Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1875, Page 4

or purpe eof the law for (he merebant or the tax-payer to retara the value which, If satisfactory to the as- t as the Amount to be if the assessor be not demand further informa- f the property tof the law is to GET AT THE FAIR CASH VALUE of the property to be taxed on the Ist day of Lean Well see how that the tax- payer Will assist an assessor, ard protect himself against an over tax, ii he will himseif value bmit it to the assessor er he will accept that, or not, as the ton of the property, . me time, would you re- quire bim to take an oath? Gov. Dennison.—The law requires him to © an oath that it isa That is to sa © a return that he hi dise on the Ist fell inte the hands $12,500. ‘They sold $1350. What is its eash value eall attention of the Commissior facts to show that we do not * cash value of such machine other of machinery.” I will suggest one little ‘0 regard to which vat of type—that i+. a of one collection of -hat room—capable of pat- «4 to Work on to get out briefs actising fn the Suprem snes as are wanted very rapidly. -Tial runs two months in a year. pf course it would run js * -lonthsin a year. The key of the room » <urned. If we have to pay 1 per cent. pon the total value of the ‘stock. we hal better throw it away or sell itat ten cents a pound. We make bduta trifle out of | merely keep it for the convenience of thos: lawyers who come here with a view of prac- ticing in the Supreme Court, and want briefs papers gotten up s les our business. All we make is the prodnet of the tabor, just same as the work: road. A printer's capital is his brains; not All that he uses—the tools he uses io make those tools productive under this bill—we are taxed for. Remarks by Mr. W. G. Metzerott. Mr. Metzerott. bh single point. 1 have understoo! that this law is in effect in Ohio. and sinee it is effective in Obio, it has been said that it might be made effective here, but I am pot of this opiz:ion. We are lying here on the border of two states—Virginia and Maryland. the law, any citizen of those st & tax in those states, is natu: in the District from any t Now I have a little farm out here eight miles out of the city, where my fi reside for about eight months in tae y d perhaps longer. —going out in the ev in the morning. EVENING STAR. April 2, 1873. t part as we un terstood of a large of the members of the House. In dition, Judge Wilson prepare. this bill. The “mmissioners, however, still adhering to jac gment oe the tnex- sonal tax oill. prepared a a the essontial majority | clude certain other matters, sach as ere?) t and the like, whien Cengriss may be suppose! to have ‘oabt | Wheth r they wor! al prop: rty within th This que- tion of mor one ot the most trow arently the mos then I would whether they contemplate that the sehedale * shall be published as answer Mr. CooX.—If you will allow mo. The com- mittee, as T whole macht bonds, deeds of t fessor. he will acee considere tas Meaning of the law. y we have en some, ant o ve features of this ers to those their original snow what the elieney of a comprehending features of the bill they prepared in Ja \uary ©) fining the tax to realty. and placed it in the har ds of Mr. Randali, to be the order in which the recor Tn that condition we alt, and by oth ta would yield have noweta on which to make up an opt ov that sebject. All we know is that by the 1N2 the amount Property then returned for taxation, about 11,00¢ 000. Now whether there will be a larger return than $11,060,000 this year, we no means of Knowing. we have nothing before us. officially or ot! ise. showing what will be a roti R and therefore I said to him, 100.000 as a basis at 1 Hyleld between $150,000 and 3160.00). that the expense of the ma- chinery for carrying this personal tax into = for delinquency tn collec. tion. not more than $100,000 Would, upon that s ~” We did not intend to. Tstood as expressing a Well-considered on the amount of personalty in this | District that would be taxed under the p fax law, or any ott ned from Virst Page.) secure that rand prompt pay! taxation on real estate. pe that shon!d be y tion and make A sehedile biroself, or have it mate by | anupstairs rooma f | complete deseriptic | type; only one in + twenty me- ps, it is all I am much men, for your kind at- to these crude sugges- yresent> Lin. The laws of many of tt lions of debts from the pers other states, sueh as in the state of Indiana, and it may 6° im states, the deduction is limite to ere lits. As debts are allowed to be deducted from. its, the meaning of the term “ere lits” her seems to me to be perfectly clear as all legal claims or demamis fer mon other valuabie thing. of the term as employed here, ant tnt statutes of sev were asked by jention in listening Mr. John T. Witehell. of the business of Onlo ant or— With such farihorremarks as and sueh tb lensed to make. aswer: “We you may be property, and es the benefit of all s formation from the comm bpamel the i must pass into the bi is merely because we hay other reason. Mr. Clagett_— nding in the community, anc the business og that I was talked amo: t is the meant r schetule of his . Mr. Mitchell son hand merch: ay of Aprilof the value of essor choose to take that . Then that is the In other words & nem Lo prese » the consideration of the cting to give ye thayps, top May be I conit ition, except as 1) opposite of de doubtrul in its den in this law, as th #s the valuation, v valuation coustituting tife basis for the tax- | ingof that particular property. ‘or be not satistied that it is @ fair vaina- tion, he may make further examination, it beit g his duty to ma mert. Soin regard to notes, bond: payer isnot req face value of the note that he holds, or of really cripp! dueting from baosiness men vegart te th and the debit is what is to b: Whether Congress was wise in thts. or not & question that we need not diseases. strongly inclined to think, if the attention of Conzress shall be called to enlarving the of debts for deductions. it wi et them be deducted from personal Property after the manner of som states, rather than simply from the ere jits 1 certainly will be recisely ihe S upon the man Who wor struction of the During the gareh all business ‘« for the purpose of roiuce of my Hacon, myself son.— With p much else. Mr. Taylor —It seemet to + if it be not tree that it would be i perhaps that » the final appraise- be the net resu! of all sorts. make a retorn of the nat be holds, or a bone any other evidence of value that he hols. Whathe is require! to do,or the assessor will do, is to appraise the value of that y istday of April A.B” holds th r law that might Auton iM jas. 4 to ourselves, Ine rehandise. ie to Mr. Randall. 0 taking 5110 0 amount of per Clagett.—As missioners WHE not t: | bility, other ¢ that Dam fs tienlar p.oper: on any other day * running for or He has two c' wing 6 per ce either to Mr. MO Worth of stock on Xpeet; that is ‘ates Who pays t.and one d rihe owner ¢ i $11,009.09 would he perfectly good, worth debts due to him, and by | he entitled tos Governor Dennison.— $10,000, but he wonld hay place. not pait tion whatey 0.000 Would giv . get opinion up volved upon him, woukl appraise the two ex of notes as of the sam that the 19 per woul. comma of April than t the appraiser w ntof their value, . it might be, at value, for the . bearing inte rsum on the t nate. Ther ult make his he would lst 5 cents or 50 lolinqnineles it het =100.000 to 817 ; 1 go there almo and returni All Ihave to do ucder clienmstances is to godewn to Marthoro’« tell the assessor there that tain sum of money. amount of stock in my establishme: ask him toassess me. In the state of M it is leftentirely with the assessor. Assess you whate soral tax being only one-Afih of one robably say to me, “We Twill tax half ¢ entlemen, the remarks that [have ured to make to you in behalf ot my © leagues and myself have been ne t discursive. p Teter to points made by very glad to have them, not for th | sistent with their y Mr. Cox ani The Commissioners are EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ONLY. no power under this law ey to appoint assessors and to pre; duleof the preperty required b> be returned tor taxation. The preparation of tosome extent an int pretation of the kaw. It is just at that poir understand, your Committee desire to call the attention of the Commissionery. So far as regards the law itself, whether 1t be « pressive or not, whether it be unjust or not rit be inquisitorial or not, are ques. tisns to be addressed to the Congress They are questions that We have no more power to suspend the operation of this law than the President of the United Statss or the Scere. tary of the Treasury has the power to sus. pend the operations of particular duties. se; just or unjust: oppressive or not, it is the lai of the United § * which represe stock in our possession, Is taxel as he. iu his judgment. may deem the A that property, the Lest of the ¢ the abitity of the , ash on the tst day se remarks, first, becat er he sees prope construction deavored, in a general seemed to me to be the The question has by TO LICENSE = business wi the schedule im; tired, and thy «Vin thatdesive my Join me—to have th cipt I got from the assessor in M | and say Iam a citizen of Mary! sessed in that state, on what I have here, sind it will be im- possible, in that ease, for the authorities | | here to collec; any tax from m Lean do ten thousand oth Weather Probab: OF FICE oF Car aking your ret port the fair cash value of the property on the Istof Ay $ thorized by 1a ment, is to fi that time a ossine Mr. Clagett. who Do you understand m: (ies Toaday. SIGNAL Or Pricer, that. for tt is ¢ avd parpose down to the | United States. cannot deal w granted for and pald for her t-—Have you licenses in Onto? y winds, and si would not avail mys: ge of that kind as long suffered under 3 to show te Coni- ners that In. this city the tax can be 5 this particular way. Remarks by Mr. John H. Semmes. —Wiih regini to taxing and, I would like to say Sk you, sir, with r I think in one respe 1 go to the city Tpurehase a sive for which 1 W relative to their low-citizens ett.—Tam Lstening to you, very The only pos- Now, these remarks ]| You urder ti been said by as been very 5 pply to all returns. Mitchell that the fixing of the Ist da time for returntu hart=hip in thi larger on th And what ts the limit of our auth not to nusity | yoursehedu t day than the iy Section, or part or wort! of Mitehéli. which are strictly > power of the bly the law i ty to change S deterred three purchase On , Where the tood to ant to make over on foods if Thad be would be uw: ma T thonght it 1 as we have ntended whe: of his meret fhe returns is acconii | to: that diy he divides ith tit will cheerfally But that is the oners have no control over it. rs have no power n | to this subject th glad to do so if it in that rr The Commi: The Commissior ulty of fixing any other date making the return, ADMINISTER UPON THE the day for more than ef If the Commissioners had the power, under the information com- Litchell and others, the erfully adopt @ mc able rule for the valuation of merchand for the benefit of the merchants of the Dis: ore they are not 1 It ‘is impossible, 1 th n for what he does not possess. or Dennison.—If you pr You require w the possession ©} wis inquis at he does not own. but somebody else hoids the I possess the goois, cated by Mr. : our own prot against that all we ow a personal tax la state of the Union, thatis not NUCH 2S pos: i disposing of the tin making up the Now sir, it is perfeetly w GEORGETOWN, WELCOME.—An engineer is at work this morming surveying Potomac street with @ view to the early improvement of that street, from the canal to Water «treet. Tow abou Mand Fayette stree's. ap town The steamer New York, deiphia, consicnet tou. FP. Myde, with mall cargo of handise for District mer amer EXpress, consigned to J as arrived with cise for the two cities. The schaoner Ann hos arrived with 1.500 bushels of whea for Hartiey & Bro.. afd the scheoner Vapor, from New York, with guane for I Ry t Iboat J) i barrels of tour for J ® INsrecr Parc reports the inspection monthof March as fr P. Deeser t bw hive for th» amily, ast Larn tr barrels; fine, 54 barcel s; total, 1.59 barrels. Mx. La 1 by failing mm 2 Dontar= as well as ec lew com. this morning, number, have all nd refitted, and the teal of attention CITY iteMs. w Srrpnips Ving DAtLy Ths best assortmen men's, Boys’ and on S Soft a Hats ts at Lewis? * popa 20 Te The best $5 Sik ess, and RECFIVED per Adam 1 1s saloons, esorved | k ver Talelleact: HA vibe ba Daring sever - * NARLES Pr DESsteckK Sillery or Extra Dry Cayny Mavi & Mowe, ANK, cornerot urnen datly uize Dr. oppo- 5 ol peinfal Corns, —_— GEORGETOW | (pues : Our stock might ble what it might be © Unit I con- | tict, than th: r 5 Another fact seems to have escaped the at- in thediseussion of this torial, except such laws as emb rge against the Mr. Mitehet April, be don number of me tention of ovr frien: subject, that you pay but halt fe g of Congress; y: cenis on $100 of your return, Whether it be on reonalty or re T cin itself. V each of whor pay signa promptly at the time EK INTENDED TO TAX FLOATING MER- f auy kine, « ssessors to leu i observed from the record hould say not. Fr services up to Apul ovt of thetr be ese Shall convene, ' us of the Dis- trict, either through the Commissior to communicate to Congress essive features of t . Lam sure I speak but the sentimen the Coranissioners when [ say. omiee, they will m ir appreeiatio Lovis Schade in preven f several bills det X law of Ohio to wh has been chal —oliensive qualities « y Of this Distri 1,000,000. That inclu you come to wimini settle bis det J him no eapits ons: ke supports his aElitee will world like to) re to consider deverything of that ki are more groceries in Washington t 100,000 OF $15,000,000 amount tos the stock Of the grocers in | take every store in the tow: e tet froin all pr The Registrar ater rents for the st December, for tie r water is wasted » | short supply to citizens living in t | elevated portions of : — Washington Fish Market. Sold by R.A. © 8.000 shad sold from $14 to ©. 1) herrings sold from 29 tos oo bunches rock from 10 to is cents per bunch; our | eut fish sold from {to 6 ce Sold by Wna laws of those two s € of valuing you, Ido not say that in Bs & private subject to the inspect atter, but itisa pi n Of every bod fom. the welt 2 Will then be relic more agrecable to. son that too to furnish it. i be entitled to er upon what we is on our books. to taxation. is op a the stock, not w of every man in the mplatel by the Com may report to our ¢ <, SO lo speak. airman, we b: yatvised ofit, (hat this law cai evening, as w jon ured wrnidst 1 with equal force in some you our general ers were under a grave to the amount that wouk this tax law. the impression issicners made a caret: the product of this azainst the laws of t is owing to him, Washington yo Mr. Hane in you With reciting t! oset to be worth # iun- 1 had a cony schedules 0} A TRANSCRIPT OF EV Ss on the dollar. tien with a gentleman about this 1.0 bunches evilmate ot x law. as we re pon the books of the f New York: wh tuart, 1,50) s) n more than IT ae «i take for t would have said under but did so in 1 the law of the st reeat.on your per- AS a citizen of s I understand, i woulin’t 1 from some of what | rapa omar imisapprehensions of the op If Thavesue- all l expected to | ‘arious sugzestions aud we willbe v ou gentlemen at any tin ° | the schedules are completed, but you will that we have but ve these scheduies been the inter Tess to [ax our stock on hand, Se to do busi- LL juiy this year, personalty, and on variations I did there seem to be Lim to explam th ch the estimate was 1 - | time past several ¢/ been under the sur agent of the Post Office the parties heing susp known as “washed fork to know wh ceeded in the } do. We will e done so for vsand now todo business. * snine. The tax on to personalty in th p> the investments of yond the state as well as in ii must be re- ported for taxs todo that in this seh e you taxed in other states is not worth a > | glad to see unount Of stock th TAX LAW. | bear in mir which to h and returns made. Mr. Gait.—Atlow me todetain yon just one has been lett on letters be: r hoxes to pay | | «to give him a elule of my stor r ake an inventory of Who ts to assess it, lie or ule, he must hot required distribated rendations to nm. Or the flrs: i] I make the sched It secins to me th tended anythin amount of taxation 3 this schedule. Goy. Dennison.—We have no data on which estimate. 2 appointed by Jennison.—I have paid regularly BSED Ore te Eeaeo teoms | es to prepare stot the Distrie! seof some week 1 to doubt wh re taxed in the s' In Ohio the ther with bond taxed must be de- no knowledge what it land Howart ny Way; we yields in Obi nt. y now thar T wa: mportuned on M tain goods which J should b . Teannet buy goots and p: the establixhn ai soVerument of the District, condition ef an empty on the Ist day of Jul it to be thetr du’ rthe levying and collect On the Isth day of January the C sioners submitted a draft finivg the tax to the realty of the District, ot taxation in blani, to be That bill was re! 1 Appropriations. 5 bill we submitted iy other bil! however, very easi yields a very ln ir. Gait—It ought to, certainly. You no means of knowing anything aboul this when the bill was passed? We had nothing before us Personal property but I know Hi P | It'S understood that Hows suta in Ohio. miciledt here w here on his perso ) xed on that property under this lan The law on that subject wi ve bought, bat L © number of ad anywhere aw is carried out to | been servit pn of taxes. 1 the risk of buying and seli- Congress never Inte There is no 0 for two or three showing the a pt the returns 0} 3 Galt.—It only bears out the general im- this community, that this bill wifortunate bill, passed at te time. It seems that the mittee that carried the things through were unfortunate in having no inform f the bill, con- ‘of that kind. 1 by persons domiciled in said leqal residence i out of said is taxed els is not taxed here. alist the property rpose of trying tien on Lis su! f rted by Congress. where.” That proper to the Committee Ohio there are no dedu any obligation to any mutual suranee company of unpaid subseription to any joint stock company. are deducted fro amount toa ver; that I have no info: are deducted from mon ject to draft on demand, and here such de- ductions are made. 3 y being on deposit in the bank estat the relation o! ithe bank and the deposite relieved from any restriction in that regard, | we have made our sehedule so as to embrace on deposit among the credits, so haye the advantage In Ohio the pf exemption on personal prop- Here all property exempt by law tion is non-taxable, and all l- » and not held for sale 500, and all housely office furniture or tools not hekt for sale to the amount of $500. to show you that tne law here is more fa- vorable than in Olio in regard to theamount of exemptions. At the risk of keeping you a little longer, roper to make one or two further First, in regard to money. given the opinion to the assessors that greenbacks are not taxable under this law, and they will therefore not be returaed for the assessors. Congress state ormunic: pality from pass! Treasury notes. prevent litiga- | National Theater. cious and Tosteeish; Jacel upon the € are a large number of will undertake to CONTEST IT IN THF Fer the purpose. of advoili ending June utled WAS $3, ngress todo was U> trict such a@ tax bill as woul: amount which Here such debt is immense. Ti its, and th y in this charae- nount "so esti. of M. de Quere veedingly droll. tumes and orchestr n, We do not know now much wi thing about that. sea, a8 far as tn having no data, Ta Ohionodebts Son deposit. sub- i is concerned, I ain rather inclined to think that this bill was based upon the re- turns of personalty under the old District system, when the goods, chattels, and the ordinary household effects were taxed. Mr. Taylor.—I sim: ne of the inquiry. o: ropriations to be inee to-morrow orescence HLIECKER'S CoD E gnext.at Willard IL our musical friends an opportunit; oral talent— Mr. Johnston, the a letter of expl ing that. the pre: uy, that by: ind, but siuply for the purpe | we could not ERT, on Satur- creditor and gation, As it stands now 1 doubt whether ation the amount ly want toask in the Mr. Given, our chair- man, when we can have something like a definite report as to the schedule, for that | Seems to be the only point within the | diction of the Commission. | We were appointed by the committee oi eiti- zens, and we are bound to report to that comraittee. I suppose upon our report the city, en masse, or very near! Therefore, we would like the sive us as early a report as they can, and in te and positive manuer, for We propose to act definitely and positively point for the Com- , to letus knw what ing superior Given.— If there who wishes to address t would say in behalf of th chairman, gentlemen, that I tender y: thanks for our very cordial reception, and for the very patient m have listened to the suggestions which have been thrown out. Y take them into serious and earefal ¢onsi tion, and that the objects of this very pl: ant interview, as far as the committe ts ean- | cerned. and doubtless so with the Commis- may be fruitful of the most happy nd that it may have, after the result your deliberations. a tendeney to quiet the dirs and the apprehensions of our pec r itated over the question which we have been considering. you willaccept my thanks on behal(of the committee. sno other ger ton, the basso; We made the a afer will all ON $98,000,000, art diting lieenses, and w: ng a sum of =1.600,000, leaving in round | 600 to be appropriacad | sum of the es HL here drafted ee on Appro- is, E i that the taxp ris, Eberbach, and 5 For that purpose aner with which you numbers about 8 and cannot fa me is fallof gems large audience. We trust that printing office in this ‘one 1 have the honor ove its material costs ux from $12,000 jo market to-day to SO, will act. THE INLAND SEA ‘ommission to ‘ At a meeting o'clock yesterday atternoon, the board and Coasting com) lowing ofticers:—Wm. Samuel Bacon, vice president; A. Wm. Stickney, secretary. The ompany were presexted, amend- Was referred to th Intand Sea- pany electet the fol- I allude to this Ifit was put charge of appropriations, and_the bill con- the most defi templated an appropriation as I havs already ned. But the committee on appropri! tions did net choose to act upon the Lux por- nd had it referred to the rict of Columbia of the That committee, after sometime, With the personal tax We went betore that commit- ined to them the reasons that influenced our judgment in exelading per- sonal tax in the District, but we were as- sured that no bill contemplating an appro- riation by Congress in aid of the amount of axes of the District could become a law without the personal feature being engrafted Ofcourse we had no. jects to accomplish by any bill that could be framed, or any bill that could be While not conceding the wisdom of cy of Imposing a could do was to yieid to the better of the members ‘of Congress, who declaration, the after we get it. mission is in the sehedul isto be taxed and what is to be free from taxation. When we get that, then we will make our report to the citizens, and for that purpese, itseems tome,we were appointed to visit the Commission. s perhaps, within the jurisdiction of the Com: mission, and if agreeable to them, after fection, to give us that in writing, so that may understand them perfectly and have no misunderstanding in making our re the citizens. I think, therefore, that quiry of our chairman was Dennison.—Do I understand that you expect the Commissioners to make any fur- ther communication than the presentation of the schedule? Mr. Taylor.—If they a schedule, I suppose ‘that will be sufficieyt. That will ve us & clear exposition of their views. We not a schedule before us, which is ape! — be porno dagen We Jig teernmny ‘ommissioners they farther consider that schedule. — Gov. Dennison.—I' it would prob: stion that Oeeurs to my “WHAT Ih A TRUE CASH ¥ tion of the bill. Committee on Dis Jaws of the co ed, and adopted. ——___@—_. Hunt = seeder og iret on ler market a tii bs. and with his cute of ther meats the display will be to that he made oa Saturday So that it might be inateria! com: e new. The moment it ts openet #nd put into a case, the rule of the trade ts. per cent. of its value is gone. Whi it remained in the ty pe founderies un entouched, it was worth what the type fou The instant you have ut one line from the he trale, it is worth ex- aetly the half of what it costs. In six months it wouid not bring 20 per cent. of what it cost; at the end of a year, using some of our most costly fonts—ai the end of a year, it is worth ound, when it cost a dollar, and, therefore, has become worth only one-tenth of its value. It is then worth simply old standard fonts of types, rint briefs, documonts, angs, they will run an average of five years. So that their whole price is consumed in wear and tear in five xeeption of 10 per cout, 4 the original material is worth. Then, Sgaip, 1 will call your attention to t that the pres<es_ Vas: machinery —they come out of the Si whieh has now been in the Its cost was about si sale last week for $15.50 that I would not have to make @ schedule, but I could not get 3150 fer it. Now, what is its cash value? I bave looked at your list. with that bill, and if any man asks me—if the asses-or comes to me and asks me to give bim the cash value of that piece of m: chinery, ] will say to bim “I cannet do it,” supply ofspring lam fine beer a ml ol ally equal last. tee and exp) rohibits any ng laws to tax We hold here that Congress becomes a@ local legisiature for the District in regard to all matters of taxation, so that the prohibition against taxing the legal ten- ders and other sccurities exists here, in re- rd to Congress in its relation to the Dis- di it of $500,000 is KS, Would you ‘here are some things that ‘he Commissioners in con- nection with this conference, probably that may be of service to the tax payers, and will explain to some extent what seems to be the doubtful provisions of this law, and I will make the remarks of Mr. Judd the oeca- sion for the explanation. From the ings of your meeting on Monday evening, as well as from the remarks made by Mr. and others, I am impressed wi THERE IS A MISAPPREGENSION as to the mode of making your returns to the this law that the ascertain the fair value, in cash, returned on the Ist day of ‘f the property referred to by ‘h depreciated value as he dake his return according- rial what an article may “poses of return for tax- what will it f April. The be disposal of in the s of in th ay of sales of merehand. i. to make a return April of that pre sSesses the value the assessor, is to be accordin sure of its cash value on that if the merchant, having amount of $56,000 on Ii April, cannot dispose of that t over, say $20,000. he can maxe his return as of the value of #30,000. All the law requires is that there shall be an honest val- The owner is not requiret urn the yalue, yet I see no ; pensible on the part of Judge Wilson, and on may be said by t ———_.—__ J. F. BRODHEAD, No. 535 15th street, 1s pay- i taxes at the lowest before ing special inj rates. Give him a cali ——_o—— To the Pablic. In order that the public those who have favored me tom in particular, motives of Mr. Ni rs charged for setone line from it; press. in our view of Mr. Cook.—Suj made in the ban! have that assessed? Gov. Dennison.—The Commissioners have not considered that question. The case you resent is not the one upon which we gave the eunioce Cunt ie sul of taxing where they i in ers themselves. gard that have been raised we will consider them, and we will be very glad indeed if we can come to conclusions more favorable than we have already indicated in this schedule that wepared. First, on the sul | Maoney, except legal tenders. We hi personal property, and that under this law it must be taxed as personal The intent of the law must be gath: visions of the law. first section, takes all real and perty. If it had said and had directed the Echelle, there = 7» as It seems to me, BA ‘thing known pe seem to be, from the very lanunge of woul the Toth section itself, for it provides for Lax- ing personal property; ith their eus- al tax, all that we understand the You will see by tters went along in that Commissicners relying on the Com- mittee of the District to secure the pi of teir bill until not lon: journment_ of Con, metal. Take with which we Sand such all opinions u _— ae excep! of the tax-pay- to other points of the pro, it would be entirely agree- to us to meet with you, gen either as a body or witha committee, if it be The inference I drew our chairman was that it was your pleasure ions to the Commissioners t consider for the modi ‘ication but eo wed ge dod Probably want au the schedule the subject ly agreeable before the ad- when we became We feared that the District eom- mittee bill could not be passed. That bil: bad incorporated in ft many provisions not relating to the subject of taxation, or to the the District, and an in- ed by the House to | cling on that bill,and the objection was ‘ot confined to the provisions ation. In that condition of things, we in- formed the committee, or members of the committee that we must look to outside aid. We were not willing to take the respon: bility of having Congress Years with we © Soggests, he w. 1 cost. for the 5 The only question ts, bring mm cash on the 1st day o! merchant has his stoock of goods, @t the value of $50,000, to b ordinary w: the statement of and ran inst horses ‘and tears ‘tani valuable pieces of Diroee soe un thelr course, and they one for example city three years. 00. I offered it for finer rene Tv Mr. Wiard owed me a biil for one being unable to collect theamount i : fel a to have jaw. Judgment was rendered on the 36th ultimo. Mr. W! | and on the same | as was stated in _Evesixe STar. The ' riage (which is the property _ financial affairs disposition was di that they mi, of the schedule, that you would recourse to the in my favor for damages, | issue of th: . Hi on the Istday of y. which, whether he as- | #Ssuming that we w imself or it be consideration: But it is entirel: tous to meet you again. Mr. Taylor—I suppose that is all, ia sub- stance, that we can ask. Gov. Dennison.—I do not desire that parate with any misunders' asure of thé commi conference with us finally decide upon the schedule? Mr. Given.—I think rot. gett—I do not understand that Goy. Dennison.—If it be rot your pleasure . day sued me to the mea- ‘Wednesday’ Thave sat down the ist of July. ‘The | yury on ‘uly. The objection, Ison, of Indiana, ivania, very kindly con- | y passage si wou! meet the wants of the Distric: feature, however bein; tg r. Kellehe 4 ) e Ist day of would have property on that Was that Judge Wi. Randall, of ‘ttee to have before we 3 WILt. 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