The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-08-04

MtN presents 4N4cNNp tNAtt Wy NAa oQtA AHA
bid Ia fol The Stale 100 tracts or land--paic
the nior three hundred dollars ior ndRol.
Using one HUNDRED dollars Slale
tax-0ne hundred dollars county x-eec.
cuted 10 the State one Hanofed Collar daed1
for which he claims one thousand do.lar as
a credit. Rui hocausa ihc Eaelalsture has
gwen me no power, refuse b credit hip
with aug ,pari OF TIC Above accpuDi. -
CONSEQUENCES Is, ih1t ms books show l'l' ~
be adelaulier FOR Eve hundred
obedience 10 the law, sue sl1l
comes up for trial, and lbE III 80 |
TX, gt,i, Indebted ~ 1inf one asatd /
5,i,.r. e. .o,y;,ss ipslaiixely feqnlred 81
49, -, ~ Jury give verdici "a bic
60 ~ ~ safe pays The cost. iae
consequences Of this chaEaGlet,
~ edited the COLLECTORS whhihe STATE
.seomtg lakes on the land sold-foF their
commissions --lheir deeds, and n some ~.
n,1nces,-,R portion ~ the chatees &c ths
printers, bot neVerexceedinP The allowances
BY law 10 the Slate Printer Or adpefgisiHg
WHARF their charges were enQymeus. apd
they Insisted on the whole 9moual, p0lhinq|
has been allowed, but such accounts, are left
for the action Of the Legislature. Some 81
;be printers have done their work well, aud
IN conformity with the requirements 0f the
law, but thsir charges, a sh0agh not - es.
travagaRt as those 81 others, were greater
than that allowed The State Printer fer ike
printing. Therefore refused % allow the
srkole amount Of their charges, and IL ire !
mains foT tho Legislature 70 determine what
shall be done in such cases. IstFust that
yonr honorable body will give this VexiRg
question your attention, and seulsiii,as in
youE wisdom may be deemed pTOPet N al
few instances. collectors have paid the
pTlniers before settlement With this Office
IN posiiiFe violation OF my Instructions
One Of TIC most hagTanl cases Of this char.
meier, am ipforme,l, has been brought 70.
your attention by the EKecullye. S0ch q
corrosive asih0 law provides, WILDE prompts
lyaPPhed. isfr1 a,a rfma ailol
The tax assessed on billiard tables has
never, since have heenin this Office been
collected, bpt in part. The oslensible pro-.
piielor relusesto pay tie tax--lhe cOileeiorl
sells iQr ave Orisg dailaTs-lhe purchaser
immediaiely sells APP the table agaiO--refu.l
ses p pay lho tax, andsit 10 sold again for
comparatively nothing. The license system
in reference to these tables, would double
less Be preferable, with adequate penalties
for using them without license. II the bfio
ceg Of assessors and collectors shOuldl be
eoniinned, to ensure the services Of such
officers, think il will be indispensable 10
unite The Offices in one persOnlin thoss
counties that do notpay inlofIhe Treasury.
exceedlng two OFihreo thousand dollaats-
lf ihia we're done, per.csnb1 fOrossessing.
wRpia be ample remuneration, .bni as this.
lay now slande, and since The creation Of
cQmmisglonerslo class the real estate some
of ne assessors receive from rs 70 90 per
cent. ioF assessing ihe personal p5Operiy;l
tor 10 assessob under The present law, re-
ceives less than one hundred dollars Coz as
sessing The State tax Of any comply while
10 mauY instances, AZ 5 per cent.tt would
nni amount 20 more than twenty-five 81
thirty dollars,
When took charge Of fl Audio7s OF
fee the books had tube bfouei up COZ tu0
monlhs. This was the business Of nv pre-
doccssor, but, disease and death prevented
him from performing the tz0Tk. pFoenfed
the services Of Horace Pagaud, iodnef clerk
ip the Office, and got him to bring ub tie
bnslnesa, Cor which with a small attention is
the business propedyapp Ia nig sld-
ties IN the Office, paid him $3.50 hBdht
ionr months Of Che time VI m5 presehl clerk
Major Jqmes Wade, has been employed n
committing 90 record important Documents
aBdarfaRgiuG, Cling aud labelling papers 81
The greatest Importance iothe STATE LABOR
that ehpnd have been done wears aco. ~
Fhle laRnr bas been neatly ana fli,hlDlf
psTIpmet. lh8 land comm sioners 81
tutns, With aileW exceptions, were s6 g
feciife. lhn calDnlElous 50 ihacc15a.
lfonna,it Indispensable 90 have ihe Whole
Of them revised, and cofTsctsd. This ias
required ibo rt.calcl3aii0n or gho value 81.
and Eases upon. every iaclof land f5.0fnsa
in iho lists As this was lahof that "a.
qnired a. least elk monlas eniplofhsnf 81
40 active end faithful cl6fk, Cd Was inlbo
bic loF ne % porf6rm i my3elE Ind dIf
charge ne duties Of ng0iiic6 thersidts
engaged ihe Eafricoe Of Mr. JOhh F.Snm
mnrs, en-. ezcolieni accoaufani, WHO Dis See
employed upuurd1 az six months. and kSs
not gei completed she work! This Was
business 6f ihs CLERKS DC Pgabsis. a6a -.
part of iho duties OF die 6rscs MI Sum
mers undertook ne work. Ytltin6 i,,b,, is
Legislature Cd give him feas0Hahs c6n
ponsanon. bnd / trust ihaf ga Oils xp0cla
tiop BE- win NOT Be Disappointed i6at5 it
% ihe Legislature iolSsielmn8 Rbsihsf N
is righl ioTa-imbrrso any par. 81 ldt aaidnh
pad haBaud. and 10 coIbpensla M8ibfl
Wade icf~ services failh0IIP b8dof8e
which if noi done ~ ihs Sal nnsf 81
dono ay MYSELF alihourhi,
of mY nfc8ceeGorr UHfeY lNs
thonz'nH ihe Auditor 81 Pebble Atc6
tonacnd cor'1ectf un1o uihfhs eI
Town 'c'gin 't tifyof Ittoa
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