, 1879-07-08
$1,000,00!0.
Decision Of the Long-F Fought Fax Cases
= :" In the City's Favor.
And tho Corporation viii Soon he Able
"to, Fay as Yon 0o."


spteiol Ttsna,eh 10 The Tribune.
Mr. VENNoN, IT,, .1uiy 7.-Optnons Of the
Supreme Court, written By s!r. Justice Sheldon,
wrro this day fled In tho Clerks Office in the
cases OF Fnfrchtlti 1T Al. ". Tile People cx rel.
McCrca, a,,l in Hamilton ot as. ~. Tho People
cx rel. McCrca; appeai from tho First District
Appellate Court-commonlY called the Chicago
tax rascs. Judgment Of tito Appellate Courtis
affirmed.
ny decision Of the Supreme Court recently
flied nt Mt. Vernon, the city Is advanced sew
eral months toward the pnv-as.yo,l.Eo basa.
siucc, undor t1tls ruling, 1t will put, within
year, at least 81, 900, 0pO Into tile Treasury. The
good nsws ramc by telegraph to Corporation
COUNSEL Adams yesterday, uiIu hc was parlcti"
larly ciated, Us IT was The blu he drew for tho
collection Of back city taxcs which was upheld.
The dcrtstou says those of 1878 uI,.l 1874 wero
property levied. .
These taxes wcro originally levied under iho
City Tux act, commonly known Mt "htll 3N."
The r,,Y In 1871 applied to the County Court for
judgment far tiie taxcs OF 1871. thc Court r.
l1,scst Judgment. Tic c!ty appealed 20 t'lc ~.
Judgment Of thu County Court a.a!nst llle
taxus tn the case ri People cx rel. Miller 70.
Otis, IL III. H., ISL. Subsequently the City Tax
net was amended By. the General ASSEMBLY at
Thought would obvato certain oejcetonh to slc
act suggested In the optn|oll Of lhe supratn9g
Court; anil IN 1915 the city apolieu
to thu County Court, under the Rct
ns amended. fur Judgment for tile tnxes OF
1874, wjle,, Judgment wu3 aEain refused by the
County Court, md tlc city Appealed Ille ~.
pse1ne Court, on the appeal. deGnled that Bill
3n0" was Unconstitutional. Thu Pcoplc, etc.
~. Cooper, 81 III. R.. 59'. .....
The taxes Ut 1878 and 1874 amounted to about
$10.071, ,O3, Of which tiers was collected about
ii 1874 b:,5 leaving uncoilectel about 3,t}, ivy,
which. unlcss sOtl1u renlc.ly could uu provided,
tlst, aftcr the decision In tile Cooper casc. have
born lost to the city. Ohrr cities ~ the State
| had attempted, like the Ctty Of Chicago 70
nssess, luyv, md collect taxes under "Bll w, -
and lad failed wtete the taxes were contested.
The General Assembly IN 1s77 passed. o'il
| lraftod by Mr.. Adams. now Corporation totli''
sci, uroyttlIug for the collection Of city taxes
which clLes l,nd attempted to collect hut fnt'cd
| law by thu approval Of tho Gorernor.
| The city nude application In the summer oi
! 1873, under thu last-mcnioncl act. for judy.
1ncnt Ior the uneDllectcd taxes Of tile years
| t31U aild 197i. Numerous objections to tudfs'
| tlent were filed, n1Nl the act was vigorously at.
tackch OIL tho ground Of alleged uucunsttu-
ttona!ity, hut the Court sustained thu appiica'
t[on. ul.d rendered judgment for tte taxes.
solnu Of the ohjectors appealed to the Appcl-
late Court, mud the latter Court affirmed t!le
Judgment Ut tho County Court; wtsercupon tic
pbjcctors appealed to lic Supreme Court. The
appeals weru argned tn the Supreme Court Of
tic June tcruI, 1878, tusl tile decision Of Tx
last-naEeu Court affirming tho Judgment Of tht
Appellate Court bas Just been announced. II 4
estiMatel, as stalled above, tl!ut thu result Will
DO worth 81, ,00D, QUO or mnre to tho city.