Mr. GARFIELD. The gentleman will observe, and I wish him to give me his attention, that this whole section has relation solely to authorizing the assessor to go out of his district into another to find an absent delinquent tax payer. Now, the gentleman proposes an amendment which will authorize the person thus going out, the person who has been authorized by this section as it now stands to go out of his district, to charge his actual expenses and mileage forthns going. The gentleman, if he will examine the section in connection with the amendment he has proused, will find that it. will accomplish precise y what I have suggweisllted st.ate in a few words what the object of this section is. For instance, there are in the city of NewYork a large number of persons who do business there but reside in Jersey City or in some other neighboring district. Now, it is necessary for the assessors to have some means of reaching them. This section was framed for the purpose of enabling them to go into other districts than their own, ahd through the assessors of thosn other districts summon delinquent tax payersand there bold examinations of the cases. But we thought it not wise to allow those assessors mileage and traveling expenses for oing into other districts. for the reason that ifFwe did it they might make long journeys to distant districts an charge heavy fees for them. Now, if the gentlemans amendment is adopted, I think it will be found to open the door very wide indeed. We provide in the section already that the assessor in the district to which the other assessor goes to make the summons, shall be the party to make the sum mons, for which he is to receive pay at the rate stated in the section for traveling from his own place of residence to the place where the sum mons is to be served. But we did not think it right to allow the assessor who travels out of his district mileage and traveling expenses. If the amendment of the gentleman can be offered to some section that relates to the as sessors own district, it may be appropriate; but it seems to me it is not appropriate here.