Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-05-14
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For tie Fayetteville Observer.
Mr.. N. o. WaLLAcE.-For the in.
formation of those who take any in
terest in the subject of taxation, and
iof what purposes they are Annually
visited by the Tax Collector, the fol-
loving synopsis is given. 1t is mat.
ter OF some Importance TO every good
citizen, to know what all this money
annually taken fom The masses of
the people Is for. BY reference to
the figdres. every one can See the uses
to which bis money is appropriated.
First, then, We have, according to the
proo!-sbeet--
No. acres Lard. 4o8, GA. Value. So 9o7, 1853
No. Town Lots ...2lS.. do.. 1890
No Slaves taxable, 9, $780,. do. 2,l2S, 800
faiue OF Mdis, etc. Observation-Disclosures $50
DO Watches, etc. ia, SS1
do Pleasure Carriages. "a 43O
do Sock taxable SO 563
Money at Interest. ........3 77 .4S0
Total capital FOR the County. SC, e99, Alp
No. of Polls assessed ............... 2,214
Secondly, we pay Cor the use OF
the State government
10 cents on the $50, which gives. sc, 500 Al
10 do each Poll. ...... 49, 10
Total for that purpose. S7,O31 81
21a cents on each 500, for the use of
Public Schools, gives ..... 81 GA So
20 cents on each Poll, for same.... 553 so
Total for Schools. ...........$2,22 8 35
For the Lnnatic Asylum, IL cents on
the $lOO. ................S 81 OO4 81
Total to the State, SO. 264 n.
For County purposes cents on 500, S4,o19 65
do do Is do each Poll, 332 10
Total for the use of the County $4,351 20
For County Bridges, 21s cents on the
SlOO. 81, GA IS
For County Bridges, 10 cents each Poll 221 40
Total for Bridges. 1886 %
By an addition of these figures, we
find that Lincoln caunty pays for tie
year 1857, S16,512 II in the way
of regular tax, without counting the
specific taxes which are daily being
collected by the clerks Of courts and
other officers for privileges. Our tax
this year is nearly double the amount
lit was in 1858, it then being only
1862 IA; yet We were then paying
about the same per cent. on the ag-
gregate valuation of property as we
now are. Hence we are able to dis
cover the rapidity with which the
Slate Of Lincoln is accommodating
wealth, though she is isolated in posi-
ton, far from market, and her resour-
ces comparatively undeveloped. He1
rapid advance for the last four wears
is in no small degree attributable to
her proximity to the Nashville and
Chattanooga Rad Road; and if Tie
people would liberalize their views, and
invest part of the $4,000 which
they have nov loaned out at interest
in improving the reads of the county
in connection with the 100000
which they have already taken in the
Winchester ard Alabama Rail Road
Lincoln, though she has been sneered
at and dubbed State, would be sec.
ond to no county in Tennessee. She
has the natural resources-her popu.
llation are safe, industrious, and eco.
nomieal, and know the value of a
dollar as we'll as any people; and all
they want is TO know if thing will
pay, and they are into it-and l be-
lieve the generality of those interest
ed are of the opinion that the Rail
Road will pay, though not in the way
of dividends. Consequently, we are
going to build 1t.
Alabama Prices.
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