The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-13

Group town property at the end OF the list.
Give the name OF each town in plain let
ters.
Group the property Of each town in one
place.
The taxes should be made up separately for
each piece or lot of land struck off to the State
Add more columns ii circumstances demand
it. Foot up and prouc each page at the bottom
and carry the amount forward 10 the end, and
conclude with recapitulation showing the re-
suit Of each page and the grand totals.
1t Is not necessary to conclude with any Ger
tihcate or affidavit The caption Is sufficient.
The law requires that this list be delivered to
the Chancery Clerk not latsr than the lst Mon
day in April.
Y. SETTLEMENT WITH THE AUDITOR
FIRsT-CHARGEs.
You are charged on our books with all taxes
extended on the land roll. This charge includes
the taxes assessed against State tax lands, as
well as those charged against the lands of in
dividuals You will also be charged with 4" Adj
ditional Assessments" and " Corrected Assess
ment- where the value OF the lands shall be
increased by order of the Board of Supervi-
sors.
s. sEcoND-CREDITs.
You will be credited with Taxes collected,
lands sold for taxes for the current fiscal year
Corrected Assessments where the value of
lands be reduced by order OF the Board OF
Supervisors also STATE TAN LASDs'-that
Is, lands held by the State on the first OF
October of the year for which Won making
settlement. For Lands Purchased, etc, on
and after October LIST, see l0)
Q. LIST OF STATE LANDs-(See l.
This credit has occasioned great trouble and
unnecessary labor. 1t is constantly being
remodcled or returned for correction. These
vexatious delays have grown out OF the fact
that most collectors have been accustomed to
compile the list from the Land Roll. When
first completed, this Roll is not safe guide ;
and il becomes more unreliable from day to
day during the four years OF ITS existence
because titles are constantly shifting from in
dividuals to the State, and from the State back
To individuals again. To abandon II and
adopt the idea embodied in RULE FIRST Is TO
lead the Sherifis and the Auditors office out
of a very Jungle of difficulties.
This list should be compiled before any tnrcs
are collected lSee rule - In making II up
YOU are to be guided by the list of lands held
by the State for taxes as recorded in the office
OF the Chancery Clerk.
The Land Roll is not to be consulted IN
compiling this list. When you present It at
this office We compare 1t with our record OF
State lands-not with the Land Roll; and
though a piece of land be assessed 20 the STATE,
vet if it do not appear upon our record OF
State lands our duty requires US to strike II
from your list, and you are thus compelled to
nav the taxes charged against 1t on the roll
As we have so many of these lists to COM
mare. and as the work is tedious, it rs very
important they should be compiled In the
manner following, (which is the least trouble
some way to do it,: -
Begin al. the first page of the sales OF May
10Th 1875. and COPY the lands that have not
been purchased. or released, or redeemed
before October the first (Rule j.
Take the lands as they come, piece by piece,
line by line and page by page, from year to
wear. In regular succession to the end OF the
sale that was made the year Preoedin9 the
settlement You are making But If you hnd
the same piece of land repeated on the list only
copy it once.
You perceive that being made IN this way
the list viii run straight along with our lists
which are duplicates Of yours, and be easily
verified.
m6r OBSERVE that we do not want thus Ilss
made upin townships and ranges like the sale
list (see g..
You viii comprehend At once the reason Tor
the difference between the two hsis We aTs