Show A MANIFEST INJUSTICE THE taxpayers who have been mulched mulcted of fourteen per cent out of the returned special school tax will applaud the action of mr pike at the meeting of the board of Edu education catton in bringing up this matter for investigation of course the attorneys who conducted the contest before the courte which resulted in the refunding of the money ought to be well paid for their services nobody objects to that but a manifest injustice has been done to a large number of the taxpayers in this way when application was made to the board of education for the returned taxes as advertised many applicants received the full fuli amount others were told to go to the third district court on applying there they received their money minus fourteen per cent most of these taxpayers had bad no idea what this deduction was for they had bad not con tested the tax they bad not authorized any attorney to appear for them some of them had bad paid the money under protest because they understood it was likely to be declared illegal but why should people be fined for protesting verbally ver bably when paying a tax they had bad been informed was unlawfully levied we can understand why those tax payers who engaged counsel to contest the tax should be called upon to pay the expenses we could understand a general deduction of a small amount upon all the money returned in view of the fact that all the taxpayers were benefited benefit edby by the suit but why one part of the people who made no legal contest should be mulcted mulched fourteen per cent of their money and the rent remt of them bo be paid in full to is something that even if it can be explained justice naturally re rejects as an imposition it if mr pikes bikers action shall result in the full ventilation of this matter and the demonstration of what is right in relation to it he be will accomplish a good work and in any evently event is entitled to credit for bringing it prominently to the front |