Show IS CHARITY EXEMPT P Question Raised in the District Court The question AS to the right of the count to tax the property of a society devoted to charitable purposes Is the pertinent point In a suit filed in the District Dis-trict court yesterday by the trustees of the Fifteenth Ward Relief society against Edwin S ITallock The complaint com-plaint recites that the property of the society being the west two and a halt rods of the south half of lot 1 block 79 l plat A was sold by the county to the defendant for the taxes assescd thereon for the years 1901 and 1902 and contends that the buildings on the ground are used as work rooms and offices by the members of the society and that the revenue derived from the portions that are rented Is dispensed as charities to needy and destitute members mem-bers of the community For these reasons rea-sons the plaintiff demands that the tax levies and the pretended tax sales be declared null and void |