The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-01-21
.lnonR the boys, which amount Of money 1
will thank you 10 fork over as soon % Pcssl-


.,nong the boys, which amount Of money
will thank you 10 fork over as soon % Pcssi- /
lie.
Some Of the Judges have been making |
rules to p event lawyers from talking, and
to com 9el them to write out their arguments.
This is very hard on such lawyers us do not
know how to write. As you doubtless un-
derstand these things much better than they
do. Ihope YOU will examine their rules care
fully, and perhaps il would be as we'll It you
would allow me 10 appoint a Judge General
to examine their decisions. My boys, as
said before, are as handy at one thing as
another.
Something must be done with these auc-
,;vnvors, tIey cneaI the people and don't
fork over the taxes. You had better raise
the tax to make up for lost time, aud vest in
The boards of police the power of recon-
mending suitable persons for me to appoint
as auctioneers This will have tendency
TO weaken the power of the Executive, as |
shall hereafter prove to you in this message,
and to force more power on the boards of
police, which, us before said, is necessary
to bring them back into the right track.
The Auditor and Treasurer don't watch
each other close enough, under the existing
law. Look to il. There is smart chance
there might be some Swartwouting done.
The people in making the constitution,
(which, by the bye, they never had any
hand in) provided for electing all officers
except tax collectors and assessors. This
omission proves that the mode then in exist
ence of appointing those officers, to wit: by
the Governor, was perfectly satisfactory,
notwithstanding what / have before said
about the Chancery Clerk. He said he
spit on me, and no tax collector ever did
that, which alters the case materially The
long list Of defaulters shows that the present
democratic system of electing them WON'T
do. ! submit to you the propriety of letting
me and the senate appoint those officers, or
to crowd it on the board Of police any how.
Power should be gwen me, Of remoring any
Of them atsary time, and Of appointing for
the schole nnezpired term, and then it would
not make any difference how the original APP
pointment was made. ! could just toddle
out any or all Of them atsany time and put
in my own boys, they are Just Is handy for
that as any thing, and It is allthe same, &c.
The exercise of the power Of making such
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oh no, not at all. fho number appointed
would only be ll2 y year, and the number
disappointed would be ten times as great,
and although the nunfer expecting the ap-
pointment next year. would be forty times as
great, it is plainly to be seen that the lnhu-
ence of the Executive would be thereby,
materially weakened rather than increased
In fact, it is strange TO me that the power ex-
.ercised by the President of appointing and
removing SO many officers has not broken
down Mr.. Van Buren, long ago. II is lucky
for me that the Constitution prevents your
giving me the appointment Of all the officers
in the State, for then you might crowd them
all on me and ruin me at any time you pleas
ed. think however, that could ssmanage
to surwive' the appointment of assessors
and collectors if yeu would put it upon me,
and | am willing to xny thing for the
people.
The reports Of the Treasurer and Audi
tor are herewith submitted, by WHICH it APP
pears tia. the Treasury has suspended xnd
the Chckasawhay are not cleaned out
We have charged them however, with
$4,000 appropriated for that purpose, be-
cause we conld haze paid it If we had had it.
/ Thirty-three defSdlting tax collectors have
been sued, and twenty-six more ought to be,
and that amt half.
The tax of the present year amounts to
$154,517 70, according to the best guess
the Auditor can make and he is good at
guessing, practice makes perfect The
assessors of several counties have failed to
make returns. We will p6f the screws to
them in due time. ~ ~ 8.
1t appears that many Of the banks pay no
taxes. This wont do. Even admitting that
the law exempting their capital stock from
taxation is law, which deny, It does not ex-
empt their real or personal property, orl
money loaned from taxation; it is only what
they owe that is exempted. My messages
and the bank commissioners reports have
tended greatly to dcrkeciate their paper
and they ought TO pay for that at least. l
am opposed 10 raising the taxes generally,
but am in favor of putting it to the banks,
brokers and lands holders. would also
recommend tax on promissory notes.
Several persons hold notes of mine, and /
would like them to pay Tor the privilege
Although bank notes are prpmissory notes,
say nothing about taxing the holders or
them, because it is presumed the amount
thus collected would be small. The law
however, imposing tax Son all paper pur-
chased by individuals, or held by them for
property sold," would have an excellent eff
feet, az many indivi duals hold notes which
they would rather burn than pay taxes on,
this would pay off large amount of debt.
The banks indebted to the State have
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