The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-01-06

cal economy ana tlDSc arts WHICH MAKE
people yreat, prosperous and happy,
and who bring to the great work OF en-
actiac laws for the State, the rich results
Of a ripe and varied experience ia court
affairs. But, Ill our present impoyel- !
ished condition, we respectfully, but ear
neztIy represent, that retrenchment III
all parts Of the administration is abso-
lutely necessary and we cannot doubt
that the members of your body, will mi
, tate this reform, by fixing their salaries
at the sum paid before the war, which
amounted generally, to about $3.50 for
two years, there being but one sesr
sion in that time This sum would be
Greater than is>realized on the average by
Citizens in private life, and greater also
than the average paid members of the
Legislature by the other States in the
Union.
The Governors salary might be, with
out detriment to the public service, fixed
at 81 900 per annum, which is far larger
than is paid by other States in the Union
having no more wealth than Mississippi.
The Lieutenant Governors salary
might also be fixed at the price usually
II aid to the presiding officer of the Sen
.te. viz: double the salary of a Senator.
The Salaries of the Treasurer, Score
tarv Of State and Auditor and Attorney
General, we ask, may be fixed as they
were under the Code of 1857; and the
clerks and assistants allowed these Off
GERS. reduced to the number and com
Densation with the salaries fixed by that
Code. And the salary and expendi-
r
Education should be reduced to q very
moderate sum. His office should be
room in the capitol.
And we respectfully ask, that the
salaries OF all other State and District
officers should be fixed at the rates paid
before the war. The salaries then al
lowed were sufficient to procure the ser
vices of able and competent men, and we
feel sure they will be sufficient now. The
truth IS. that all private pursuits are 50
DEPRESSED, and all official positions so
hi@hlv remunerative, that the difference
berets a widespread greed for Office, and
encourages that bane Of all free govern
ments-the growth Of large class whose
sole interests in the State consist in their
reception of the emolumen:s of official
P0 5Tho COST Of ASSESSING and COLLECTING
bo Rovonna Of the State is out of ali
, rl.o to the necessary labor and
TrasIonsibiIitv required in the DISCHARGE
of those duties. The gains to these Off
cors ora enormous. Under the code of
49, Tho moximum which an Assessor
co,,Id rocoive in anv one wear was $500.
and tba commissions of the Collector was
CrroGnoted according to the amount col
Iected 50 that it rarely happened that a
collector received as much rs 81, 900 PEI
annum. and he seldom, if ever, received
as much as 81 800 in one year, We
respectfully ask, that the compensation
paid to these officers should be so regu-
lated as in no case to exceed the sums
\ above mentioned.
. The compensation Of the County Treas
urer should be fixed so rs not to exceed
in any instance the sum Of $500 per an
num-. His duties are light, and his re-
spons.hility VIII be-smaii,-if the county
lsvies are restrained as are hereinafter
asked for.
The fees Of the Chancery and Circuit
clerks and Sheriff are too high, and we
ale sorry to add, in many instances, are
vcrvmuch increased by exorbitant and
illeoal charges We ask that this subject
be carefully looked into by the Legisla-
+rraE and tbn rates so fixed that whilst q