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Show AFTER CORPORATIONS. Cbtewgo Acboavl Tarnr Wante Thaa I a'.j Jual Tas.t. A petition for a writ of mandAmns to couiDcl the Cook county. 111., bosrd of Aaaessors to file with th county j clerk a stAlement setting forth the TAlue of th capital stock and bonds of Chicago's greet franchiae corporations ; was filed in the circuit court Monday! by Miaa Catherine Goggin, bead of tha Chicago Teachers' federation. The petitioner asks that tbe assess- j or b compelled to list the intangible property of twenty-three concern, the AggregAte of which property ia Alleged, I under oath, to be worth t.'oS. 105,313. j Againal this enormous sum the local j taxing bodies lisve found only $3'J,-?1,-745 worth of tangible property. It is to preclude the difference, l-'3J,lJa.567, representing their franchises, from escaping taxation that tb auit ia : brougbL j |
