Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-07-17
cost OF collection uudcr the New
Tax Bill.

promised OlhClal or accurate Scneuuio or
synopsis Of the Internal Tax bill recent
ly passed by Congress but it has not as
yet made its appearance. There are how.
ever, two or three features of the bill
which the papers are discussing, and to
which we propose briefly to call the at
tcntion of our readers.
One Of the first things that stands out
prominently is that under the bill an ar.
my Of ofliccholders is to be appointed
The following are the officers Collectors,
Assessors, Deputy Collectors, Assistant
Assessors, and Inspectors. The Presi-
dent is authorized to district the States
and Territories, and oppoint for each dis.
trict an Assessor and Collector. These
districts are limited in number, so as gem
orally to equal the representation of the
State or Territory iii both branches Of
Congress. n collection or assessment
district will, therefore, embrace the same
extent and contain about the same mum
Der Of inhabitants as a Congressional
District.
The number Of these districts will de-
pend upon the basis adopted for the divi-
sion--whcathcr under the old or the new
apportionmcnt. If under the DID, Ohio
will have twenty. thr,e if under the new,
twenty one collection or assessment dis
tricts-cqual to the number of her Scna
tors and Representatives in congress.
Assuming the number OF districts to
equal the number of Representatives in
the present Congress, there will be one
hundred and seventy eight districts ex-
cluding the State of North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Floiida, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana.
Each Collector is to receive, as com.
|pensation for his services and those Of his
! deputies, certain commission on the
amount of money collected the total OF
which commission is limited to ten
thousand dollars per annum for each
Collector. This will give for the pay OF
one hundred and seventy eight Collectors
and their deputies, $1,7S0,0 600.
Each Assessor is to received three dol
lars per day when making, preparations,
issuing instructions, etc; and five dollars
per pay, when engaged in the regular
pcrfo Of the duties Of his Office
AS the former preliminary business will
occupy but little time, the estimate may
be made at five dollars day. AS there
are three hundred and thirteen working
days in year, the regular salary Of each
Assessor will be s. ,565 per annum.--
The salaries Of one hundred and seventy
eight Asscssors--on for each district
will nmnunt IN GDTS b7O
Besides this stated salary of five dol
lars a day Assessors will receive com
mission Of one dollar for each one hun
dred names on the tax lists they furnish
to the Collectors. OF course, it can not
be accurately stated what this commits
sion will amount to; but the number Of
tax able persons will exceed the number
Of voters, as almost every one will be
subject to taxation under the new law
females as we'll as males and minors as
we'll as adults. The New York Times
allows twenty five thousand as the mum
Der of taxable persons in each district
which is, we think, low estimate; but
at that rate the commission in each dis
trlct will amount to twenty five hundred
dollars, and in one hundred and seventy
eight districts, the total of commission,
! will amount to $44, 500.
| Assistant Assessors are to receive a
,alary Of three dollars n day. The Secre-
tary Of tho Treasury is to determine the
number Suppose each Assessor to ap-
point five assistants, which is probably
below the average, then, their salaries in
each district will amount to 81, ,965 a
year, and in one hundred and seventy
eight districts to $3.50, ,7l0.
The Assistant Assessors are to receive
the same commission on the list of tax
ablc persons as the Assessors. Assum-
ing five assistants to be appointed for
each district, their commissions will
give total OF 1922, 500.
Inspectors of liquors, etc., will receive
fees for their services from the owners of
the goods inspected. Suppose only one
Inspector to be AZ pointed for each dis
tricts and his yearly fees amount to one
thousand dollars, the total expense on
this account will be $l7S,000.
Besides the expense on account Of Off
GERS salaries, as above estimated, there
will be large oullays for stationery, rents,
fuel, etc, ETC., which the Times estima-
ted ut two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and that for advertising, etc, to
at least as much more.
REHABILITATION