The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-01-12

he deemed best calculated ~ SECURE Their
collection and payment.
PRIVILEGE TANEs AND LICENSES.
7 also recommend that some better and
more ef4ec,ual method be devised for the
collection of privilege taxes, and that Col.
,ontors he held to q more strict accounta,
til,tv for the collection and payment Of
The same. The present method Is very
defective. and does not accomplish the
nnrnose designed The same is also true
- REGARD to the licence to retail.
The amount received on account Of tax
., nrivilecps for 1874 is S4S,7 Is,
AGAINST So 326 II IN 1873. This shows
an increase, but not in proportion to the
increased tax imposed by the Act to
amend section 1747, of the Revised Code,
in relation to tax on privileges, approved
April 6. 1874, showing concluslvely that
the fax is not collected as closely as 1t
should be.
The receipts from licenses granted to
retail vinous and sprltuous liquors for
the wear. amout to s59, $50 "a, against
SS4, les "A in 1873. and S1O4, 725 40 in
1872. In some counties, perhaps, no
licenses have been granted under the
Act to amend section 2459, Revised
Code, 1871, regulating the retail of
vinous and spirituous liquors, ETC., Ap
proved April 6, 1874. | am of opinion,
however, that in many cases, even when
license has been granted, and the money
paid for same, that this law has been
made pretext for Withholding payment
TO the State It is certainly clear that
the revenues from this source have been
largely decreased, without corresponding
benefits to the State, or any particular
community by the operations Of this law.
No less amounts of Intoxicating liquors
are sold and consumed, even in localities
when licenses are denied, while no reve-
nues are derived from the sale thereof
When retail license is refused, it is sold
by the gallon, for which no license is re.
CURED. | recommend, therefore, that
the license laws be SO amended as to
include the sales of liquors made in
quantities of one gallon or more, and to
better secure the revenues for license to
retail in less quantities.
RAILROAD TAX
/ call attention of your honorable body
to the fact that there are 10 definite pro-
visions of law for taxing railroad proper
ty In this State. In view of this fact, an
arrangement was made, sometime last
summer, with the attorneys and officials
representing several of the most important
lines of railroad in the State, by which it
was agreed that the roads represented by
them should pay upon valuation of
So, 900 per mile, exclusive of machine
shops and lands not used exclusively for
depot purposes, owned by said roads.
This agreement embraced the New Or
leans, Jackson, and Great Northern Rail.
road the Mississippi Central Railroad;
the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad /;
the Memphis and Charleston, and Missis
sippi and Tennessee Railroads. The New
Orleans and Mobile Railroad
signifed their intention of accepting the
same agreement at the time, but have
since declined. The Mobile and Ohio
refused from the first, on the ground Of
exemption from taxation by charter pro-
visions, and still persist in not paying. In
accordance with this agreement, the sew.
eral Assessors and Collectors were advised
to carry it out in their assessments and col.
lections on property of the asserting rail.
road companies In the case of the Mobile
and Ohio, Assessors were left to make
such assessments as they deemed lust and
proper Believing this agreement was
! made and would be carried out in good
faith, the State has scrupulously observ-
ed her part Of the agreement. [ regret,
however, to be compelled to state, that
thus far, none of the roads have paid on
the assessments made against them, and
| recommend that early legislative action
be taken to compel payment, as agreed
on.
uNExPENDED APPROPRIATIONS AND
BALANCES
The following will show a Statement!
OF balances Of the several appropriations
unexpended. and would recommend that
they be Withdrawn, and the law so
amended that hereafter all unexpended
appropriations and balances to be covered
pack INTO the Treasury at the close of the
fiscal year:
E,1o 80 ...,-.......S Ia
ExecutiVe.... ..... 90 30
comm sS'"n> for Assessing 21.619 Is
innilc Printing ....... 80 50
AUDITORS Contingent Fund 10 20
| Chickasaw School FuGd Interest 9O99 OF
COMMISSIONS of Immigration 466 IS
Express and Postage 70 OIL
Distribut n Laws. etc u 80
Iogaloo University ..... 100000
Iotai .----.... 81 407 70