Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1877-12-29
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS,

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'ne ''iio"ihs iu.s'ons' you VIII 'o"'et iasor
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| | What is ,hc TAX on Lard per scr" in TIN.
county
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). What are county and stale faxes ? That
Is. how much to the d"llHr? Please ANSWER
PLAINLY eA''''i''y anu !" ."e p"'".'
poIIcv. or ,ne Of silver? lh.v.r.a5 lbc rapcr,
"h'ch riah - most l" our interest. "'s' me
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There are very many OF NV nrighbors IN my
shoes about these matters. but they are too mod
est 10 ask '"f An eSp''n"t'"" from sensible man
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working?
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How and ly whom IA. otlc.rs are elected: what
they get per '"ar; how long each is elected for.
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,vrr rb... ,u,st,nns I'm, van can N no w,v
convey more valuable information to your rea-
u'fs' Respectfully n !. T..
our iriehn mas mere set us a TASK "h'ch
I" comply win. even IN the most concise
manner. VIII require number os artl-
cies' we attempt with great dlttl-
''e"'' an" lear 'hat we may ur "fia"i=
" convey '"s i"'"ri'a'l":: askcu III Such
ciea' manner rs Il desired We snail
o"'s' |" 'n's 's'"e' a'eihp' 10 answer the
llrs' three questions. Inns we cannot
wen 90 StFt"t'M' we VIII, therefore,
treat 'heW lhVerSely. Inc present levy
Is the levy upon which taxes Tor 1917
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80 pay vi COUNTY "ii''e'''
ioaus anu "'"'SeS' -eos'> i"t witnesses
A"o US a. ~ lV'e"'' |" pay o"t-
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'ol Poo' ''uSe anu paut'ef eAPc"se9'
Inc ABOVE are 'he regular taxes
" "'''' "'e '''"7 p'''" WITHOUT "'St'"'e'
INV nv" ~ '9e'A Va ''Nes i''
" '''et 'e' ''ee ni'e oee'' ii'a'e WHICH 'ie
Pe"Pie' rs rule' refuse |" pay
-" - ti''.'i'''''i'''''' 'o''' NV
: "'''u States circuit court a' Jefferson
N't' ~ pay Judgments oo'aiheu IN that
cout'' q" COUNTY ooh"s' amounting 10
aoout S"2'o'"' the county court mas
made a levy "i ~ ceuts on the 500. In |
the cases oil three townships similar
leVles have been made III Lexington
township onlndgmentSa costs amount |
ing to Sl.3o6 %. levy OF II cents
on the Sioo; IN Washington township |
on judgments and costs amounting t"
S5."i' ~ levy OF 40 cents on the Sloo
III Shl-a-bSr township, on judgments ana
costs amounting to SJ.9lJ %. levy cfI
81 % on the 500 valuation.
These are all the taxes that our friend. |
being 4 farmer. is called upon TO pay
as the taxes which he pays to
The United States are indirectly collect |
ed. in customs on imported goods. in !
excise on tobacco, cigars and Spirituous |
liquors, and IN stamps upon bank checks.
Merchants, beside their indirect taxes,
ment for the privilege of selling tobacco,
We have thus. to the hest of o,,r nb,h-
.y. answered question number three.
In answer to the second question. we
might reply otf-hand, Sl2 ~, but as this
would be calculated 10 mi.Iead, we will
say that we arrive at the amount by di
viding the total valuation oi land in the