The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-16

amounting to an aggregate of. $l43,29l 81
While it is shown that the collections of said
State taxes suspended" and paid into the
State Treasury, as reported by the Auditor
and Treasurer, in their annual reports to
January 1st, 1871, 1872, 1873 and 1874,
amount to about $17 400, or an annual Gver-
age for the four years, 1870, 1871, 1872 and
1873, of only 81 $50, to which may be added
q propOrtionate amount of county taxes
suspended" for the several counties en-
bracing the Leyee Districts, with only pro-
portionate collections on same account,
agreeable with said State taxes collected as
aforesaid.
BY reference to the report Of the Auditor
of Public Accounts to the session of 1874
page 8, on the subject of lands and tax titles,
it is shown that the redemptions and pur-
chases through the offices of the several Cir
cult Clerks throughout the State, during
the fiscal year of 1873, "have been mostly
on account of the taxes and sales of the
previous three years." (to-wit: 1870, 1871
and 1929 and by reference to same report,
document ID, page 307,) it is shown that
the receipts from redemptions and sales of
said tax lands, during the fiscal year 1878,
amounted In the aggregate to about S123,-
600, against the receipts during the eleven
months to December 1st, 1874, of about
$35, 900 from the same delinquent sources.
1t is shown by the especial report of the
Auditor of Public Accounts, in relation to
lands held for taxes of date April 4, 1871'-
for example, see Bolivar county, pages 90 to
IS inclusive-that the aggregate of acres
held, $50, $50, of which less than 5000 acres
are on account of sales since the war, while the
balance, with the exception of about 1920
acres held from sales prior to the war, are
hole solo Nd
taxes, of fiscal years 1861 to 1864, the tax
titles to which are now decided to be worth
less by the courts of the State; and in
amount of territory are within a small frac-
ton ofthe number ofsquare miles required to
authorize new county under present laws.
Since the said especial report by the Au-
dltor of Public Accounts, of lands held by
the State for taxes, of date April 4th, 1871, !"
there has been large and continual in
crease of the territory throughout the State
annually forfeited for taxes, with no cores
pondlng amount being redeemed or pur-
chased, especially from such resources as are
delinquent by said forfeitures for taxes at
the date of said special report, while the
Leyee Boards have in addition to lands
sold directly to the State for taxes, also sold
for their liens tor taxes, the greater portion
OF the balance of lands in the Levee Dis
NAASN't ~ nav Z IlOt DeSI sofa DIV the state
As aforesaid, and on which the State and
county taxes are required by law to be ''slts-
pended, but in great measure are dnnual1q
PAID ON for State and county taxes alone.
contrary to the spirit of the law, and in fur
therance OF the confused condition of liens
of said several parties for taxes, or compli-
cation as to titles.
At the present time, the extent of terri
tory throughout the State, forfeited for
taxes, amounts in the aggregate to about
100000 (seven millions) of acres, on the
following accounts to-wit:
Amount of territory sold for State and
county taxes, 100000 five millions) acres
the greater part of which same is embraced
III the territory comprising the three Levee
DISTRICTS have also been sold for their special
hens' without reference TO State claims OF
s;iies, ana ana with a further addition of about
-,VV9'VuV acres in said Districts, subjected to
sane oy the Levee Board liens alone, which
i9rlelted resources, if divided by 256, 600
the amount OF acres necessary to make 400
square mlles-now by law required to au
thorlze the formation of a ne,o cou1at,t-and
the result Will be as follows, to-wit:
Fivemillions $1,000, 000) acres Estate sales
and Levee sales in part) equalto territory O