisions Of Bill 300, while an equally large num-
ber had ayaiied themselves Of the nnconsfirution
.lity OF the bill to avoid paying their taxes. lie
could not understand why bill for the i,cneft of
aHs,. Ghiesso would b. opqsed BY the country
and other cities in the State in the same pre-
dtcament. Any law which did not lie open to the
the Supreme Court and the Legislature, and he had
no doubt in the world that such a law could be
framed, The Legislature must determine who
should frame it. There was no reason why the
Legislature should pass law for tue collection
Of back taxes. 4 lien WIS always lien until it Was
paid. III other words, nothing was more certain
than death or taxes had been frequently op~
served. Such taxes as hnd been paid might
be extended, in accordance with new Law, in
the County, Clerks books and those who had
therefor. The new bill, being prepared by the
City Law Department, would he submitted to the
criticism OF the best legal talent IN Chicago, and
htr fN ali "N.s1fSS ho
found. lie considered that entirely new bill
would be disastrous. Many sections in the old bill,
thu General Law of 1872, were most favorable to
the collection Of taxcs--particuarty See 191. No
such radical change should be made The machn-
cry Of the law was too expensive aud cumbersome,
M o 9e wos smpy
rageous. The object Of tue advertisement was
simply to notify people. who had not paid their
taxes that, at certain time, the County Collector
would apply for Judgment, and, i Judgment
was rendered, that at a particular time he would
sell. What was the use Of having description Of
these books: Every man knew where bis landwas,
and il he did not know how much his taxes were
IL could BY ang II tue coan co.
cumbersome books TIC rev bill. he hoped,
would be ready for inspection within week or So
Col Thompson said the law snouid DC so made
that such trouble about pack-tlAes could arise
again. He won1d have it so tilst no man gould re-
Altf' E. A. SMALL
w. Mas sa!leu upon lol ~ eAposlllon OF n1a views.
!ie tno1sht IL euoa iuea W ptnt anu e!rsa4ate
ne ulAtt u ths t1oloeeu iAW AonS tne elli@ens ~
Ineaio scnesatS sos eaan,natoh; % Srtlclsin' anu
amenalaent. Ie conslotreu 1he Mlnhesota plan
ol enforcing payment oi taxes oetore deed cou4d
oc fecoshea very soou ARRANGEMENT ioe honest
t' Meh' anu e1lte9ponn'nI.N, oaa , one
!ot NY 1psuth WV spctnlateu ~ Ii!9s
IN !. "hleh ihe taaes nau n9e on'! hot oeen palo,
put " "nlen 1,tese speeulalu4e ileluchl,s H,u ~
lsgat r,shts' ne vas opposen 10 hlslns nnhaTeas
o' cesks 10 uo uhe!ess anu ritieuous "9rh sucn as
WAS M no" uone any ne nopGu tnlt soihet nhg better
1hat Tue pFeaen1 pau ~ouIu oe oe'laeo'
II. B HuKD, !
who revised the statutes, vas called upon for his
views. lc Was lnost decluedly III favor of IL
stfnsent law lor the correction of taxes ind ne
.nonS1t one cou!a oe gottsn up, lAe General
lctcl"c l1M vas ~ taG lhl u l"oa onc. ~ con- !
aheu ~. pios'st"ns @ sn.a!'. sa1!.s! seenncal'ie%.
me a"ula - :. "' ; e;l' =. sunIaAeu ~
1MeeMchts 10 peone 10 a'ola paying 1M1es; H.
:m"uiu :1I.., t nun.e peupsc ~ ply up: lme ~"
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@ 10 - ~ "a i",u, " H. u "s ,a7 ~ "H .ooh aas.'
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m slesa TT ceit ZOE Tue n!se nauntn o' uc'as -.
'er Gthl sor s1e 1eSi npn @ + anI H., per- esnt Is1
ho 10, ina a .t ,,,a ~ @ 'IT ~ 'nil ~
nst the opposite, Of ths. lie knew of 10 other
~ ;.s'e "ns.S ;. 'na H. isiuIte ii te'nA @ ~ KY W
he ,nachincrv Of thc Inv Is IN m.