The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
Auditorial Items.

The Auditors DOCKS snow Il;l the iolloNihS
were the leading counties on account Of the
regular State tax for the year 1877
Warren county -
Kinds county -. lis 80
Pamela county 1851 h
Marshall county lSo4- =
1azoo county io,t999 20
NoXubee county loooo 70
These amounts were actually paid into the
State Treasury on the warrants OF the Audi
tor of Public Accounts and are exclusive OF
commissions for collecting license to retail
and privileges.
We think it proper to state also that these
taxes were collected and paid in by the fol-
| lowing tax Collectors:
| Capt. A. J. Flanagan, Warren county; Col.
| S. Il. Thomas, Kinds county; Mr.. J. ).
Fletcher, and VIM. Martin Esq, Pamela coun-
| "; Capt H. c. Myers the now efficient Secre-
tarv of State and w w. Walker Esq, Mar
shall county; the handsome Capt. IL. 5. Tay-
Tor, Yazoo county; DIR. J. B. Algood and c.
NJ Thomas, Esq, Noxubee county.
The following counties have paid the
smallest amounts on the above account, viz:
Greene county .......-.... 199 80
Jones county So4 90
Perry county Las u
Wayne county. ,Zot %
Marion l,2I1 oo
Covlngton county I,o'' "a
1t is due the tax collectors of these latter
counties to say that they have made equally
as close collections as those OF the former, but
the property was not there, upon which to
collect the taxes-hence they deserve an equal
share of credit.
The Auditor is distributing to the several
counties entitled thereto two-thirds OF the
| S25,00O derived from the NJ q Q. r. r. in ac-
cordance with the Compromise Act OF 1873.
The January semi-annuaI distribution of
the Common School Fund is now being made.
| The total amount to be distributed is 500
| 69S 81, and the total number of educable
| children 336 $40.
Capt W. NJ McNulty, the excellent Sher-
if and tax collector of Pike county, made
a flying trip to Jackson last week and paid
his respects to the Auditors office, to the tune
of something over twenty-five hundred hum
bred dollars in u. S. C.
He was accompanied by w. NJ. Connerly,
Esq, one OF the best Chancery Clerks in the
State. Both of these officers stand No. l, at
the Auditors office.
Mr.. J. B. Blackwell, the jolly, jovial, clever
Chancery Clerk of Scott county was in the
Auditors ofice~last week and made a most ia
vorable impression with the "boys." He is a
son of Maj. j. B. Blackwell, the father of
Smith county, and among the most beloved
and honored men in the mighty East"
Joe" is a true son of a most worthy sire.
The Personal and Land Assessment Rolls
were shipped by express from the Auditors
office, on the 9th and 18th ult., to all the
Chancery Clerks in the State
Hon. A. H. Arthur, President Board OF Su-
pervisors of Warren comfy, interviewed the
Auditor last Friday, in the interest OF his
constituents Judge Arthur has long been a
resident of Vicksburg and is conceded to be
one Of the very best business men in the State
He seems to be perfectly familiar with the
duties of each and every Office in the county
and can discharge them with an ease and ac-
curacy perfectly astounding. Should Warren
county have eye to her interests, she will
always keep the judge in some official posi-