The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-02-15
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ToPrKE, February 15.-Ihe Kansas City
Times is in trouble again. The iegisl AZURE
doesn't conduct itself according TO the
Times ideas OF the fitness OF things. and its
correspondent felt it Incumbent upon him
70 say publicly and in point, that the mem-
bers OF the lower house We're fools, towards,
rolrroons, asses, ct al. The house refused
10 concur, and the representative OF the
Times
RETIRED FOR CONSULTATION,
By general consent. A resolution, with but
four dissenting votes, was passed expelling
the correspondent aforesaid, or any other
agent or representative Of the above named
paper, from the privileges Of the floor,
lobby, gallery, or any of the appurtenances
thereto belonging until the offending cor
respondent shall thoroughly
PURGE HIMSELF
of the contempt of which he has been ad-
judged guilty. "An ample apology" is the
prescription which the house gives as the
hight kind of physic to do the necessary
"pursing," but this is dose of mora! saltz
which The correspondent AYERS he won't
take, and thus the matter rests.
Mr.. wREAT's BILL
to facilitate the collection of taxes was the
special order in committee of the whole
yesterday afternoon, and was discussed at
considerable length. There is good deal
of opposition TO the measure, but there is
evidently majority in the house in favor
Of its passage. This is bill OF special i'm
portance to Leavenworth. 1t provides that
properly sold for taxes, and hidden in by
the county, for the want of other bidder,
may be leased by the county or city, on the
best terms offered, to anv person not acting
in the interest of the former owner, and
such lessee
SHALL BE ENTITLED
to all the rents and profits from the same
until the owner pays up his taxes. There
is large class Of valuable property in the
state-and very large proportion Of it il
in Leayenworth-which has not paid a
cent OF taxes OF any kind for years. The
owners permit it to go to saie, and then ar
range with the ta1-title men that there
shall be no bidders for it, ard it Is accord
ingly taken ia" By the county; but as the
county can
NEVER TAXI DEED
for it, nor do anything else with 1t,
such sale amounts TO nothing at all ex
cept to a virtual exemption Of the pro' erty
from taxation. Speaker Wood said, in the
course of some remarks upon the bill, tina,
when in leayenworlh short time since
HE WAS INFORMED
by a gentleman who owned some twenty
thousand dollars worth OF good property il
the city, that he had rot paid q cent Of
taxes ia ten years; his property was offered
Tor sale, year after year, and there being no
bidders it was knocked down" to the coun-
ty. The owner said be didn't intend to pay
any taxes, but expected the matter to re-
main as at present for few years longer,
ard then expected
THE LEGISLATURE
TO pass some kind of a bill for his "relief,"
and he would thus get his property back,
and escape his share of the public burdens.
Mr.. Wheafs bill is intended to apply TO
just such cases as this, and if 1t passes prop
erty of thi. character will pay its taxes.
Prof. Wherrell is here, looking after the
Normal School. There is a diversity Of
opinion in the Legislature in regard to the
measure, and some work will be necessary
to carry i. TIM ugh. ". s. B.