The Russellville Democrat., 1879-04-17
What Some of our Exchanges
 Think of it.

The Legislature of Arkansas has done all it possibly could do to cripple journalism in this State. Not satis. fled with the grog shop and black smith plan of advertising legal sales, they have repealed the law adyer- Using the lands of delinquent tax payers. The clrek of each county is now only required to make out list of delinquents, file 1t in his office, and let it remaIn for one year, whens if the owner has not paid the tax and penalty due on his land up to that date, the clerk is impowered to sell it to any one who is fool enough to buy lawsuit, or maybe worse, bullet from the outraged real owner. If this law remains as it is for few years it will be rich harvest for lawyers, for it will create an end less number of law -suits.-C Clarks- vile Herald.
 We publish elsewhere, in this is- sue, "an act to provide for redemp- tion of delinquent land and repeal of sections, 5,1S5, and 5,lS6, of Gantts Digest. If any member of that no- torieus Legislature can offer a req sonable excuse for the enactment of such law, the public should cer. tainly have the benefit of it. It will certainly prove very detrimental to all parties interested, and it is even senseless within itself. However, we presume it was merely gotton up to prevent the press from publishing the list, on the plea of economy. The acts of these wise and economical gentlement will probably be remem- bered by the voters of the State at the next election: and many of them will have the pleasure of spending the winter of 1881 at their own fire side. 1.-the State was ever cursed with inst such another Legislature as the last one has been, it is cer- tainly beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitants.-Mountain Home Quid Nunc.
 Wepublish in another place an act of the legislat ure which repeals the law heretofore in force which provides for the advertising of delin. quent tax lists by the county clerks. An act also passed repeating the act of S75,which provided for the a6yer- tising of the forfeited lands by the commissioner of state lands. We think the action of our law makers was unwise in this matter, and the result will become apparent in few years in the litigation that will arise, and the clouding of titles to land. We will suppose that farmer has paid his taxes on his homestead and has his receipt therefor from the col lector, but the collector fails to mark the taxes pald (whieh mistake often occnrs with the best business men). and the land is returned dehnauent; and then, twelve months afterwasds, by accident of fire or earlessness Ate receipt is lost, and about this time some watchful land man walks into the clerK's office, pays thc tsxes and costs, and gets deed Co bis hotae, His home is gone under this new law. Now, if his lands had been advertised erroneously he woeld have had al. opportunity of knowing it, and the mistake could be yecsiEed; and, if he had then lost bis receipt he would have the proper warming t' his danger, and would not loose bt the cost of redemption at the grea est The law is a bad one for tNC people, but good one for the la specnlator.-DesArc Citizen.
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