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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 21, no. 521: March 9, 1878

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Real Estate Record AND BUILDERS^ GUIDE. Vol. XXI. NEW YOEK, SATUEDAY, MARCH 9, 1878. No. 521. I te i l£ Publi.<;hed IFeeUy by Che Ecii( (IBsiiitc Jlecartr ^.ssocmtton. TERMS. «XK YRiVK, in advance....SIO.OO. Coinmunications should be addressed to G. W. SAVEET, Nos. :1J5 AND *1~ Broadway. CITY TAXES, WHO SHOULD PAY THEM? Judging from precedent efforts, the subject of t'l.Ktition can Jje properly discussed ouly in frotn oii;» hmidred to five hundred pages of octavo size. We may be pardoned, however, iu nialdug ai-asli a-id fool hardj-attempt to condense the subject within a few paragraphs. We have previously imderttiken to show tho sout-ces from whieh the ta.-^ levy of last j-ear was derived. Tlte mcagrencss of the iuformtition vouchsafed through public documents, compels us to exercise oiir inventive faculty iu attempting to expound t!ic item of personal taxation. In our previous tiuilorlaking we think we have furnished a fair aiitilysis of the toiiic. At all events, our expo¬ sition remains unchallenged to this daj-, aud after careful and critical study of the subject, it seems the only warrantiible aud patent one that we can suggest. We will reproduce it here for the sake iif clearness and as apposite to our present tlietnc. TAX LEVY 1877. Taxed Valuation. iVi-sonal Estate..... Sl5i,500,UOO 0,gauixed Capital— Banks. 3r;^.0i;o.0i'K) Ins. Co's. 1-1.500,01)0— 87,500,000 I'eid I':.