Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-05
PETITION FROM LsvEg DISTRICT NO. 1.

To the Honorable, the Members of The
Senate and Assembly from Sacramento
County-Gentlemen The undersigned, resi-
dents and landowners in Levee District No. l.
IN Sacramento county, would call your atten
ton TO the Act passed by the last Legislature
OF California organizing this district, and re-
specttully request that you will ask for its re-
peal, or for an amendment changing its boun-
diaries, so as to exclude all lands that are not
subject to overflow, and also all lands along
the American river outside of the present
northeast levee east of Thirty-frst street,
Sacramento city.
You will see by an examination of the map
that the larger part of the territory within
the district is upland, and entirely out of the
reach OF flood either from the Sacramento or
the American river, and consequently needs
no protection by levees.
You will also notice that there is quite a
large extent of territory included in the dis
trict entirely outside of the levee and along
the American river from Tlirty-frst street to
the eastern boundary of the district which
can have no protection by any levee system
ever likely to be established.
Now, all of these lands are equally subject
to taxation under the bill, as il now stands,
with those lands that are directly benefited
by the erection of levees, and which would
is the real estate taxed, but the personal
property of the residents is made to pay for
the reclamation of lands belonging TO othor
parties-thns recognizing the principle that
there can be taxation without benefit. There
is another and we think very strong reason,
why this change should be made. The Act,
in its present form, has engendered a great
deal of i'll feeling between those who are ben
flied by the tax and those who not, and
this autagonistic feeling may be the cause
hereafter of retarding, if not entirely prevent
ing, works of reclamation which may be abso-
lutely necessary for the protection Of the low
lands.
For these reasons, gentlemen, we hope you
will give this matter your earliest attention,
so as to prevent the levying OF any further
tax upon those who receive no benefit from it.
r. j. Merkley, Philip Herzog, Creed Hay
mond Manuel T.. DeCosta, Moses Sprague,
d. w. Welty, NJ. NJ Odell & Co., F.
w. Redding, d. II. Clippinger, Z. Z.
Marshall, Silas Chance, Thomas Jackson,
John 2. Odbert, Mrs. j. G. Conner, Ed L.
Aiken, A. Hebron & Bro, H. Ladd, II. A
Priest, J, Z. Sinnett, Mary J. Eighmy, G.
A. silverstein, J. Potter, George Tusch,
B. Mcintyre, Owen Lamb, John Peas
Lansing, f. +. Aiken, b. A Trapp,
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Haymond q Allen. Lewis Duck. Carter Jack
son. d. McCartv. Peter Burns, Daniel Flint.
Howell Clark. i. A. Grant. H. J. Gov. J
Kenney. A. b. Davis. A. 4. Burns. j. n.
Treat John III. Knowles. G. S. Lowell. Jobn
Bonetti, NJ. V. Gardner, J. X. Houston.
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