The weekly clarion., 1876-10-11
ISSUES OF The CANVASS.
THE RADICAL Address
Facts and Figures f-r the Tax
payers

The address Of the Radical State Ex
eeutive Committee is wonderful prodec-
ton. It's autbor5 are especially great on
facts and figures. For example, and as
an illustration Of the entire production,
let US see how they have treated the sub
set of assessors commissions
AssEssoRs OF TAxEs.
Let us look ~ the legislation on this sub
jset By this last body VI lawmakers. (fhe
Democratic Legi-l4ture) aud see IL il can be
properly regarded a. either a reform meas
urs or one which operates 70 the cOnven-
ienes or welfare OF the taxpayers The
assesSor receives his commissions a. allowed
By former acts, fsee Acts OF 1876. page l65. J
which WAS then very good Office But
now the tAx payers must 20 10 the assessor
aud deliver his list, and relieve the assessor
iron riding over the county. which " a. the
heavy part Of his work His commissions
are three per cent. on the State t01ss, aud ttoO
per cent. on the county tdzes,
Now, the act Of the Democratic Legis-
lature hxss no compensation except as
herein restricted, but expressly dictates
that it shall remain as heretofore allowed
by law, as follows:
SIC. 40. Be ii further enacted, That the as
Sessor shall be paid commissions as HOto al
iOlcsd by la,r, provided that no ass; ssOr shal
/ receive less than two hundred dollars, anl
the minimum heretofore established OF thre'
hundred dollars Is hereby repealed
"As now allowed by law" and wha
was that? The commissions of thre'
"per cent on State taxes, and two pc
I" cent. on county taxes" were repeale'
March 6, 1S75-and compensation fxec
as follows.
SECTION / De IL enacted Iy The Legislatair
Of the State Of MissIsSiypi, Tnat tax Asses
sors shall hereafter receive, as cJmpensdti0
for their services, commission on The State td1
including the poll tax, but not Including tn
State Teachers tax. as follows, viz: On tn
first ten thousand dollars or fraction there
OF, OF state tax, live per cent; on the sec
ond ten thousand dollars, or fraction there
of, four per cent; on all over twenty thou
sand dollars, two and a half per cent
payable twO-thirds out of the State Treasu
ry and one-third out OF the County Treasu
ry when the assessment is made Proridec
Ihht no Assessor shall receive less than thre
hundred dollars and no additional allOwauc
shall lie made In any case by Boards {
Supervisors to Assessors for assessing couu
" taxes And prOUfded further, That n
person shall hold both the offices OF Asses
sOr and Collector. except In the counties {
Wayne, Greene, Jackson, COyington, Jone
Perry, Pearl and Marion.
SEC. 2. Be Il further enacted, That this A,
take effect and be il force from and after /
passage, and al Acts, or parts of Act
whether general oF special, in conflict wit
this Act be and they ara hereby repealed.
This is precisely the law of 1876 ;
above shown, ercept that the minimum
is Fixed at two hundred dollars p
annum, instead of three hundred dc
lars.
So much for the compensation Of a
SCISSORS, aud the ignorance of the .autho
Of the address of the action of their ow
party, much less the Democratic part
on that subject.
But to clineh the whole matter and |
show who has legislated for the "conv
nience and welfare of the taxpayers
we will state this conclusive fact-viz
The average annual cost of assassin
during the six years of carpet bag mi
rule was $50, 900, and for this identic
service the present Democratic Legisl
ture found it necessary TO appropria
but sl5, 600 for year 1876.
EXPENDITURES,
Il Now, take their comparison of e
penditures for a series of years und
Citizens Rule as contrasted with Carpe
Bag misrule: