The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-17
NUMBER I27

state tax overpad And due the collectors of
gven ~ counties amounts varying from $22 50 $706 S3
Inese amounts arose by their retaining all
missions reports, and some cases. by remng
Inos through banks and payments in For instance
Harrison county, to which the largest due O6
paid In currency into the treasury the total
amount charged against the county, pavmer being made
monthly reports and not known until final statement of
the account.
These amounts should be- my Judgment refunded; and
recommend legislation the subject cure such
cases and enable this office balance accounts on the
| books of the office
PRIVILEGE LICENSES.
Under present SYSTEM the collection of privilege tax and
Incense TO retail are almost perfectly secured Under the
system Code 1870, in 1874 privilege receipts amounted
to only s4S16 10 In 1875 under the law requiring uniform
license tax receipt to be used the the receipts
increased to s112986 A. gain s642l8 "a And this
revenue has still further increased in 1876 showing gain of
S19602 6S 1875.
think the collection payment md foretures
needs legislation Some should adopted to compel
officers to make reports pay fines collected bv
them Clerks and District Attorneys of last
session. report usually promptly and shes pay
amounts paid them Justices irregu
lar and uncertain in their reports and County Teasure in
instances fail entirely report over to
them lnsovencies general thing lost the
State Few persons called upon pay
the collectors relieved charge against bv an
order of the Board Supervisors allowing nsolvent lists
There two evident why few collections
made of nsovencie is that very poor pay
would bring the sheriff in debt hire ride the
country try and collect it, and the other that
to the collectors majority next election
to worry people taxes when he is longer held
uey accountable for their collection Boards of Supervisors
greatly and should be prohibited
law from allowing any credit the collector
the owing the amount is known them to have
sona property out could be Inso
collections have increased and the of
allowances made is very considerably reduced
In 1874 the loss the State personally about 80
per In 1876 the will reach 81 per cent
The collection of the poll tax is subject that deserves your
serious attention The public schools are losing annually
between $4,000 and 100000 The license retail fines and
land redemptons accrung the school fund and distributed
counties amount to $1OO08 &C. this
about SSOO account Of the failure to collect the poll
tax.
This great evil should be corrected and every man liable to
he
button to the support of the public schools.
Some confusion almost invariably arises payments
and every year succeeding election
of these officers Where sherfs elected the
of the fiscal wear in which the election occurs are
collected by two officers impossible tell how
is collected by each only through their reports
the amount charged against county paid up
for it difference; but where default is
made this has of knowing which of the
officers owes the amount unpaid Consequently am at
loss which the suit against and might be
likely the wrong officer the right and do great
this being investigated the in
voved however, small from twenty eight to
hundred dollars suggest, if deemed practicable that the
collector commencing the collection of of any fiscal year.
be required complete the collection and settlement that
one person may be held for the amount by county
And this thought impraccabe then let it be made the
the retiring officer take receipts from his
receipts with the Auditor and County Treasurer This plan
tried under section H. A. Acts 1874 he Act amend
ing the Act quiet titles but in few instances only has
it been complied with Something little stringent is
needed.
reference to Document @ will show that under the law
regular session of 1875 fixing tax of seventy
mile each mile of railroad in the State the
following paid New Orleans ST. Louis and Chicago
Railroad Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
the Port Gibson and Grand Gulf Railroad the West Fecana
Railroad.
The Mobile Ohio Railroad, the Mobile and Texas Rail
road the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, the Ripley Rail
road and Jackson Railroad the right
of the collect the claiming exemption by the
terms charters Proceedings instituted to test
exemptions which pending final result has
been reached in either
Document shows number of Companies doing business
this State Three Companies have entered the state
and some have, withdrawn-eavlng their
deposits treasury but not paying the privilege TAX
these are mostly life companies Life companies have almost
doing business the State and complain greatly at the
amount of tax imposed upon them only four dong
business through agencies in the State.
ESTIMATE APPROPRIATIONS.
AS nearly estimate them, the annua appropr
ations required for the several departments or the state oV
ernment the fiscal year, 1877, will be as olo"s
~ So dana r,men+ '................ 5000
Cor.o daportrnonts Observation-Disclosures. $1,000
oL1a pu;ntinn ............ 10000
University of Mississppl oo oo,ooo
State Normal Schools o,Ooo
Distributing and Journals. lUOo
D;es;ans for assessing ...... 5000
Postage and express for departments ooo
Fuel gas for Capitol to.................:.. Z,oW