Mr. FARNSWORTH. I send up to the Clerks desk a letter I have received from a collector in reference to this subject of post in notices. It is from an intelligentman, and I desire to have it read. ThQ Clerk read as follows: Connrcrons Orrics. Uxrrsn Burns Internalrevenue. 2ND DISTRICT or Inuxois. ROCKFORD, April 30, 1866. DEABSIR.: the presentrevonuoliiiv, section 20 oight. provides that each of the collectors shall twioitnhilnisttwent daysafter receiving his annual collec otf e assessors.give notice by udyertisle mont published in each county in his collection district. in one newspaper pripted in such county, ifany such there be and y notifications to be posted up in at least 4 public places in each count in his collection district. that the said duties have econie due and payable and state the time and placeWithin said county at which he or his deputy will attend to receive the same which time shall not be lessthan ten days after sue notificationf: Collectorshad all supposedthat this bill of advertisipg wouldbe aid by the revenue Dept. nslit is require by law. but the practice is tochargeit a lcotorsas a part of their expenses ainst the col0 the othee, to come out of administeripg their salary and commissions. I want to call your attention to this for the purpose of saying that the effect of such practiceof tWhieth desupeahrtsmmeanllt is necessarily to leavethe tax payers Opportunities of knowmg anything about thotiinc ang placeof payment that verymany of them becomeha is to the tou%. addition and the 20 cents for notice. of which they complain more than they do at payin the whole as sessedtax. My ownhabithaslicrototoro beento ub lish the notice 2 weeks in the npor instead of one sstheluw requires and inste of putting up 4 notices in ucounty I have had an average of 50 handbills struck elf for ouchcounty and mailed one to eachpost office in letter, asking the ostinuster to, stick it up in a conspicuous place, and keep it up till after the time of receivmg taxes. I then send one with like requestto eachrailroad station agent and whatczer there are left useto the best advantage to give the information a Wide ciroultion. I do this. ecauso it is fair to the people WHO pay the taxes, that they shall have reasonableop ortunity to become postedand save all costs an additions, and they comlain bitterly if after all this they happen tooverloo it. Suppose instead of doing this I should cut out 4 notices mm the county psi Ker.as I kpow is done by some collectors and at emup fairly; What chance have the masses of the tax payers to not any information? The fact is, this is al that the law requires. No one could be blamed fer meetuig its revisions literally and also ins irit. ow. the fact is, overyprovision should be mii.dein the laws to make the matter as easy and as satisfactory as any reasonable man could ask. This advertising costs, as I doit. about25 dollars for the hand tbiis llisn.gand say 35 to 40 dollars for the adver in the I have given you the detailsso thntyou could soo the propriety of providmginthelnw for What is needed. he tax paers Will be ratcful to anyone who protects them. sully the vertising should he done at the expense of the Goyernment. us the whole theory of the compensation is that the tax payer BOGSIOthe collector and pays him his mpigonlgly. There is no irness in Chicagoin advertis one paper. but chonochawcthe of seeingsuch a notice in the Tribune or the Republican or a Democrateither l cretion in the There should be a disbe provided for collect r and of coursethe costshould thoseof postage stationery, kc. In my district all these notices ought to be in the paperat least 2 weeks and nothing by way of notice less th.;ii i do is of much account. At any rate the 4 noticesrwiazirrrdbytheliiw aremerelya mockery.for While iulmittin: the obligation to notify. what chance would the tux payers of Kane county have of seeing anyone of 4 notices. My hope is that you Will get the next luuvto provide for reason able notice at the expense of the uovernment. I say that asu.rule ourpeoplocurrythis do tax cheerfully, and I want to set every reasonableprovision to make it as easyaspossiblo. If anything also occursto me. I Will write you again. I am sorry to see how long mglotter is. but could not well makeit shorter. ours. truly. WAIT TALCOTT. General J. F. FABNSWORTH, M. 0.