The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

with little property, however, suffered by it; one
horse, or COW or pig could not be divided easily,
and the committee believe that the seventy per
cent. added TO said town is fully justified by their
Investigations
Your committee visited Mendoza and La Sale
In these towns the assessments seemed about
fair, except in Mendoza the facts lead them to
believe that 4 very large proportion OF the money
escapes taxation. And in La Sale large pro
portion of money material and manufactured ar
ticlcs on hand escaped taxation. Concerning
these towns your committee have IN their knoWl-
edge facts and figures upon which some acton
should he taken. Your committe would state
that they have omitted to give names in this re
port, believing that it would be improper To do
So That they are unable to suggest any par
ticular line Of action To this board As Il remedy
for the evils complained Of.
That in our Judgment the law provide a rene
dy, but that is question rather for the county
attorney than for the committee.
In conclusion your committee would state their
conviction that this method OF assessing, II con
tinucd, can have but one result, viz; That the
burden of taxation will gradually be placed upon
the more fixed and visible property-real estate.
FRANCIS Bowen,
WM. b. BAYLEY,
ABEL WILEY,
j. \. CHAPPLE,
JOHN =. MINER,
Committee.
L. c. Lewis offered resolution that this report
and the fact, and figures in possession of the com
mittee be submitted to the county attorney with
instructions to prosecute offenders in those cases
according TO law. White desired to defer the fur.
thcr consideration of the subject till tomorrow
afternoon. Motion carried.
Adjourned till Q 4. VI. Friday.
FRIDAY.
The board met with Il full attendance. Mr..
Flaherty evidently i'll, but with characteristic
stick -ta-itavencss was with his committee
Barton, from the committee on railroads and
bridges, reported that the Clerk draw an ordcrin
favor of the commissioners of highways of Rut-
land for the Marscllcs bridge, 1880 and to the
chairman OF the board 81, 100 in favor OF the town
of Fail river. Adopted
The committee on claims and attachments re-
commended the abatement Of over assessments
of 5000 to W 5. Mccormick and $4,000 TO W ).
jackson, of Bruce, the same having been put up
on the assessors books without the knowledge or
consent of the parties interested. Adopted.
Lewis Green, of Vermllion, got a reduction
and was allowed % cents refunded taxes.
j. r. Burke of Ottawa, had a claim of the same
nature but it was eXcused-that is, Withdrawn
when ready,
The court house question next came up and
was vigorously debated by Lynch, f. c. Lewis,
White and John Miller. We regret that Que
space and want of time prevent us from writing
ont our full notes. The speeches were all good,
Mr. White alone opposing the proposed public
buildings. Miller was frequently applauded.
In tho afternoon the debate was resumed On the
following resolution presented by Supervisor
Lynch:
WHEREAS, The law requires the Board OF Su-
pcrvisor- of each county TO provide suitable
court house and Jail and all other buildings for
the business OF the county; and
WHEREAS, We know from our own knoWl-
edge and experience that the present court house
and Jail are entirely unsuitable to the wants ana
requirement, Of the county; therefore
R,S0lc,d, That we firmly believe that our Doun-
den duty under the law requires MS to take immc-
diato steps towards erecting a new court house
and Jail.
After a short debate the resolution was rejected
by a vote Of Is to 26, upon which the board adj
iourncd TO 9 O'Clock tomorrow.
II is understood that the session of the board
will be continued next week, when the court
house question will again come up on the report
presented by the committee in July, and upon
which action was deferred until this session.