Show A HILL fAUlt ULMAM There li In Chicago a Mexican official who demands free water As the boon Is not R very great one In Chicago he Is likely to get Ills way The namo of the official Is Felipe Her rlozabol and ho Is I the Mexican consul lie was served with a notice fordellcquent water rates and replied that under the treaty with Iho United States be was exempt Irom payment but was cntllledto tbe uiu cf asmucba > aler as be tiseded Tbclau gunge of the lreatyofJIoSS relied upon by the WoilcanIa that Is agreed that consults vice consuls their Bocretarler etc they nol being cltlzemi of the country In which the csneul reside shall be exempt from all compulsory compul-sory public service and also from all kind of taxes Imposts and contributions Ions levied specially on them or their property to which the citizens and Inhabitants native and foreign ol the country which they reside are subject sub-ject except those which they shall be obliged to pay on account of commerce Of course the water rates assessed are not a tax on the Mexicans property but R charge for the amount of water blob belongs to the public that he has used and for which be awes 080 under the schedule of water rates A case Is I quoted where the German consul con-sul under a similar treaty obtained relief from payment ot dog tax In Chicago but In that Instance the dog was the Teutons properly when taxed The Chicago law department probably prob-ably will allow the Mexican free water rather IliaD take the case Into court |