Mobile register and journal., 1845-01-11

which, when taken from the amount of Bank bills in the Treasury of Ife State after the collection ni taxes ol the present year. vii, show only about one hundred thousand dollars minrs to be "A aised during lS4o besides the expenses of ile Stae Government sl2o,VOO, Tor that year ! hal amount would Ike nearly ralsed bs the present tevenue bill: hut as sound policy would dictate we should have something more than 10 balance ihe payments of 1916, by the amount on hand m the State Treasury the hegIn- h'ng oi thai y"ar--the mInoriiv of the committee would recommend to Ihe Legislature to increase Ihe tax oi the present year twenty five thirty per nm; and wltI Ihe addition of articles of taxa- hllon, not enumerated in the present tax bill, they think the alth and credit of the State can be main- tained
 III reviewng ihe calculations herein set forth, We are reminded of the of 5,250. .555 55. perma- nent inability, of principal of the bonds of the Sae wnlch mas 10 be provided for in the course of the next twenty years. h has been conended, that the oo'gailon rests upon the present citizens and tax payers oi ihe State 10 provide the 10 finally pay OH that amount Looking at the reports of the commissioners appointed to examine the several oahks, It appears thai only about seventh or the present voting population of tic State are Bank dehors; and, the obligation. which the balance oi tne present citizens under, will extend alike to m" clzens al the State during the next twenty ih's obligation arises in mart from heinz of those who conducted and controlled the State Government during those years of folly and encouragement through which we have just passed and, also, from the duly wh'ch arises return for ihe and "ccn- patton nt the natural and ar,icial resonrcPs of the State, and the prr lection afforded hy iis government to the citizens. gradual and moderate increase oi the taxes in coming years will ford sufficient 10 meet the contingent annual liabilities of the State and provide sinking fund, which will finally pay of the bonds AS they fall due. and the prnposrion io make the inc ease gradual rather than abrupt, ad dresses Istl forcihv to ihr mind of very one from a AnEI loco ion aT x the extraordinary low price for s staple commodity and the iact that m other employment of labor and capital has yet been adopted afford q better remu nerniion to onr citizens
 The minority would also slate. that several fea. tues of tine hill presented by the ma ioritv are ex rrptionable in them, particularly the mode of taxInp andS which ism change from he present ssfcatiou system to yauntion k, stem, bv which they cannot but think greater degree of inequality will be ex. perienced hroughout the State The present system operates hatmoni"nsly with the great mass of the neople; and as the inequality of taxes in hrir bear ing m Il community renders them odious, rather than ihe particular plan adopted. the minority would sug gest 10 the House, the of the classifca- lion system. Another feature of ihe bill-for in- stance. the mode of eecing assessors would rather be obnoxious to the objection of immoral tendency by the management which might attend he selection and format'on Of grand iures. Other features are alike objectionable, which can be noticed in diff feren' wny, when the bill is taken up for its final dIsposal by inc House.
 The minority of the committee have ihes disposed o the subject matter referred, and withou, any dis. position whatsoever io suppose the majority have erred. they would state 10 the House, that upan ex animation of the two reports the variance consists in the estimates and specu aions of the two branch es of the committee, rather than in any stau.tica facts. JOHN w POPTIS,
 P. H. MITCHELL.
 *We should here except s000OO of bonds held by the