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Show THE OtlllllN JIBItl'IIANTS' TAX. Die IliDltirss Men nf tlio "Jiincllon" L'lir t'oiileslliig Ha Ligalllr. The hearing lu the cate of Ogden Clly vs. A. W. Putnam look jlace tefore J uttlce Flttgerahl yesterday, Nu decision was reached, however, as the Justice desired to coutlder several 'acta 111 the lase until today. Hver since tho Incorporation of Ogdeu city the merchants and business busi-ness men have Uu called ujion to pay a llceniu before the-y could oltalu a certificate to tfobualnesr. lu lbSl Ihe ordlnauee waa ameuded alightly, plao-lug plao-lug tho buiueri men of the clly lu dlflerent clsaiea and providing that thusu of thu flrrt clou should pay a liceuae considerably higher than tuoHO of the lower clsesrs. This worked satisfactorily until about onn month ago, whuu a large number of the cltlieria rebelled iiKiilnatwhat they conelderrd nllattrant oate of double tuxutlou oud emi toyed Mesars. LeweugerA Lear and llngley to light ther case ngaluat tho city I cose ttie collections weru presaed. Hove-ral Hove-ral etlorta were made by several mem-beriof mem-beriof thnclty uounciltuget an ordl- uknie through, repealing Iheordliiauce undir which thu licenses aro collected, but on every occasion the movement waa deflated and the situation rernnl lied li-ed unchanged. When approached by the license collector Mr. J 'lit nam and several others refuted to pay up and the arrest of the fjrincr follow ed. At the hearing yesterday Ihe defense de-fense lonleiided that the municipality had no authority to evllect a regular tax and In addition a license for revenue from the cltUena and bualncsa men, but that only aaulllolent aura to elofray the espento of registering the jieTtuit to do business should le charged. On the other hand, Attorney Kimball Kim-ball argued that under the 'territorial sututte any tlty was i,eriullled lo license, tax, regulate and coiittol auctioneers, luerchunts, rutaileri, groceries, ordl trie', hawkors, dialers, di-alers, pawnbrokers, money changers and nil oilier methods nf biiiluiss, anil ai no provltlon was nude us to whether or not the license should lint be for revenue, theeounill lu iimklug it unlawful un-lawful to do buelncja without Drat taking out a license aai acting within thu limits of Its powers. The argumuuta consuniod toveral hours. The merchants declare thnt If tho caio goes ageluet them they will appeal to the dlatrlct court and If necoitary teku tho matter before the eunrerno court of the United Btntee. " riiousaudi for defeusu but not one penny for tribute" Is their cry. |
