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Show CLUTE IS DISSATISFIED. Ibrefore Mr. C. S. Yarlan Applies for a Writ of Certiorari. 1MB ILEU I ST ITK IIHILMTIOXS. Tb lllr Antfoor ami Collrtlor Uott Not Like "hat tin City l'u icll Urn I'onf, UnlU-J Huttea Dlitrlct AUiriiar Varlan lait evnliijt fllol the appvittlexJ ltUIou ir ft writ of certiorari to r view U10 recent Action of thu City Council In ftiplln.f (li riumlullou re-duolDg re-duolDg tlii taluatlou on real ro-rty 1 per rvnt.t H Irani Jolimon vi.Tlie Mayor nJ City Council of Malt take L'ltyaiiJJ. F. Jack, ret order of alU city. TI10 petition of Hiram Jotitiaon aUire-iiatmrJ rutpuctfully aliowi: That he hacllUcu of lh (Tnlta! HtaUa, reiMtiit aud tftipayer within H ttte city of Halt lake, Territory of Utah. riut the city of Halt Ik I it clly of Ilia tint c1m, lnoor(K)ratHl under Ilia laws or the Territory of UIaIi, And defendant J Ark I ttio recorder of mIJ city and the cuatoJlait of Its record , That lieretoforv nod prior to Ilia pro-reedlu4lierelnaltfr pro-reedlu4lierelnaltfr atatutj, tltu awna-orant awna-orant ollrctor fir U city, In audi th1fdiily commlwloiiedanl aullior-ls4 aullior-ls4 during nnilfiirtliv jiar 1901, he by Jaw Hud ordlnunctfof altliltyie tjulrnl, reciiltrly and laHfullyRiutiied All the proMrty, rwtl And iwrturmt, mib-J mib-J act tu taxitlon. Uttiate within the cor iioratu llmlti or Mid tltyantarairuiiy 1 In acoordanco with the actual cam valuation thureof, and lliu City Cutin rllof Mlddlty, luacordiueo with law nod the ordlumceethrriof, duly levltd the tiecvMary munlclt! (ax on the itiieaited value nf all taxable ti-al and jifraonal roper ty tYltlilu mid city, authorized liy Uw an 1 required for iminlcliul puriowi. Hist then after ttioannuilAwjuiint roll wai rrlurm-U by the Mid imnwr and collector to Hie nald City Council, ai provlJed by Uw, and thereupon the City Count U afrc ullUld iU rtdty for livarlntf otjet-tljn otjet-tljn theielo, and gave proper notice thereof. That afterward upon the day to fixed, to will the 21ftt day of Augijat, 1191, the aald City Council, with the lMa)or of aald city preIJIiur, met an 1 organized m a (ward of equdlli&tlon. auJ thertarter from time to ll mo nut And AdJourul and uietasaln eucb Iward of etualtxallon for the purpose of npiallzto and correcting aucti iuu meat roll. That during the aentloni of aald City Council til Unit a a board of cquall xatlon aforefalJ, dlveri And liuinVra ot tax aver In tald city Appoared be fore auch boirl and wan lieaM lu their Individual behalf upon com plalnta made, concerning tho umtMtl valuations by the wtld Minr and collector, of real and prjrml rcm. irty, and lutuch connectlou the uid loan., reeelrej an J hvird evidence nnd thireujon dttermlned all tint raa In whkh complalut were made. AQd thaiiKed and (vrrectedeaili and uvery valuation to complained of m nforcwald In Accordance with tho facta Ant aajuntlrv rujulred. riut It added tu aucb a"eM val uatlon In pome cues and reduced the tame In otherf, lth as to real and lenonal property, and directed the recorder re-corder of the city tonotn audi correction correc-tion and chances upon the uld as eeeiuieiit toll, which aai done, and thereupon the eutlre uAainenl roll of all thu taxable properly, real and r MMiel, within the rorporaUi limit of laid city, was fully.filrly and uniform ly rpJallzod aud milo to tcireieut the fair rath valuation of all said jroperty u returned upon said asew me nt roll. And your petitioner shows to the count That thereupon the lower of aalJ Major and City Council, alttttiftai a Umrd of equalization, or otherwlae, wai exhauited and nothing further was AUthorlze-l In the premise., aave the certification of theKald awmeut roll o equalized as Aforesaid tu the AMior and collector of aald city. That, notwithstanding, on th 10th dayof Brptembrr, A. U. 1B3I, thuuld CltyCouDctl, with the Mayor prudd-ICJST prudd-ICJST without oompfalnt belnic made and without uvlJeutv, pawed nnd Adopted, and caned to bo prend upon lis records the following rvtolullotit "Jtssolved. That thu akHutsmvnt roll Im oorricted and revltvd by reducing the valuation of all real property And Improvement toBI per centum of thu valuation as aiweaisd, except on such real estate and Improvements as have be for o been, or may hereafter b, reduced re-duced lu value by this Uw4 for seal rtaron. tho valuation of whhhtolu reductxl ti 60 per centum of the cor revUd valuation thereuf: anl that It bo thesenie of this board and tho City Council to Jnotrurtthu proj.r olUcUl to refund to all ttxpayuri who havu heretofore pal J their taxes, CD per ecu .turn of the taxuj raid by thorn on rual preperty aud lin rovemente," That the aald City Council, with tho Mayor aforesaid, has adjourned 1U sit tln u a hoard of equalization afore tlJ, and lia4 refused, aud duj uow refuse, to reconsider or rescind tho resolution res-olution aforirald. That In tho premlscsItaLtenJ entirely without Jurlidh tlou. and that tho uid rtsolutlou and order wai and I void, lind jour petitioner shows that not wlth.tandlutr, the snld J, r.Jik,clly recorder as aforraald, has noted upon the said AMteumcnt roll a rtducllou upon all the real property wlthlu the corporate limits of Mid lty, return td upoii sal 1 roll ai required by aald order. andli about 'to certify Ibu eantv, and uiileiastayud by au order of thu court, will certify thu same to tho aisvsturaiid collector aforeftnld. as thu full, com pleto and equalized ime'smvut roll of ald city. And your letltlouer thows to the court that he owns no not! rUtn with lu the corporate limits of mM ilty, aud was aseenkud only uon personal property; prop-erty; that bis irutml property wus asseiaed at Us full, fair cash valua lion; that alt of the propurty, leal aud pvrsouil, within tho ewrporabi llmlti of said city, re turned lu said aumment roll as the same wao revised, corrtt-ted and equalized equal-ized by the City Council aud Major as Aforesaid, was and 1 asseswl at tho lair cash valuation thereof; that tho diango or reJuotlon In thu iuti...M Valuation of all the reil property lu paid city, as coutumplated by the ruio-lutlon ruio-lutlon afuriiifild, 1 illDirlmlnitlntc, un fair and InoqulUblo, and If carrledlutu fir.'Ci, would maku tho taxation uf proiierty within snld ully for thucur reui i uar uut UDlforai; tuat thuro aru a Sjjpppppjjjjj mnnlHTor otlitr rwn Ui)Frof fall muulclpiUly, nim.i. HmowneM only of irOMl property whlcli lint ln MMmwd. . iiiuihipil I y Hit tlil Mijcrniwl Council, filling m Imatil orii.llttliiii, t III. full ruth vilim. lion llinrtor, tint tlninrUtcoftri.Mld City Council, If enff,.tj Ly tlio un.frtor.nil collw lor, .nil .niilftirl In ly Ilia (i.irr Iwntllltril tiirctr, win rrtult In rnlui'iiiK th Talmtlou of all Ilia rl prex-rty wllliln Ihe cor-rt. cor-rt. IlinlU of i.lil city lo ko r runt, of th. Iruo c.fli Tilur, .ml lu .11 Kliut H.iKM,ow, therel y dl.frlmlunllmt .KlnitthoMiUpyrriwboroMMnl oultly uKn rni.llly .nU .ildln to tlitlr tiurJtm; lli.t ittlllguir Im n rlRht, lu coinnnii wllli .11 th.ollitri otorrnlJ, ilmlluly tlttutal, lo li.vo a fair, Juft noil uniform .Juttncnt nnd riullritlon of valuation, rur tai.blo I urKit and riu)nally liai . brut-flcl.l brut-flcl.l Inlrinl In priifcnilriit . ilUcrhul-nation ilUcrhul-nation In tlit jum of rt.l anil ttrtoti al proprrty, anil In tliti fripullitiiK of Hi. biirJfnn of taxation; that tlitrnl no.ppral or other t'latu, t(vdy or ajriual. rrnitily. Wlirreunon your rllllonrr ray. thai a writ of ceitloratl bu ImumI, illrettovJ to th. Mayor and City Council cfrHHI.ikuClly, and J. I. Jack, ttiv recorder of lal I city, commanding com-manding th.iu lo (trllfy fully to Hi. court, at . llm. and ilAcolu.ald will kib.n;irl.d, a tranarrliil of th. ri. cord of nail tltycounrll mndoonor about Hrpl.mWr liltli, ISOI, aud pur- Ijortlngtoroiluc Hie aMiod Talui-lom Talui-lom of all the real property wlthlu I ho corporate limit, ol aald city '-'') lrcentum, tint llio rime may I rovtewed by th!. court, In thn mean-Dim, mean-Dim, the laid counill aud thu ..I I rrcriltr l-u required lo denUt from futlher troridiua in the tiremlM, aud pattlcuUrlylorifralu from certifying certify-ing the abetment rjll for the current year to th. awiwr anl collector of ld city; aud lint upon tho luarlnif, JddjIuvlitbuKlTelintlliulllu the reto-lutlou reto-lutlou and pruccedluif. heretofor. mentioned men-tioned and ot out an 1 the wholu Hit re-ofj re-ofj .ud that tilalulll! recover liU ml In tills l.ihnlf Incurred Chad. 8. Vauian, Altormy for plalnllll. On In. ring the tltln, Juilga Auderwju ordered n writ to Ibruo, .nd attlhe lieirlng fur Friday next. The writ wai 1'iued and nerved up. on Heconler Jack lat night Mr Johuioii, tho ietltliner, U a metiilier of tho firm of ItemlUKlou, Johucon V Co. |