, 1876-01-25
All Sides State Their Views Fully...A
New Petitioner.
Fhs Supreme Court Decides In Favor Of
Tie South Park Commissioners,
And Holds that Township Organization Still
E1ista In This County.
Eyans' Receipts Falling oh--"Power
Of q Collector to Levy.
IN COURT.
TIE ARGUMENT,

norn,ug. Tho argument MAS begun by Mr.
noupsreo on behalf Of Tho county, who SAID he
pndo1stood there woro four oases before tho
cou,t, those Of THr TRIBUNE, 1in1ss, lnter-
0cean, and Journal and Of Knight 4 Leonard.
lie than offered ID evidence tho return mhde by
us Tif,,es, whoBe Asaoasmsnt 1as e65, 900, and
Hulch ma on par wish tho journal, which had
,,so mada return. Az to TuE TRIBUNE, he said
/ ought Oh It's own theory topaY 8 tax on $4,000
moro thtn liz valuation a. tnkdo by the Ahaess-
u, The valuo OF tho capttoi stook at 90 por
,sut xas el50.00o the reai estate and
SEASONAL property wRa s11b,800, leaving
l35, ,00U In round numbers az tho assessed raiua
II tho capital stook over the raluo Of tho tangi-
10 property. This ea5.o0o uas decided to 10
,otaonel property, snd. adding to 1t tho other
personal property, s65,0o0, would make zoo, 600
"a tho personal property to bs taxed, or ovor
10000 moro than tho 1854 which had boou
bytsd against Il.
Judge Moore Aore cAmo In, and said that
eero woro two cRsns sot before him, and lie
siahed them to be Incorporated with those un-
,cr consideration. Mr. 1to,lntrse, howovar,
tsBhed Mr. Wilson, who appeared for tho olty,
b be presons 80 es to reply. and. sftas sotuo
lime, thoso Two cssDs wore adjoutusd until Fri
lay morning. ,..
non continued. ue said Mr. Borden had COM
ptatued because thu eapisn Htook OF his ollont
Ind been relucod by tho State Hoard from 9900,-
NO TO 2l60. 0oU AR&tnst The law, but taa The Tam.
me had boon taxed tho same a. other corpotx-
ions, It could nos complain. Tho Supreme court
.sd s1proaaly decided that poiat in 4 case from
Boone County
hen called 1tr. Houn,sees attention to Tho
!uepdment to tho Aeyenue Law, Which provided
privato individuals, asking him to explain that.
lr. RountEoo. hoHosnr, declined, saying that
!he law WAS clearly unconstitutional; that it uaa
Saased on tho Granger eSstem by tho LeRls-
aturo 10 exempt newspapers which theY
Ie.rsd and agricultural soclotiea md manu-. %
h1Ation. Tbs State Dosra did moi claim
,r ASSUME to rodroas Individual gtisv-
,nces, othnrwiHo 1t would TO roduced to q
nero Town Board. Originally The State board
tulJ eQuhlized, but, as It waa seen that oortaln
property sscapaa taxstion, in 1873 the State
boaru. to compl! With tie law requiring uni.
Io1nlty, waa mado
AN AasEss1No nop4,
ind, having powers OVER tho whole State, az
iesaad aud equallzed a!l properly. Ihus rail-
.oads and capital atocks wars sAseseod, Which
sould not be done by any Town Assessor, ba-
lsuas railroad pTopeEty thai Has IN Chtcago in
she morning Tou!d DO OF ln Rock 1ulanl by
Iho State Board had beon expressly recognized
By the suprems Court But the Increase Of 81
per cont had raised the valuation 80 high i4 re.
gard 10 TUE TR1nuHE and Journal that they had
both escaped taxation on their c.pital stock, and
Honid not bc heard to complain that hsiE tax
MAS too high.
m behalf OF tho South P&rk Commissioners,
Then roae to defend tho Hout4 Park tax. Ho
Atated that tho Commissioners were authorized
10 1aiso an amount not to exceed &s00, ,0uu in the
kI,rno m 1F h ff,fra Inn Ejprfn pnry mi
Lake. 1t uas Bought In tho plssant cuses 10 nl,-
foin 40 much piLthp tax. 40 Waa co!lectale In the
Town Of Routh Chicago. Dat. It would be i'm
poaslhse 70 form judgment without soEne adai-
Honsl help, Al two of the thtee towns GU which
Tho tax waa laid ~sre not ieprosanted. It did
not make nuy difference what the Rssessnant
Nas, as there was o cert2in amount to ba rAiBeG
which wha to 1e distributed By tue Clerk who
but 1t uAs not necessary to heye the rate aacos-
taiusd ~ cartAin amount to TO laVicd In eishar
Ease, II made no dlGeE4Doe whether 50 per cent
WAS added Or .suntractsd. Ino pply thing to do
VAS tu make au equitable division Of tho $780,
600 70 10 TalRed.
made tho cloalnR Argument IN reply to hf.
RouqtfQa reyioHinB the aeoHiola Ruu tha whole
question thoroughly. Uo aa,d that court Of
equity sould onion the tsx.wartant to ths ex'
grievance need be set up, but . threatened DIS
treas and sale to make An unauthorized tax I.
von sb,,n1A In 1}r rto n r,
ams s1Rs. teAss "no1su ,1 pe stoassa ~
c;I.d .hc, shs .ronntv 1so.rd n cart,im "I csao
SS am.us sn.u ~ nIasu ~ ~ thes eass
s.s.hin sna,,,r, ~ ~ ~ an,si 80 -. i.,,s.ss.J
.sins snn,,,d hsr. hCnn dednctai yrnro oari, ta =
,,ts.dsa ~, ia eoS'esttn to,S. ~, d1N -
mani 4endarsd s m o thn hsiaoco 1hs @ noyyenna
Let reouiTod propsrty to be eou.lixs1 A waii as
ssssssad ~ IL fnfr es.n v.ius r. s1,atn mosrI
hnwsTer ~ had mt sous,i,ed nrnnertS I'a.u, oE
thst hssis. bnt orofferod Ia dn AZ 4 ~ oar amt
NJ ita far r. al ra,uo wh,ci, 80 ,Iia"st 't EhIs
tn,t mieht s.t1sfg shs nonts,tnt,on "a ,hn ts III
of uniformity tIe,sn ooptslned. il whollT It'll ~ fxiod
h sst,sfr md wss IN iirnct rn,at"n ~ t~S ts,s
nrossaona If thn 1.ysnma sct .na ~ ,,s u W. "
liz Board sdoptsd theseundsr. The "a ssaumeut rs III
fhst fs1snsvatx Were MI In tnrsd h.rsrs. ~ -.
n,iS tsrns ~ r.,as c4tanaet m h.is tns usI,n =,
m Snrca w hs "oia nnrs.nn ~ xh.tsr H.
sntinn ~ the Ststa Haard w,a ;IIa"s1 Nav ~
persons vore sasassed hy tbs locsi hsses.nr I ~,
thc ~, v.ina ~ tnar nrnnsTty. ntnars ~,
MOI, tha, .hst + tI,oan va1n.tons H. a., =.
1iosra -s,asd na mar nsnt II th.t ,ncrssas -,
rone,is,, ~ - d.. sinht ~ t.Ea :S~sntsas ~
sn"i, tii.4,.ittvs 't"tts,niv in,t =. r." Gam