Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-01-30

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mpnded that the Tax Collector be
required in making return OF lands
to the Circuit Court for judgement
# condemnation TO give such d S,
ripti"n of the lands returned, sta
ing locality, boundaries and the
names of owLt rs, that a Judgment
of condemnation passed upon his
/, port shall be sufficient to vest a
valid title in the purchaser, and
The Court should enforce these re
qmrements before judgment of
condemnation is pronounced.
When theTsaIe ilSs BEEN maa y a
writ Of possession shou ID be lssped
TO the purchaser from sthe ppurt
nrdering Ilie sale, aud beeXde kted
wihvut delaJ and the alghaser
should be .al.ewed f6lold Snse and
njoy tue same aree;Itorn rent or
o'her eiiS6lir5, for its pr0Essr use.
Thesjrgidalo%fb r,howstsn Should
ha4ef tile 9iflvilcge of.r6ar saipg,
by paying the bid andTihtsrest,
ard ae damages now aIltsaed by
Iaws hsIiss'A
Unless this or some suctf str1u-
gent measure is adopted, for the
collection of taxes against tauds,
large amount of annual assess
mems which should be collected
will, in the luture, as in the past,
be totally lost to the Treasury;
and in addition, year after year,
a drain will be mad3 upon the
Trrasury for the cost. Of sales
wh3cIi are void. THERE'S no reas-
on why the owner of land should
claim or receive any greater I'm
alunity from the pay ment of tax,
-, than the owner OF personal
property.
There is an idea, as false as it is
prevalent, that the present-alooSe
/ ;, stem operates rs protection to
the poor nlaw. The poor mans
laud, is rarely, il ever sold. 1t is
tie real estate held en,sPecula-
ton. or in the hands of sharp,
shrewA men. who have watched
the lmpertection OF the law, and
I learned to eVdde1 it. that is geneT-
ally Condemned for sale. An ex-
aniiuaDion of the reports of tax
,rles. now on file in the office OF
the Comptroller. will show, that
in certain localities of the State.
some OF the largest landholders,
have year after year, permitted
their lands to he SO d for taxes,
aud in ,h ; way have eVaded the
contribution Of a single dollar tc
the Treasury. Each sale runs ur
Il heavy bill of cost which must
be paid ont of the taxes collected
from the prompt tax payer, and
when paid out, ia rar 1y, If ever,
returned to the State. arf-
This is worse than farce, anc
is unjust to the good citizen whC
promptly meets the demand OF
his government. Nay, it is more
it is "A flagrant violation of the let
ter aud spirit of the Constitution
The tax commir sioners ap
pointed under an Act OF the las
General Assembly to sell lands
heretofore sold TO taxes and pnr
chased by the State, request al
, amendment to that Act, author
izing them to describe the landi
so as 10 identify them) in fiji
lag their bills, and that this b'
, mad to cure the defect in the orig
inal descripti n
kDUCATIoN AND COMMON SCHOOLS.
30 The statistics of 1870 0affordthi
basis ST charge that Tennessee
is third in ignorance, of the State
. Iof the American Union. This !
: heralded TO ;he world by Tennes
seeans, as we'll as critics beyont
= the St te, as disgrace tour pee
E pie. @.ega 20 gg
$ Without controverting the al
sumed fact, let us review the cor
!. dltion Of the State, and ascertal
r the causes that have retarded tn
!. growth3of any educa,ional system
Y When the late civiie war wa
D ina gurated, Tennessee. with
5 populaiiun of I.109, sol, had
:, laxable list of $3.50 0ll,66S,Ol
At the close If The war, The a
r sessmen,s showed oniy Sl94 $40
5 So7 90 of taxable property. Th
J w.r had, swept awsy S4I5,6O9
554 90 in slaves, -
! And it is universally khow
e that very little of the millions o
n - @iS'R H98lf J z CfsST