, 1876-12-12
kept ctean, md grcnt ,lcal Of nuconsumcl
coaE Is thrown Into tho cint1cr.hcnp.n
SOUTH TOWN TANEs.


THE coLLEcToR'a CONVERSATION.
An o'ltburst OF profanity will within few
days be hcartl throughout tho laml-or 80 tn,lsl.
thereof as Ia comprised III Cook Co,nty.-for
the tax.gathcrer will he abroad, and Will present
TO the citizen bill for the maintenance Of civil
government, and incidentally Of ccrtaIn rings;
and the citizen will RoloH,n1y assert that Ills
share Is too great, aud ho wilt c1eneh his hands,
and profane his Mixer, and taka II out Of tho
Collector IN dreadful cursin4a, and decline TO
pay, aud fall victim to tax-nghttng lawyer who
collects his fee In aavancc,-tho end being, that
he will pay his taxes, and caso htk mind BY writ
ing an exhaustive and vltupcrnttvo account Of
tho whole mnttcr 10 tho newspapers.
This will begin to takccflcct Within a few days
now, inasmurh a. tho County Clerk expects to
commence tho delivery OF tho tax-books to tho
Collectors Friday of this weck. These books,
a. regards Tho city, wllkbe made up With tom
!zed statements 81 the tag for each purpose,
some caecs, boulevard. Tho citizen is, thcrc-
fore untitled to an itcmizc,l b,ll for all lie pays
The cits taxes, which might possibly be col
lsstsa Ia s,',et 9ne e two wSys: viii ths year
West, aud North Chicago, rs they were last
year, and the most interesting item II, tint COR
ncction Is Of course as to WHO the Collectors
ero. There Il no doubt about the matter in Tie
Town tEo men hare claims 10 the office.
County Clerk Lteb expresses h!s intention
Of Eiriog tho books TO- Evans. unlcss
en1olnc1 from such actlon before trh1ay.. tIe
the case at !aw bGtHccn EyAns md CallaEhaI,
but bases hls action on d recc1t decision OF
the Supreme Court, and believes that, II Evans
files satisfactory bond, he should lArc the
books.
There ia lise1v to b. so,nc trouble before all
Is dhnc with the compensation to be paid The
Collector, whether hc pruyc to bo Evans OF Cal.
1nghan. The Inv allows him maximum Of
Town Board to give him an additional sum IN
casc this ID Insufficient. Last ycnr the South
Town Board were extremely liberal, Ito put tho
matter y its l .n!laest foFm,7sg1 they gave
the city, tax. For this the City Council
voted . pcr cent, width should, u,l-
der the: law, have gone to tho Town
o amounted @ to s sS"t 81 at; an vi wun ae ID de"' 70
tho other allowances, tho who'll reached about
4m,0o-a very clever thing indeed, especially
yen It. vas kown ,.t thst the cost Of Tic work
there Is eycry prospect that things will be tllf-
fcrcut. Tho Collector will, when he gets the
books. hare to apply, ,,; to the Council to know
leeting tho city tnx. They arc not likely to pay
. per cent, foF TINT Is plainly much too lnrEe q
compensation, but whatever they do pay will
have to go into t!le Town Trsasury, excepting,
Of course, tho S., ,50O salary. Thcre is not much
chance that tic money will get Into Eyatls'
pockets with even the scmblanco Of authority.
That y not saying that it will not get there,
Some members OF the South Town Board who
were seen yesterday explained that they didn't
by n1,y means propose to llavt last ycars uey-
torlnancc repcated. Tho appropriation In ad-