Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-05

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ccpt the person against whom and in whose
namc the tax was CHARGED. Thia fact is
matter o: judicial proof and record ia the case
ct Tacey y. Irwin rcp5rtci 10 is Wallace, and
also appears hy a Icttcc Of the Commissioner
Of internal R"vcGur, dated %0th December,
1874. addressed to Hon. George + Wright, oil
tie u. S. Senate
The object Of this ruC Was sufficiently obvious.
Tee intoution was to punish all persons inside
ci tho Confederate lines, not by 4 cOnh=catlon
which would involve formal proceedings in
court and sIcnrc something for the Govern
mcut, but hy the shallow iornis OF 4 tax sale,
which would give cool opportunities Tor private
speculation by the Commissioners or their
friends ';'hc rule had not only revenge but
"busiucs,' in lis contemplation.
Mrs i2r, OF course, could not appear and
pay the tax 10 proper person, even ii she had
known Of these proceedings. Payment Of the
tax Of $.'2 " vas, however, rendered in behalf
OF ilrS. Lee hy one vi her friends, and the
money refused by the Commissioners. Com
mon honesty then would have dictated the sale
Of 80 much 81 the land only, or 0! the moVabicA,
n: would have sEtliccd to pay this trtng tax,
but this was not done. The whole Of the great
Arlington estate Was S}Il "a pay il petty tax OF
SY2 N1. lDiIcr the ~; Of February Il, lSG:'
ihc President Of the United States had the
power 10 have such land struck of f3r Govern
men! Use !ur war, military, charitable ami
cducltlcnal purposes, and the land was struck
eff on january i, lSGI, to the United States
Tor lie sum CT SO, 500. What became OF this
money can not now say, but none OF it ever
went 10 the Lees. The Government took fresh
possession under lliis proceeding. Two hund
red acres We're appropriated for the cemetery
and the remainder used for forts and negro
colonies. AL tins was llr. StantonS work.
and it WAS worthy Of his heart and head.
Similar eases 10 the above occurred in iir
Hinia, an.! the owners, alter The war, rcsorlcd
10 la,q TO anuu the proceedings and recover
iIcir land. Ia every case they have been sue
ceao!uI both in The State aud the Federal courts.
In the case Of Bennett W.. Hunter, reported iu
IS Grattan and affirmed by the Supreme Court
e WalIacc), the court held that the hight Of
payment might lie exercised By the owner III
person, Oh through any other person willing to
act in his bchaI.' They therefore set aside
the certificate OF lax sale under which The party
it I,,>,c.sira claimed to hold. This is the Ar
!in.tp Csc precisely payment OF the tax hav.
lax h2rn specially rendered by 4 friend OF Mrs.
Ice aud refused by the commissioners.
IL Iacry y. Irwin Us WalIacr) llr court
went further, and held that the existence OF i
raIt by the Commissioners itrblddlug pagncnt
~, 1a;!I ,h', n.crs.;,, NJ :, tnn5rr IN :,nv case.
aGj rcn.!@ytI ali zach sales invalid
,vL,,., in.;.;n,o ,Lon ,h.t thn ,itIn nj thc
lr,;,'? s1,l', ~ ,Ln A,I;nnion n>i,tn j. ut,crIv
I:I 49, 49,, e,..I ,rr, -, c,rri, E,r
-,,., ~, r.,,,-.. win. rho sol, i
'',,,,",nd go, Ly ImJ,rn Jnhnst1n
.,I:,. p,,,,., o,,. Law ,vL;,,. ,aouircs
s,l, a. wio(, tract Of land 20 nav 4 tax is un.
constitutional. il the land c,a b., divided and
NV, womb nav i!,r fax ami CHARGES. tBonnctt
l'-'i L-,.,n,,. Hr,,od h., S,nro,,o
-, w. = . 80, ~, - "''N'; "'''' -
'"n:'' ",i.'e"'j
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS oe'lc7e II can be proven
tin tic tax ~" u",'E rendered before S!!:.
"!l!f-i; .:auS, the rule acted upon W the
,.,,,,,i.. ;,,rr: a.. 20 take thr tax from any
,.,,, L,,l 81, ,,,,.r :, ,,ars,p nohr ill s,Irs
u"' '' '''o
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r"2:!h-- !'-;.Ii>c th' Ctlt:a Hi':'"3 |an n''
acquire 'ani ~ ;:Sta!", and luri-!:"iOE oyer Il,
without the consent Of that State.
''!H!f!.--H 2.uss ;t any event, admitting the
r;.,i, 80 ..n I;:I 10, ,,yr. oriv H., urrrn., II
49,. .,.-., :, ,i,i,,,j, ,hnu.J mss ,,i ro, ,hnt
,,Lt;,'. ,,,,.a;,l,,, 80. ,..,,,,.;,,,,
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::nb "Eto Wrr" "!:b'2 "'I.i"r inc IL" lisGi /"
ruc;, Is :. urici statement ui the law ia the
r.:. and from il an; uun ran determine how
-. ,Lo t.rc,,.,.,ctii lit. !. Iil,riv "a ~, unhnIl
o. ~. ~ T.Ii ,,,,. ,hn Sunrn,,a r|,rt ;,s,I;
~ '''e Hu'' .'1 G"I' 49, y
nave pas -" 'n 'i1 !nHS.'oaS 'hV"'vtu' ana u
49, h"v: m'i a'Tr:'.Y %hrtlfl inc lttlc 81 inns
:.grii@niar stale {" be ii lie L;c Ami!y, II has
been si,rIi. .nm their i;ri,GaraucG and uuwI
i;unac.. +, Irin, silt while there WAS 2 bros.
,.;,,.:,n T., a., ...,r,j,I w,ihout roc'ursc
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Gar":ri Robert !. lace died III oc!ohnr, 1870.
His wrIuV, Ms Nary i. l. hoe, tho daughter
Of MIR. Gusts, anal t. whom h0 beIunathGl Ar
iiEglrn, s'!ry vrI her husband, And died in Nc
yrnhrr, Isl Tho lille estate then dctcrmIncd,
nd the title passed I" George Washington Gus
lis Lee under the terms OF ;ho will OF Mr. Gusts
Daring thn lifetime Of Mrs. Ice, on tho I'd OF
january, 49,, Senator Johnston, of Virgin
presented II petition from Mrs l,en touching the
Arlington property Ito 1acited its substance
rs follows:
Tho petitioner states That tho Arlington estate
WAS devised TO her By her father George w. L.
Gusts, for life, md, at her death, to hGr oldcst
son. She States ths!, during tho war, the whole