Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-13
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Settlement of the Grand Island Recla-
nation Taxes.

Settlement of the Grand Island RecIa-
nation Taxes.
Many of the landowners on Grand Island
were in the city yesterday to settle their re-
clamation taxes, mention of which was
made in last Sundays UNION.
As was then stated, Williams & Bixler,
of San Francisco, held nearly all the evil
dence of Indebtedness against the district
Is. L. D., No. 81, in the form of warrants
for work done, and the amount held BY
outsiders cannot exceed five or six thousand
dollars.
Thomas H. Williams was here yesterday,
at McKune e. Georges law Office, and sold
his warrants to all who were in arrears and
who desired to settle up for 40 per cent. of
their face value. An agreement was signed
to the effect that all warrants remaining in
the hands of Mr.. Williams will not be pre-
sented as claim against the district at any
future time, but will be held as against land
owners who have not accepted his terms of
settlement. The few thousand dollars
worth of warrants held by outside parties
will be of little value, as assessments for
future work can be so made that the money
can be placed in bank to the order of the
Trustees. OF course the holders of these
old warrants could sue the district, but it is
doubtful if the amount could ever be re-
covered, and it would be insignificant in
any event. The action taken yesterday will
put an end to very vexatious law suits
which have been pending many years. and
although all have not accepted Mr.. Will
Jams terms, yet it is believed that the most
of the delinquents will. II is certainly as
good a basis on which to make a settlement
as could be expected and all who were in
debt for the old taxes should not hesitate
to avail themselves of it. The injustice in
the entire transaction falls on the few who
had paid in full for taxes which
they could now settle for 40 per
cent, which would make difference of
several thousand dollars 10 each, and who
are now called upon to pay tax for which
no assessment has been levied nor can be
in the face of facts which are on record.
Yet, il is sometimes better TO bear with in
Justice rather than obstruct and delay the
reclamation of body of land that will
enrich its owners in the near future If a
substantial levee is maintained. Those
who purchased warrants yesterday will
now pay their assessments to the District
Attorney with these warrants and the suits
against them will be dismissed. They all
state that they feel as if a great load had
been lifted from them, and they can sleep
the sleep of the just and without fear of
lawsuits after them many years. Mr.. Will
Jams has generously offered to take the
notes of any one who had not the ready
cash to settle, in order to make the matter
as easy as possible to them. Following are
the names of those who awaited themselves
of the offer made by Mr.. Williams: Joseph
Albert. Charles Berlin, Mrs. NJ. Buckley,
D. Cardozo, G. w. Clark, James Collins, F..
Davis, G. Goldman, T. G. Hall, Peter Han
son, Dennis Leary, NJ. Madge, John Nc
Carly, f. Myers, 3. Myers, E. R. Paryin,
John Smith, George A. Smith, Mrs. Wilsey,
A w. Stuart, A. T. J. Reynolds, G. Wick
strom, Hanson Bros, Frank Peters, john
son & Co.