The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-03-12
THE TAxEss

4 Ls.a ";a 80. ntl,i ,,;1o.+ont M 81
their taxes, but only aeout fwf',I ne Iiaras
have beeng returned. oy Ishs' nao county
Ireasarers -.onlyi Si,zov'1vos.'nass .s'
6een turned IN to- the state streasusy; ;
lt'ls'more than prooaoie thau some g
inc county 1Lreasurers are no,a'ng
oaek tne remaining nve or s.x.aho1sT
ana aoltars ~'19 tne ldsa eI!speenla,
Ing "a D!ats: !.}.e ana 0oahnty PaPe.ff anoa
su.h,ng ..a !. ~ as easn,i s as tney WSre IS
p.snaps ss aceus1ohea 20 az unosr sssi .ae'
h"asr how a.e 10 .4a ues.re
GsssinSousaIt ;SS 1a, ,,.o .nat.i
y w $500 @ oM ann ~ nor otros sn.gna
e t.tTpstr strs.h y! ,s. s,ss.. uviGt9ss.ss VI
n,n,a,.;s.;nn :. 20 Aspes aaSnys.eu ~
apPgRf anS os r. tha I sgoS; f3SSss asRHFe, ossfrs
II 4 M ..an.sa ~ s1ss .Is,,T,..;,I ] - o.s =.
she ateeg. r;sK Of oS their I atse;af bonds H. .
! 'ni Ranortsr mo- To- To it~. traes ,asl.M h.ya
heard';t. stated that .beretofare there her
hoaa = Gov hoan collactad more ,Ilan
ulas .Li.s. 1errt esnri a nf tbs taxas assssssd
ILQr6c.lOQTtuS, VI tu0 G&ASo 0SSCs5CN
each year?15 a''.'@i.'oa la.'' a''g -
lTHe Treasurer. iIfy6u Will take
the s1poss e.; ,1i,,s,a .ha eaaai a ss dr.
Si SslSfai -, s iera nseal s sa.. sns 9
amount of the "a taxes i assessed and ,eoi-
lected YOU will notice ttiat there was
tassessed; $1,020i600, while, of that
amount about, 81 ;O02, ,O00s sgsse, scol.
llected, leaving only about .siixtieth
Of Tie taxes axes unpaid + don't think
that there is any State id the Union,
Tor, indeed, any country in the world
that car beat that u as9'f shIa:i'is4 ~
q Reporter The statement then is
not true2 an.y,'r, ,rSsSis Irs sS t5lta ,tas
|, The Treasurer. I don't think il ,.is
borne out BY tho facts and figures in
| The case ss->ls l3& ista9sEis i''''l5s
Reporter. Whypwas 'Yiie tax levy
! not passed this year for rethe hextaas
Ihas been theacnstom heretofore. ,.,s,
'Tbe 7TreasnreeIr mn plad Won
mehtioned tHe- sIibiaact We did an
ii oui, tower atot spisygnt tt and f0r
This, reason. ayIt isiseyideat that tie
tax levied during the,present, session.
for the wear will not .ba sufficient.
Thae, tag levy al asslrhonnts only 10, five
mills ana the Eappropriati66s 90 % far
made.show that there erwill be "a def
cheney of,from 5000 00fl .toa, 4O9900.l
ETbe tax levy Of Ave mills, to, pay stho
deficiencies Of last year, will not eoyerr
theSentire amount. 1T was therefore,
thought best, to wait nntit the next
November So that the General As
|sembly could beaaccurately Uniformed
of the exact, atnoa1t ef. deficiencies,
for the present year, and why the
deficiency exists--thats is, whether
they exist from aamisapplicatiou Of
the public funds aor from the INSULT.
cheney of the taxi leyy.b Having sat
isfed themselves they canigo.to, work
and make their levy. The appropria-
tions for this year amount to fully a.
million dollars, while the tax levy Of
five mills for the expenses of the curl
rent year willrpotiraise over 500, COOS
Iipropose to hays my report laid upon
the desks of the members. on the first
day Of the next session., whether the
Comptroller's report is ready or not,
and the General Assembly will be in
formed of theexact condition Of the
finances, :, a1a swat Tu<I
Reporter. There seems to be con-
siderable confusion about The time Of
making tho tax" levy. Has the Ad-
,mriinistfation taken any steps to correct
this {? l5goifj,g al @ ieaU
The Treasurer. It, is. not in our
mower to correct the evil at present,