, 1876-08-02

Incorporation Law, the iIcncral Incorporation
law was atnendatory of their prior charters,
Hcneral inc"rp orutlon acL fDr Tie ascertain
tncnt ol tic IHwcrs of municipalities tnc,'roF-
atcd under special laws wlllcl! had adapted the
1encrn' Incorporation law. Mr.. A.2mns thcn
quoted ff0tn kcverHl actions OF the General
law, md supported hts posttlnn by authorities
to alsow that the Co,,tcl ilad authority To lery
tn1cs tor any corporate pi1rpoac. III arguing
the objection Tint 10 ta1 could he levied for tho
tho gentlemen lad for long Inns been tho
champions OF dishonesty, hut they now pro-
posed TO distinguish themselves by buiug Tho
champions of lEilorancc.
for the city, followed. lie said that It was not
contended that tho original debt for which the
tax was levied wns for an illegal purpose, bnt
to WIS borrowed temporarily 10 meet some debt
The persol!s who weru reststing the payment l!ad
shared and wcre to-day s'larnE IN and par.taking
tho money, Yct, with an in,Eratitide and heart
Of barbarisn, they appeared n Court md sasd,
n pr a sse t. s%py evs1y nsT s at T
reputation md good name IL the city. Cities
bud regulations TO maintain as well aa indlv!du-
and m renounccd aii Ills obligations 70 lis iel: Il
ought not to enjoy tic buncdts Of
civilized society. Chicago haa hitherto
Tic Giles of ihe woriit Should Sic w be u: cum:
pcllcd by law to 20 Into bankruptey1 Should
ahu be compelled IL rcput1.ato her just dcbth7
Should size be deprived Of The only means to
70 sayc her credit and honorable standingl
sl.oul1 she be le.arrrd by Inv from even pay
hlg her Just dcbtsl These wcro tho ssucs pro
scented, and, 4 things were to come to that pass,
he wanted the world to know II. Hitherto, III
tic administration OF tho Revenue laws, every
presumption llal been against the public, ant
the Reyenuc )nws themselves had been regartl-
| ell as perfect Violations Of the Constitution.
70 an extra9f'Inary degree, mud had, IN many
I,stanccs, utterly ignorcl Tho very objcut mud
intent Of the laws. They wcrc looked upon as
penal p statrtes-unt,lst' oppressive, nnl tyran-
sss Sns saccst s e ovsHtrow S tfsss tem IL 'Hsa aa
Just Ms lief try murder ease as II tax case. Hc
| could show whcru tho omission Of word, the
had upset the whole tax, although these errors
could liavo becn corrected In un Instant without
/ dttrlmcnt TO anybody. For the last quarter Of
TECHNICAL OBJECTIONS
to the rendition of q Judgment In tax case bud
been tho rule, and tho Ciurts had demanded Of
officers absolute perfection, nnll had recognized
no duty which wns incumbent upon the citizen,
] uC INV tlIUftQtA JIM GfEEy Wv AOI VI UEDpGEby
should hand to the Assessor llst Of Ills prup-
crty-tolsl him how al,l when TO list it-how ho
should describe lt-lnd polluted out In tho
clearcst and most unuistakublc language how
every step; but thIs Law l,ad hccn, and was to-
day, dead letter. All the errors, mis-
takes, outragcs aud unjust discriuina.
tos sfsat senu ox9ep IT eat avdsa aSatuF 1na tSa
eourts would hold that tho taxpayer owed a
| duty to tho public; they now held he did not !;
that, II Oil AsseaBor WIS selected TO nsHess prop
erty for tnxes, lie must act ut Ills peril au1 lind
| out about It thu best why lIc could, and, II lie
makes Rny mistukcs, lle sfoMd be either bow
| atrung Or bchcalcd.
The SUCCESS which 1ad Intended tnx-ilgl.ting
encouraged almost everybody 10 cngnge In It rs
fighter and the public thcru was no equality, the
advantage being ali will the obJcctor. 1unootlcr
State hnd tax-hghting been 80 universal and so
successful M IN Illinois. III New England and New
aud scarcely case could be found In tlclr re
ports; but Illinois reports sere loaded with
them; aud dtfndecIBionwcrcm mnic to-day II wunld
By oyerrulcd tu-norrow: A law which was con-
atitutiUnal to-day would be unconstitutional to-
| morrow. And II that were not enough, no
sooner was work commenced under one law
thanit was Repealed by subsequent Legislature.
One class Of mon sull that city taxcs ought
not to be collected In any why except under The
General Revenue law. md TINT my system
which allowed cities to collect tLeIr own ta1es
Nas A. Outrage, ahu snouM not Dc pcfnntco,
a taI w @ Ill., atu;gs % m % c!ss .'I1"'t wGau cehse
70 40 tnls these Moulu 6o ~ nl'1sgnliy;Lttnat
tnele Wou!u ny nc ,tax,hkh!unE. ile elstiilc1
nGuG puFsueu 5y eAtIes WIZ utul!!,eu ~ ta1-
ngGtlnE ceNso Wtleu II was SOUGHT u enforce lue
Soslec'e Oh ta1cS @ Tmaer .'S sieooras hsYenae
up q now position, alturel tho unsrspecting
aayoGatea o. tne snSo1y 1,'to amousn' % anu
H'4MMGlltctcu A''a sci1.pc1 LAicni W u laA4..
| there were men n ~ Gh.sago wno Woulu seo5n
in.tie n aronr "S y INV wv Sas H,e tc ayrneat
Oh sih9ie aoat aL o. taxes. AMONG LIEN were
n'ahy oi LAa a9ss G..zsGs, mMo Mousu e, Icscnt III
Hnnca.t 20 W utAtioll un .ut1s vtiuIactEt
any enarge o. s .nofa, ,1,e conseaacnces .at mgEt
Ha ves a. m .
eeat the s.ove!hlnent Was coi,s,"cscu no eflhie'
Mnu, as oi,e VIII @r1teI aaa sali, a!y naM Wno siu.
uiousy n,sn @ "a..l ,n'es n,o'et"ouen1 eIaoca
1uae tax was not @ GhIlst.n,. ....,.,,
~ WIS hot sauo tnah eteIx maantnofized a lsshe
ol ton eV1aenee VI u ueo., nho tLat o1
oiff cEn1lF1cAfEs,
Woni1 m Lax ; case, or M1y ot!ier case, oe ~.
elafeu yon INe 9Aest.,on nan ions e!nee neeT
eettled by repeated 'nl1nuieatIoMhs M ~ tho United
statca supreme court, aild N ing state.