, 1877-02-08
Continuation Of the Debate On Revenue
Matters In the Illinois House,
afr. Chairman Matthews LARS Ills Views
Before Ills Fellow. Members.
They Are Endorsed, and Will Be- Reported
in tho Shape Of Bill.
Proeseafags Yestarday in the Wiscon.
sin, Indiana. and Ohio Leg.
iH1nturas:


| SPHrs0rIELp. ILL.,, Eel. 7.-Tils morning tho
discussion Of the report OF the Revenue Tom.
m!ttee providing for the appointment Ut Com.
mission to revive the Revenue law was resumed.
Armstrong moved to recommt the wloie
subject 10 the Committee.
| Trucste1 eatd that, II the Revenue Committee
was to do anytll!n9,-if that Committee was
not to Turn over its Whole duty to a Cosntnts-
sIon,- question ehoull Ec discussed now,
| tiat tue Committee might know what the House
required Of It.
MATTHEWS, CHAIRMAN or THE REVENUE coy.
| N1TTEE,
favored the motion 10 rccommit. lie thought
the present law could bc effectively amcndcd.
II, after trial, It was founl that could not he
donc, there would bc plenty of time left In
| which to provide for a Commission, and Ito
would then favor tlat. The amendments he had
to suggest to the present Rcycnuc law were
these; That the schedule Of property required
by sec. - OF the Revenue Inv should have add
cd to It the affidavit Of the taxpayer that he
Ind listed alt Ills property; tint Sec. III should
bo so amended rs to enalic the tax-collcctor to
collect
REALEsTATE TAKES FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY
1f DISTRESS;
that taxes should be declared due on Tie 1st Of
January, aul delinquent On the Int day Of
February Of caell year; and that after thar time
penalty should be added at thu rate Of 9 rcr
eent 1,cr month until paid; tlIat tax11ced
should bc itinc of some yafuc in court. Hc
W01tu tnnke tlctl conclusive erldencc Of tic
regularity u a!l tho preliminary proceedings
aia sdri m q. esetything' nut tlat thy a1 wns sub
paid, aud TINT no redemption llas bcci, made.
He further favored statute
FoNB1pDIS0 THE ISSUANCE or ANY INJUNCTION
to restrain tho collection Of nny tax u atec4s-
iLnt t.b,s
etftut!unal. lilo had an impression that, It tho
House Ind the outrage IL pass II bill Of that
kird, the tnxcs Of the State could b. collected.
Personally, llc favored Il tux III avoratio,st,
Art. ., Of the Constitution, md Sec. !. of said
article. He said The passage Ut that kind OF a
Revenue b!l! would asr!1a'lasc our 1aws 10
ti,osc os ,. o. tto United sta.es, and that, n
nll cattB c4ultahly upon afl t'artirs. The payer
would ndl the taxes paid to tilc price Ut hts
product o. urticlc sold, an! tue consumer would
y 1,tts tlie end pay tne tas He sai the statc ut
Gthcr State III tho Chlnl, more tllAn all tho
s1utllcrn statcsf mud ulorc tl!an NIL tho New
England states: and these taxcs were assessed
50 LITTLE FRICTION Ann sosr
that tue people hardly knew TINT s,lcl, taxes
we're Ws'd vt all. 1ar faror1 that plnu Of taxa-
t1otl, und II the proposition before tile House
WAS All open one. or Il WE didn't alrea.ly hive
q ltorcnuo law, he would votc for 1io other. lie
hoped that the whole matter woul,l be recon.
s!lcrcd. aHd II It Should nplmar to tho Revenue
Connni.tec. y the course of q week or such u
matter, tl.at TUG llouse wa. ,otinctned to atlopt
the suggestions a.ld t0lnta nl1ac, or similar
o'Icb, hu would aga!n report the resolution bacI;
to the House aAd urge the appointment of tho
CoHMlsslnt
THE EPFEcr rroS TIE HOUSE
Of Matthews spreelI which did no. occupy ten
minutes, WIZ lnarkctl. 1t presented sOIIcthiug
definite III tlc Say ol programme "a tu what
slsouid be done, md that something, being tan
gib'c aud easi'y understood, was ucceptcI with
tcllei after thy hotlnernE there lind been upon
the subject: It furnished something tu hc acted
upou wllstl,cr tint was atl that II required or
o.; ;a And wnh tue tte5sta,iins TT; fiat i
18o yeas to II nays.
NobInso'1, ot Fulton, introduced bi'i repeal
quirea tho numbering Of ballots.
MopEnwELL's uft1
Tor tho rcasscsslent Of the rutnt stuck ofincor-
porosesl cunilanics for the years 1919 1874, and
=, sc1'ooL-uooks.
Mhat i9oss likG cover Tor another school,
BOOK 1o!, Is Tic BY! intrndnccI III tho House t-
Gay. II makes tbs Chairman Of tho Boarl Of
supervisors, tlle Judge OF the County Court,
anu the county superintendent i1l e3untlea un.
yer towhshin organization. boar.l for the t,l.r-
nose adopting ext-l!ooks for The pubcsehools.
~ c.'u,tcs not Under township organization, thu
Cliair'naH Ut tl,e County Commissioners shall
DC . member ol the schoo!.hook Board. Tho
text-bouka 70 adopted shall not le ct.angetl fur
h5s yeaTs. hetnre t9o tcxt.Sooks ehall bc finally
adottct!, proposals for furnishing the same shall
be advertised iort and tho prize for which they
are 70 ~ supplied to the schools tlkeA for the
period Tor which they are aduptrd.
u,,.,n,s ,Mstr-MEplGAh MEDIC: 4Mn Az, MtscuLAn.
eu.ptton aet 20 tat there sllal! be 10 exemp-
tion Or persona! property froln execution whcn
the DEBT = fur tbs labor Of servants or p'Iysi.