Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-20
l. I. c. RAILROAD.

%munication appeared In your paper
Of November 9th, over the signature
of TAX Payer" addressed to myself
az director of the l.. L. + g. X. r.,
relative to nh sextortionatc tax levied
by your toard,o tho county court, or
somebody else" l have chosen to
italicisc in the foregoing quotation
from the article of "Tax Payer" the
words "your board" because if the
conjecture. of TAX Payer" was true
that tho directors Of the l.. l.. & Il.
road had assumed the power to levy
a tax for railroad purposes or any
other purpose, it would argue q
fearful usurpation of power OH their
part, and shameful dcrcliction of duty
on the part ofths county court, whose
duty it is to levy all taxes for couh-
~ and township purposes.
The directors Of tho l.. l.. & IT,
railroad have 10 more agency in levy
ing a tax for IL purpose III Lafay-
cite county than a petty king OF the
iSaudwich. Islands has. in levying a
tax to support the British govern
mcut.
Your second proposition hat eigh-
ty cents for 500, is sufficient to pay
our iptercst OH the road above re-
fcrred to is true, with $500 10 spare,
assuming that our taxable property
is one million dollars (Which l be-
tlievc is true), and provided. also, that
no dclinqucncics occur. Your third
conjecture, leaving out the words
your board" was true rs to thu
levy of s. 90 OH the 500, but by re
fcrring to the proceedings of thu
county court, November term, 2nf
LAY, the following order relative Il
railroad tax III
Whereas, it appears to the cour
that the levy made in the township
t Of Lexington, Washington and Sni
! a-Bar, for special railroad tax is great
, and tho citizens Of said township
pctitioning the court to reduce salt
lax, it is therefore ordered by ith'
/ court that all orders levying IL spc
: cial tax in said townships be, and til
T same is hereby rescindeu, and ttlatth'
clerk Of this court extend this ia:
for said purposes in said townships
> as follows:
In Lexington township, IS cents OF
the 300, for the St. Louis 4 st. 10
= iailroad, and the same for the l.
l.. & e.. X. Il. for said township
In Washington, IS cents oil the $lGt
V In Sni-a-Bar, IS cents OIL the $lUC
And it is further ordered that tn
collector be required 10 give motto
u to tho citizens of said townships {
II said change of tax, and that lie +.
II FUND to said citizens who have pal
~ these taxes of said townships the di
ference between the two taxes du
'e them"
!" Now, as 10 the why's and wher'
'r fores of the levy Of the So 20, whe
" first heard it, it was source
NJ much surprise to inc as to anyon
On my first visit to Lexington aft
H. hearing of tho change in the lev,
70 (the first one being understood to
q eighty cents OH the $l0O), and M
:. meeting with any members OF II
y court, 1 applied to both the count
70 clerk, Mr.. O'Gorman, and his deput.
i MI. Dulin, both of whom cxtendr
l. to me every courtesy in the examine
ton of records, and in imparting We!
l. bally what they understood to be I'll
e. cause of the court levying the abo'
re sum OF s. 20 OIL the 800. .
II The order i II the above specific
" amount, made August LIST, and stril
~ ped of irrelevant verbiage; res'
't' thus: =. u.
CT "And that it is further order'
go that i'll order to preserve the Inte
nc ests of said townships, and II
financial name OF this county, that q
clerk of this court be, and is,liercl
authorized and instructed, to levy
tax sufficient to meet the inlere
IL and debt Oh such interest Tor 81
,r. townships for the year 1872, aud 4
such wear rs the interest i'll sa
~ townships may be delinquent
ns In consequence of the foregoin. G
III der We find the sum Of $3.50 asses
cd to Lexington township, $780,
assessed to Washington and $1,000
W, Sni-a-Bar tow nship.
mt 1t is a matter generally understood
RI | believe, that the bonds issued
nc the Gulf Road" were issued abo
do tho 18th of July, 1870, the bon
all bearing ten per cent, payable annu'
Nv. When the first installinent Of
49,. ~terest was due, the county Tire:
urer borrowed the money TO pay
anticipating by some four or fl
months the collection of the tax
paw the Interes: on the bonds, the
by creating interest OF interest,
compound interest.
- The above statement it is presum
will clucidate that portion Of
,ns courts order reading thus:
-. "The clerk of this court be, a
is hereby authorized aud INSTRUCT
q to levy u tax sufficient to- meet
md interest and debt on such interest
re-. the year 1872" The further wol
ing OF the order reading thus: "A
fer such years IS the interest OH s;
townships may be delinquent"
di- Upon tho last sentence above WI
10 ten l presume the order for
double tax is based. In other VOL
ms to anticipate" the July interest
-. 1919 ~ ,,JIo.finr - thia foil I