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

AS the year 1910 Is tho 'i !
+ law for reassessment OF Teai e7'''e' :
have thought proper TO submit an est
mate of the probable cost OF the same 70
~. S,,te and also Of assessing the per
sonaty for. the same time;
Valuation of real and personal
pr"ptrlE' i'''"0''s7 s158, 100000
ON 1ovvof 1874 ST. $50 900
stare TAX Il'9'u ~ w ~ 622 600
Ieaci'e's '''i'' - 2,2l2,000
S4424 90
| Commissions for assessing same, 30 go.
under present law :..... A0o'0
ADD Tor comm rs sl loass O,' $4,000
| And we have a total Of. p III ,8o4
| Or an average of $1,000 per county.
Under this estimate, the Assessor IN
the county of Warren would receive
81 900; in the county OF Kinds, 81, ooo );
in Adams, $4,000; in Washington,
81, $50; and in Marshal, s., 40; while
| in Marion county, the largest IN terrific
nv Of any in the State, the Assessor
would, under the law, receive not more
than $500. In view of the above show
mo. | would recommend that the laws be
so amended as to fix maximum or
minimum amount which the Assessor IN
each county shall be paid. 1hls Will Sc
cure to each Assessor a fair and just com
pensation for the work he performs, and
save a large amount to the taxpayers.
COSTS OF COLLECTING.
Tn accordance with existing laws, the
| Tax Collectors are now allowed nVe per
cent. on the first $50, 600 collected, and
three per cent. on all amounts IN excess
Of this. | am at loss to determine the
exact intention of this provision OF law
whether the State is to pay five per cent.
on $4,000 collected and paid over on
account of State tax, and the same
amount also be allowed by the county
on county taxes collected or whether the
first $50. 900 is to include both State and
county tax to that amount, and respect
fully request that the law be so amended,
at once, as to remove all doubt in the
matter. If the five per cent. to be paid
| includes State and county taxes collected
to amount of $50, 900, and three per cent,
on balance collected, the compensation
would in counties where 800, 600 are col
lected, be on the first $4,000, $4,000;
on the additional $50, 900, ST $780, max
ing total of $4,000. If the Collector
is to receive compensation at the rate of
five per cent. on $50, 900 State tax, and
the same per cent. on "a like amount OF
county tax, this amount would be lncreas-
ed to So, 900. Add to this the commits
sions on collection of tax on privileges
and licenses, and the amount Of compen
sation would be still greater. | would
urge upon your honorable body to consid
er, the expedency of fixing some definite
amount to be paid Tax Collectors in eacl
county, based upon amount levied or col
lected therein, rather than a compensa
ton by per cent. as now provided.
INSURANCE..
A reference to Document +" will show
that the number of insurance companies
doing business in the State in compliance
with existing laws, is decreasing. The
system of requiring deposits to be made
with the State Treasuser, seems to b<
generally distasteful to the large and sol
vent companies. A privilege tax oil
81 900 is now required by law to be paid
by each company doing business in the
State. The amount thus received is much
less than the interest thus paid by the
State on the deposits made by the compa
nles, and the present system is source
of considerable expense to the State,
without any corresponding benefits. The
amount of the deposit required in each
case, is but little security to the policy
holder against loss. |, therefore, recon-
mend that all insurance companies now
having deposits be authorized and required
to withdraw the same, by giving due no
tice thereof, and that hereafter each com
pany doing business in the State be re
quired to pay an increased privilege tax
for so doing, under such regulations a.
may be provided by law.
DELINQUENT POLL TAX COLLECTORS.
Under an Act to amend the revenue
laws OF the State, approved April 5, 1872
a Delinquent Poll Tax Collector was re-
CURED to be appointed in each county
whose duty it should be to collect all de
Iinquent poll tax, and by subsequent
amendment, passed at the regular session
OF 1873, he was also required to collect or
delinquent personality. This system OF
| collecting delinquent taxes has been II
operation for more than two years, and
Dy reference to the fifth portion of Dozen
ment -, 1t will be seen tina,
reports have been received from ONLY
thirty counties in the State, and for very
small amounts in most cases. The svsten,
Is q failure, so far as the State ;c