Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1888-06-21

Will the Teri iitorial Treasurer Please
Arise and Explain.
MILLER, OAK, June Is, 1883.

MILLER, OAK, June IS, 1883.
EDS. PRESS Il would respectfully call
the attention of your readers to the follow
ing correspondence between the Territor-
ial Treasurer, John ID. Lawler, and our
county Treasurer b. Il. Howell. On April
18th, 1888, Mr.. Howell wrote as follows:
"MrLLER, OAK, April II, 1888.
Hon. Joha ID. Law er, Bismark, Dak.
Dear Sir:-I would respectfully ask for
information regar ing Ia road taI du
this cC un V. as 1t is Over due according to
the provisions of tn, act, and was received
by lie last year a on the Is of March.
Please answer and oDlige, yours truly,
B. II. HOWELL, Treas"
The Territorial Treasurer answered as
follows:
'BIsMARcK, April oath, 1885,
Treasurer Hand County, Miller, ID. L.
Sir Enclosed please fiua draft or
Commercial National Bank, st. Paul
$3SS.10, amount due your county from
the first installment of 1887 tax paid by
Chicago & Northwestern and Chicago,
Milwaukee Il ST. Paul railways respectively
on 1880 miles with gross elrnings per
mile of Sl256.45 @ 3 per cent and 80
S625.9S a. 8 per cent, one-third reserved
to the Territory Respectfully yours,
JOHN ID. LAWYER, Ter. Treas
1t will be seen from the above that one
half OF the railroad tax due the county
was remitted TO the county Treasurer ON
Apri; "a. Asa matter Of fact the whole of
the tax of the Chicago & Northwestern
road was paid into the territorial treasury
February st, 1888, and as soon as this
was ascertained by Mr.. Howell he again
wrote to the territorial Treasurer as
follows:
MILLER, June Sth, 1883.
Hon. John ID. Lawler, Bismarck,
Dear Sir-I am informed that the Dako-
| e. Central Branch of the c. & n. w II Il.
have paid their tax in full for 1887, the
same having been transmitted Feb. L, SS.
April 18th / wrote you for Information
and received re aittance oath ult of 1885. 10
being as you informed me the first in
stallment, while the whole amount due by
the company had been paid you.
You delayed payment of this first in
stallment, as you term it, from lst Of Feb,
to the 24th of April, and now retain in
| your 20 session the "a installment, leav-
tiG ilHfsuiStS Nilt tEIll-
| ritory to infer tnat the lst instaflment only
! had been paid.
/ now respectfully make demand upon
| you for this amount withheld frem Hand
county, also for the telegraph tax, a
STATE ment OF which was sent yon some
3 me ago. recognize the fact railroad
companies are allowed to make payment
of taxes in insta!lments, but having paid
| the whole amount you are in duty bound
1 10 turn over the amount belonging to the
| counties. A prompt reply will oblige
! .. Yours Truly,
! . y. u. HOWELL, Treas. Hand Co."
Al the time tine foregoing letter was
written there was i'll the territorial
treasury subject to the order of the Treas
urer of Hand county S3s3.22 which had
been there since February, and which be-
! Ionged to Hand county, besides all the
tax on telegraph lines In answer to this
letter the territorial Treasurer wrote as
fellows
'BIsMARcK, June l5 1888,
Hon. b. II. Howell, Co. Treas. Miller,
/ Dear Sir:--On my return this morning
| after two days absence | find your favor
I OF the Sth inst regarding the G. d n. w
tax that you claim should have been paid
TO you when the railroad company paid it
tc me. In regard TO tins have to say that