The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-05
Der to February and March. Salo
day April l. Final settlement .Tune !

Der to February and March Sol,
DAY April /. Final settlement .June
; For if there is any season in which
It Is difficult to raise money Il ;s -
october and November. Few re.
I turns have been had for cotton svrun
and oranges and no receipts for r
Winter travel. BY February and
March all these so&rees of revenne
have contributed senaetbino Will
many OF the smaller tax PAYERS have
ootained little money by WORKING
1oF the new settlers, selling veplson
OF beet, or by other employment
1uFlng our working; season-the
Winter. "o
Collector to make But one round
instead OF two, startingBeb 1st. and
remaining at least two days, instead
OF Tour ho"rs, at each precinct.
Because one round will accom-.
plish all that two can and the ex-
pense of the other can be saved to
the collector, deducted Epm his sal
cry and thereby saved to the tax
payers. Remaining two DAYS be-
cause this will give all ample time to
know OF his presence and to meet
hlm, while the expense to him will
De out little greater. The irst round
as the law now stands has got to be
regarded merely as an advertisement
1or paying taxes at that time: The
collector of this county, in one in
stance, on his first round last fall dur
ing a whole days stop at one of the
leading precincts receiving but 63c.
Lhe total State tax to be comput-
ed IN one amount Instead. of four.
lhe amount required for each fund
for f0 Il ~ 9sa'nsE funds in like manrper
Because in this way the taxes can
be as correctly calculated and dis
tributed to the several funds in one
fourth the time required by the pres
ent cumbersome system.
In view of the saving of work that
the above changes will make to the
collectors and assessors we suggest
that their final commissions he re-
duced by from one to one and one
half per cent.
We give the highest praise to ons
State government for the economical
management of affairs during the
past two years, and beg that there
may be no slackening of the strict
economy of that period.
There are many improvements
needed in the State and IN the ma
chinery Of the government, but which
at present we cannot afford. Among
other things the scheme Of holding a
convention to remodel our constltu-
ton appears as one most dangerous
in our present financial condition.
We regard it as scheme urged by
our political enemies with the hope
that we may be induced to enter into
it, and knowing the weight OF tax
alton that its expense would bring
upon us, they know that thereby we
would more than lose the credit our
party has gained by its economical
administration up to the present time.
We favor a removal of the license
tax except upon hotels and liquor
sellers.
We ask repeal of that part OF the
game law relating to the killing of
deer and demand law prohibiting
men from hunting for the market In
any county but their own-except
under a special license from the
county commissioners of that county.
We ask a repeal of the road law,
and ask that the counties may assess
one mill ON their valuation as a road
tax adding to the same the present
poll tax, the whole amount so raised
to be used in the county and appor-
toned to the road districts according
to population.
In this way the nonresident whose
lands are made valuable by the roads
and improvements made about his
property by the resident will then
bear his rightful share of the public
burden.
3 Presidents may be allowed to work
!. out their road tax at Sl.50 per day.l