, 1876-01-05

Sfs. Ada!na HAd, Al he undnrssood thu pnpcsp,
theT wore complaining nbole inequality Of As.ots-
to ,v tho personal property VA aa''t'ed
AID: s.oue asked II thoro was any wsy OF
reaching
rEnooxs WHO HAD Nor BEEN ARRESTED At ALL.
Mr.. AdAns said they could DO lBscnsei next
5ehr; the omitted taxos could be added Under
tho General Neyonue Law.
Aid. WAte.man-uo You think The Hovcnuo
law oposntea III tho samo way in the caHc OF
lower aa.eAsmons tl'sn should have been mado7
A1r. Adams-f think not.
In auswcr to another question, 1fr. Adama
said tho duty u tho Assessors under tho statutes
vas 10 aHsesa property a. cash value N found on
the 1T Of May. 1Io could not un-
az oa to assh.ee s %s a7 f.Sf sona tsas sS
tho1 60 aud aesehu rorotty at t"o.thirda Ut ia
cash value. Tho whoto difficulty had sprung
out OF the fact That Asnoasors did not pretend to
&c. In accordanca WITH tho fuw. md that the su-
prelue Court had winked lt their dotlrquency,
j., The Chairman kaid ono at tbs questions wnicl,
tho Committee was to conAider was 1hother
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATIONS
should bn abolished. Gould MI. Adams Say any
Mr. Adams una not prepared to give M opta-
ton on that subject.
Tho Chairman thought tho time had arrived
Tor The abolition Of township organization, and
The Committee might take atopa 70 bring 1t be-
foro tha Council. II thu city wAs gong 10 bo
tuulcted ososy ycAs al it had beon, tho aooner
tho uBoiess torn machinery wAs OUT Of the Hay
the better.
Al tho tpqucat Of the Chhirmsu,
Mr.. HAYES
theu Ekvo Ills viewa on the kGl difIicultf. Ho
sn'I til. question wAs important from every
Eoink Ct vlew. IT. wns important to tho city be-
cauee every disturbance and excitement adverse
TO tho collection OF taxes was moro or leaa am-
bartassng to the City Government. 1t Was aao
important to tho men who paid tho taxoH, who
might be told that there Was no roIrf for tbon,
anu TINT tho law was fixed, bat tho fast cout.n,i-
ally starch them in tho face that somo
persons nero paying four times tho
Tint to be unjust. aud undor cover Of that injua-
lice thoro would be thousands Of other men, Who
did not pay halE Az much as they ought Eho
would organize public meetings, got np unnec.
efssry ozettemant, md take measures wbc.,
Etoyont the collection Of taxes. 4 plan ought to be
doysod by which tloy codld Eet rodreAs hereaftos
That was tho proper thing to do for ,hs banoht
OF all CONCERNED. TneEo were. no doubt, numet-
count Of their strict llunestE. Thoy made thor
statement under oatb, and sostcd under tho IDEA
that Thor were going to pay fair tux; but tho
ycry fact Of their making 4 fair return caused
lute ought TO iiud remedy for o1s.lng tlltiicul-
Ties; It ought TO pass some law by which an equal
nssssBment of rcnl aud peFsonal property could 30
nade throughout the state. "Tho only way to
OBJECT that was for evoEyhody to como to tho
standard TO Mulch the. ma Iority bad como, The
general stan lard throughout tho Stato wns QUO.
thlsl Of tho clsh Talus. Lot that be the Htaul-
ard for crarybudy and he thought It would glye
general satisfaction. aud romedy the Inequality
for tho future. A fnir appfaeement nas
Cash value as u rienant.
In the proHcnt e1igeucy thsro wac nothing for
the Taxpayers to do 0at to
FAT THE TAX
1
from tic Collector stating tbAt tney paid under
protest and fcsoryed tho right TO cain lsuate
whenever the Legislature authorized Gus 10 be
mado. lie thought lebRts was tho only u,eaos
Of adjusting tho difficulty to tho Satisfaction Of
s'i. II one man paid three tiucs tho tax lo
ought, aud another mao proportiouatcly
less, y general appropriation out OF
tine Treasury would certainly solys tue
Problem aud DO fair anl tust. Tho oty authors
tloB did not Wa.it To hold out fllso uopes; they
wanted poopIo 10 understand thoy wero power
leEs nt this titne, but Ito thongat rciof could DO
gotten hereafter in shn manner suggested, and
that tho Legislature wonsA pass measure au-
tnosizing the rebate. Ths Collectors could not
stop now. Tho public shoald not blams those
otllcers for what appeared q hattishlp. Tho Col-
lactoro wrlo not icspuusiolo for existing dlln-
cultlca; they woro bound to uso the machinery
to uollect tho tnx. aud 1t was unjust to lay tho
blame Ut wlatoscr wros might oxiat On their
Bn0nldeFh
At this point tho following
DELEGATION rHoa TIE r1FTu WARD
ontcrsd tie room John Fo1sytho, Col. Il, ".
l!'caby. a. Tnsworth, ". W. Porkius. q. I.
Kcnuick. Tho delegation worc requested to
pattlcipate In tho dtscusslon.
AIR. Forsy-hs slated thsy represented tho
meeting hsll In tho Fifth Ward tue previous
evening, md were instructed to wait upon tic
CoMnatteo and Ascertain what renody WAS Pos.
utplo for uyet.osseBaultns.
co., n1cAny
was requested to express tue ytoWs OF the dale
gatlon lIs said iu thair part of the cley thoro
WeIe numerous complaints about Unjust assess-
n1cnt, and, from tue locng esluco4 at tho moot
lug, TO felt convinced tlat luauy would not pay
t4eir taxes. lndred, 80 greatwaa tho indignation
tnat patsonal Vlosonco to the Collectors was
tlreatoad, aud 1t Nas with tllttlcatty the meat
Ing could bc brought TO 500 that ZACH eouEso
Toliof to bu had ?
Ihs substance Of LII. Adams opin,ou wAs theu
alattd to tho delegation, who mcra apparauty
dina pointed Ut i.s conclusions.
alr. Iaycs-Can you, gentlemen, mako my
eupgcston
Col Nlcaby said he for ono had not had tiuo
to gsFo the snA.tcr sufficient consideration, but
tho oulY relief that he Baw waa
III THE l0CAIH,
which would involve expense, In his opinion,
tho State Equalization Doaru had 10 right to add
tho 62 per cent WHICH they did without giving
tho tax:psycra Al opportunity to objoas to It.
h1F. FoEsytlc said ho had no suggestion to
AID. Watcrman-I!avo yon any plan by which
you tliak relief can 10 hnd1
Mr.. Forsyale-Ws weso appointed to deriss
como mea,,s OF obtaining 1oiiuf. There vii! bo
another meeting Thursday At which VIC arc OK
pcetEd to pteaent our report.
Aid. Waterman said tho city authorities would
willingly do all III thslr power. but tnero waa np-
parentiy no Inoana Of obtaining Eolef at psesone.
MAYOR cpLylN,
In long Argumonl, nAowel that although tho
pateonui property tax Yas higher than usual, the
reduction on real Gstats oounteroalanocd IL. lo
was prepared to say That tho peraonal property
Of tho South Division was no: taxod LII tho
aggregate at what 1t ought to b.. uo uent On
t. xlgue thai tho ASSESSORS had douc tho beHt
they could, aud thut thsy wero not really ro-
sponslho for tho inequalities which o1isted III
tho Assessment.
Assessor I,illipn also defended tho Asscs sorr,
and held that the agercgAto personal property
asHessmnnt was 81. .Bt1. QQ1 lesh thau last year.
After further discussion, Nj. Hayes proceeded
10 show TINT
THE ONLY THING WHICH COULD GE DONE
uuder tue circumstances wns to allow each per-