Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-29
Akorf TAXATION.

II the Seattle Posr-ISTyrIr,,.x.
I'll rad the laws enacted hy the Ia;
LezislAs1re-psRes 81. s.. So and 81;
VII discover thai railroad Separations
are repaired % pAF taxes % tseir gross
earnings Ealf yearly. By looking m
toe Law before be writes an article. The
HosI- 4xZELIIsESCEz man will not make
% many sbsari ssa.emeuis- Waits
y ala zieH.
We have looked over the pages rsfer
red to and can find nothing in them 10
I1stIfy the assertion Of absurd staff
mentsS II this paper. There Is nothius
IN pages 81. IS. Is and 81 Of The statutes
Of lS63 that Ee can discover to sxcuss
the Northern Pacific Company frou the
payment Of all taIss Oh the levy Of isSs,
nor any reason It should De les Of with
the payment Of half years taIss in
too years and bali. a. it has been.
Oar Nalla Walia contemporary viii
have 70 hant up seine other nd ii, oas
er argument. Msanwhile xe caramsnd
10 IL the following from the Yakima
Signal
In another column of this paper will
be found card from Sheriff Tvlsr
which will be read with intsres, by
many of the taxpayers Of the ooonty.
ihe card u not verbose, bat has a world
OF meaning in IL Il il ssalfsns u. ts1rpo.
IL means that although governments
are created for the benefit Of the peo
pie. for the protection Of the weak
against the encroaehmeuts of the
strong. the people have some duties 70
discharge and responsibilities resting
upon them which cannot be ignored
The constitution Of the United States.
the constitutions of all tk,e States and
the organic acts Of the several Terrific
rles declare thai taxation shall be uni
form and equal. 1t Is not the meaning
or intent of this clause in the several
constitutions and organic acts that the
levy alone shall be uniform and equal.
bot that the methods of collection shall
be the same in all CASES Ne matter
how poor man may Be be must paw his
portion Of the taxes, and If he be un-
fortunate, If times are hard and money
not to be had, it becomes the duty of
the sheriff TO force collections by the
distraint Of the property. Some pro
vision Is made for delays. but in order
20 ensure the BEST effors on the part OF
the taxpayer. penalties and interest are
added for time; bat the tiae comes in
the wisdom of the Law when forbear-
ance ceases 10 re virtae and the strong |
hand of the official Is llid lpon the de- |
linqaent, when the money mast come
Or she property of the citizsn, no mat
Ter how humble his station, must be |
seized and sold. Monday, March 23d, |
IS the tins when the work will com |
nence il this county. The sheriff will |
start over the county on his pilgrimage |
and no man can say nay. But nov |
comes anothsr little matter for the tax |
payers TO consider, and no better time
,ould be ohssen for the consideration
han while the sheriff il among the peo-
Pile disohareinR bis duty as an officer.
representative of the Signal called |
lpon the county Auditor lin a Journal |
site capacity and found some very in |
ieresting figures upon the records of the
,ounty. Obtaining the figures from the
Auditor they were passed to the Treas |
lrer for the computation Of interest,
and We give them just as they came
'rsm the hands of the Treasurer