The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-11
STATE TAX SUSPENDED

4 ana OF this enormous sum tbou
y returned to the State one doTI Is not
q fourteen. Perhaps the Leyee Tr ol,af IN
d or Commissioners could -explain Su II.
: This law suspending the Stata "in this.
! lands held by the Levee Roar lax on
. gradually absorbing the entire r ~.us is
of the State in the Levee Distr; eso0rces
, will in few years nullify ent;roi and
: revenue from these lands NJ the
these and other lands to be rest 1U@ are
the tax rolls and made available fos to
purpose of revenue, SO that all The
liable to taxation shall have lilo 'ands
portion This is the question to he so pro-
and In which every citizen is intoro'IFea
When we consider that of the s9o 1V 00o
00O acres of land in the. St Stat
II, oOo, o0O pay taxes. Will O.iY
State and Levee Boards hold 81 n0o d The
acres by worthless tax titles, and 'S 81 ooo
oOO more owned by the State o. ~? ~ o
wa vlauals escaping assessment entira1r =
we may well wonder what our i sm .
makers have been doing all these ' yoa law OF
and demand of them some relief ''"'S lol
take the ground that the tax +;1.
are entirely worthless, and in the Lar ,,SS lht
Dlstrlcts there are such conflicts in soIs WI
ana Titles that mo one would ever he fooI Alo
Ism enough to invest his money in 't tor pro
title; and if he were willino 70 ID 'a1 !
ana take the chances, by the time ba Wv
through paying the 10 cents board % "a
liquldating board, the State. county o ~
s y taxes, it would amount to mon,
man the land is worth. The owner no
ne other hand, won't, or can't redeem rec
lis land, and prefers the State or Tavaa 'oli
board 20 hold it. Why? Because h. B. 4
la a., no confidence that any adverse claim lie
WI stand, II any one should buy, miles, nd
ne purchaser paid more than bo ave
ould buy the same cbaracter ~ po
'nds, upon which the taxes bavo hoon loti
egularly paid. Many of these Lana, ID.
e held by the State since 1858, 4 Iaroa Fl
a!orlty by titles Of 1862. 1863 1Sf3l one
10 oy all the Levee Boards. The Gov lg
an Knot must be cut, as the ONLY Son loui
~ aoate Inc taxes, say, to the 1st of 'en zen.
+ahuary' 1914, and allow the owners to ao Die
d = en- within given length of time. Ii
y 81 snould they fail, then let the State ,noe
! Tue lands for the taxes of 1874 70 akel
J purchaser, and provide that al END
nsiers OF realty upon which the taxas iun'
n l Paid ia hereafter, shall be held null liali
VOID. Thus restore the Lands 70 n &C
II II tax rolls, and secure the navmant ever
he tax for the future. F"' ---'H' eecteo
ne hundreds of thousands of o elly
forfeited would become tav "oles h melili
so greatly ~ percentage of State alive
ressiye the hn euaceo as to render les said til
But osavs M. .oen oi taxation. hat t
Legislatnre - release not, but urge ughly
no' release? To allow these ssfrandsv es;ne,
1.;a oe from year to year, by NOT mo q
sly me law What has these rtbe :
Jus to'do with the release Of tbo ,tbon
from Inns miserable fiction of tox bo1,
%; q II John Brown, or anv otber Mr.
~, G collected taxes upon lands bnId neb .
'e 2ta1e or the Levee Boards he is Ie hon
t 4s. 10 the taxpayer. For while rivata
'ale or Levee Board hold lands cconnt
!. cannot be paid on them unless 20 The !
nov :, lf'ionased.7 The taxpayer hcorn
d. -, as the law requires, credit for
to tende e,u - ana were the tax col VAST
~ 'enuer the money SO collected TO pondenc
: 'ne Auditor Or Levee Treasurer Nrpin;r
} could receive it. 1t is the tax, aosed :
money not the States or tbe Dg to n,
noards; no one can paw taYaS on ieirs o r.
property. Then, if the taxes 80; on hat "ll'
: De released, and the tax-n ~ ,or o' sAe'
lat ne has paid wrongfully. his 70. e0NVE
is against the sheriff. lust The 40 so le,
inow' and will be it the taxes axe same ars Co prot
a. administ
asing the taxes has no erence t.
frauds complained IF connection o be call
J way initiate against the claims hGo' 0urnmen
ak ad1,Payer who has paid his monev Ten
nds held to the sheriff H iio" r: -, LIE Sc
against the sheriff wbo ra ~; re- public sch
~, and will be the same were et the ar. This
,er;en..J had Ia John Brown been he Hous,
Mt been m oadlln, or had the final DOT interfe
1t must have ! bea any one else' gstem; b.
no difference between he SAINT SANE 'apernume
lrawlng out, and his holdind ont "public ex
.ts ia opIn and year by year, just Il
Nv is changed. How the the idea lea slaughtered
' Ia In the mind of Delta. that Oity, in tho
:, me ct tax on lands to the owners atesoted J;
- large sums" to the Sherifs, and sos - uli
y. The State RENTS eps,o uaeor
Tue sherlffs; she claims to own 80 With
y, purchase at tax sale e. and 'nst in the
It'll rodoo~1 N ooie' '' C