The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-30
10 ExJofx COLLECTION.


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sarsxsed LAID In kIax szszzss Was assessed
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ras sssss<sd - the seznp4ay. u az sxs
tsw miles OF naesse4 rs2n.zinr frssza srssfx
SgorfSDn - The wkite river. OF the rzzxe
are hss~ex1 rzssxss arss s. township =,
sslf ne sssnf4ny asserts ssst Il = nsst. and
sEykz VAS rzx sxsEs
Oh sh1 fxo miles af rczss mentioned: fAas
sfr RAJ --s pf ttis eo<z rxrsy rad i real
estate. whereas II Ezs assesses! as personal
Frnf~rsys .szs she taxes Assessed upsn
tise lHistss 81 tbs esszaraHy were net essTssa
0us upon eaea separate tract 81 lard. bat
a. xrssss sim. that the surveyed lassts -
fhe raU5azr n this euaasy xere assessed
a. Gis - ai.c the taxrs 20 isrscst xzasuns-
ed "a ~ .c1s-A
The taxes hare been returned - se.in-
qa8ns aHs1
TEA saErxzyy 10 7EzzsTzxrSs
70 eaforce pxyrseat In the SIN Of s.a.s-sg
for the Land ard rnaabed assessment. Ia
xether wifh the pensisv. cost and interest
shfr~on- and he also threatens 70 .sixe x,.sz
sell certain engines and ofher Property Of
the eozaSAayis In King rssansy 10 szsixfy
ihe demands The plaintiff maintains
thst shs said engines are in eonssass. Use
A;ssf thA- the company could not operate
The rozf between Tacoma aad Seattle with
otst ffers
THE rofsr~ MADE
Tie complaint alleges tina. the nss<s<s-
rnent = VOID because The trzcss OF land as
ssss<si 20 the cnmf4ny were asz separately
assessed and taxed. thai the company kas
nod YET saii tie rnifes States any psytsor,
OF kae cast Of surveying the lands and tbs
government refuses 10 convey the lands 4,
The company aufil the casts Of surysy.rg.
etc. have been paid info the uaftssi states
treasury. and consequently the .npafss
ha< no title O. the lands: that she Northern
Pacific exrends fo< long distance In ktnr
eusstsfy cser isnsrrvryed lands and thar the
rsi'satcd and rsghtofsas arc exempt from
taxation.
WHAT THE sosFASY ASKS
The sufur2ny asks that the county be
forever enissGed from seixing and selling
any OF the confany's property: that the
ssEd pretended tax be declared void and
set aside. that the lands aud roasshed "a
attempted 10 be assessed BE- declared cx-
enps from taxation, and that the payment
BY Tie plainria OF the percentage OF gross
earnings heretofore paid 10 the ssrrssory srp
declared 10 exempt the company from
Further taxation upon IL property FOR the
year iss-.
WHAT II Is THE Result OF
This xgif Is the result 81 the action Of the
grand jury last year. The jury consulted
ten or fifteen leading attorneys as to the
eonsfstufsonafsty of the gross earnings Law.
and IN almost every instance were advised
that II was not constitutional The asses
Sor was instructed 70 list ali OF the com
pany's property. II was expected that the
company would bring suit 10 enioin e.,liec-
Ton. as has Just been done. and that the
validity OF the Law would thus BE- decided
The case win be argued before Chief Jus
tee Jones next Monday.