, 1881-05-28
TIE COURTS
-. County Hospital Must Pay
'"' It's Water lax
=. anthony Gets After One Of the
Jail Lawyers.
I ...,,ton Of tho Way Prisoners
~ Got Legal Ald'
,,,, Smiths oaso Gone to the Jury
E Divorces Asked For
49,. R,.ts. -
,..,,a ot judgments, Now sul''' Criminal
NV" Business, Etc.

rur couNrY-lrosp1TAI, ,c.,5rI; cAsE' ~,
~. ~ jameson ycstcry fnnratng aeclasu tae
'puss ss., 10 tho bill in tho case oi taoGouu1y u
ttnu'., .ean,t tho City Of ChIen9'' Ials WASH
10. .e,tralu tho city authorities from snut-
~ ~ Iba water supply from inc county los.
rtal n"r suthor,tics WINS TINT municipal
ofsbc eus ,aa hod Gust on It by lar, tie 'iuty 0f
c0poiauot t,r tbe p5ar or tho alex within !ta
r'os'a"s, shcn /, fatlcd to t1o 1t. any porson or
limits ~, s.1 cornorn,Ion which performed such
pua''p1,,. !. ,n1rht recover frota tho corporation
Guy W. ,.,,,re II, its duty tho amount expended.
lfas I"."1 Ho,,. tho city wns bound to support
w els, roor. md, as u per cent OF tho patients
'.rn,ntr Hospital cnm0 from tho city. tho
u 'ps .a s,J legal right ~ cnll on tho city to
ena' '..,tlnr nropprtion OF tho expenses. Tho
p! III not chouRu to 10 60, but 1t was n
eouav i" ,,s,trr on tho part Of tho city to object
s.s~ ton,1butIng slch small hum as ihe
% ,..n' u NJ rho wntor tax, when 1t was liable
~ N much more. ,h,+ a ,,,,,to,.
lns.noyn,of, lns bad absolutely no power beyond
tlnii oircr hv lis chartcr; TINT whom 1t merely
~ ri. oIeat NJ icgnf lia,IliIty tor tho non.
:ssse ., Inch nlPnx;sn PaT;1r' f1r ad' 1ts ~n's poor
ID pGmei; ,'e; seen nj to cxerciso that power It
- aa, t 'J IInbIn to uuy ono else; md TINT tho
c1roi III Ind no power to rebate Wator taxes, and
sg 10; !; fsFa3s s @"Els y sa'o power 10 'o'
o.i,ii IN sal tha, nearly MI tho cnses cited ln
~ spnnort nj conlplainnnts position were snits u
IL ar,Ins unet sntt,tcs maxsH u smeratasd9 und
rse,s the corparattons In question had rct!,se.!
tsF ~ com1ly with tho law. Tint prnposltion Of
liz xas wfl! settled and wn!ani aot ho <t uonse'
admtt'us tat prIep'o, av' ehartnt
ss as,.,atsI RtI"''ihp The power 10 exempt cor
G'3 un Instations from. payment of taxes,
nd lha, taxes tho, bc unl1urni stli! tneY Waro
~ ~ 'S'"I hi not cas, on tho city OF Chicago the
sutr of supporting It's pour aud Sick. 1t hnd
riyep IL ii tho pnvcr merely. tlcnco ny rroln.
4 could arise tr'ln tha circumstances taat ~.
ss' ~.s ar lis sck. Ii was nat denied that tho city
S,lpoxcr under its charter TO levy taxcs Tor
tde Dur1ose Of supporting tho poor, and, hnV-
yed sa axos It ha tue p9MSr 'Sn., o. fnss, ex
S1 lis charter absolutely tn oxcrclsgg, this
pnvef or support tho pour and tnd!Rrl!t.
tud unless il we're shown tint It tlua undertaken
ioto w. and failed, tint principle conltt not
tpEy, The objection ililt tho h0spifnl was not
Ishas!table Institution bccnuso II bud q tcw pn-
] tIeun who paid for thcr ncctHr',nolatlo'lB, whcn
rs spent on Injuries for tho sick. was too stt,aIl
! lpattr to split hnirs Nhout. aud catno within
he principle that the Inv did not euro for tri-
A., A. 70 os @ Dr1n9,on t,o 1n nj ,bo sny Le thoro
)! them. lja.. admitting tho t;n soandness IS
.uca b. Innc they r., fni:Ha stscn,ee to
sass'saded si III t"r ny Ito ei'y. IND whIsh were not
wIous!r con1royertcd.sccIned conclusive Of tho
e4e tiAt tho Council hRd no power to
r,ie sucd exemptions, aud oyen u It hni was