The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
ADDITIONAL ITEMS.
For the benefit OF Assessors, We publish tn
feIlosring from the Rereuue Law Of Is7s:

For the benefit OF Assessors We publish the
! following from the Revenue Law OF 1873:
SEC. 109 Be L further enacted, That lands
| shall be assessed IN 1879, and every four years
thereafter The Auditor Of Public Accounts
I shall instruct Assessors TO report early as
possible the total value of lands as assessed in
/ the respective counties III 1879, and he shall
from such reports, immediately ascertain the
| aggregate value OF lands for the whole State
| Ii such aggregate Is ten per cent. less than the
| aggregate value assessed in 1915, the State
tax Tor 1879 shall be four mills bur If there y
not such reduction as aforesaid, the State tax
/ shall be three and one-half mills, provided
| in section los in this act Upon aScertaining
| the relative value Of the two assessments the
Auditor shall instruct Assessors 10 the rate Of
| taxation under the provisions OF this section
| The commissions allowed Assessors shall be on
/ the basis Of three and one-haf mills taxation.
| The Auditor requests that Assessors report in
accordance with the above, early day
possible, 50 as to enable him to instruct them
as to the rate OF taxation. He cannot give
proper instructions until reports are received
from every Assessor in the State
There has been quite a rush Of Tax Collectors
settlements for several weeks past. Some OF
them have been exceedingly tedious, trouble
some and very difficult to adjust-espeeiaIly
those in the Levee Districts The clerks in the
land department have had SO much labor 10 per
TO the conclusion that it is very dirty work
In our last report forgot mention that
Mr.. c. NJ. Thomas, Tax Collector of Noxubee,
had closed up very satisfactory account for
State taxes of 1873. Of s11 645, charged to him
he collected something over S1i 900. But few,
if any, have done as wen.
The Tax Collector of Pontotoc is a genuine
Duke and highly adorns the office which he
holds. He fixed up" his papers so well and
sent them down to the Auditors Office that
that there was no necessity for his presence
there. His settlement was made without a
bauble and Mr.. Henry Dukes name classed
No. /, on the Captains books
Mr. J. f Jackson, of Clarke county or
rather Mr.. J. f. Clarke, of Jackson county is a
most conscientious Tax Collector las Tax Col
lectors generally are) He remained at home
and closed up his settlement and had the IN
speakabic satisfaction q of learning, when he
received his final discharge from the Auditors
Office that he had somewhat overpaid the
State. But that is all highland so is Mr.. Jack
son of Clarke. Having a good conscience he
sleeps soundly, which some do not :sMr. Clarke
OF jackson is good collector
Capt. A. J. Flanagan, of Warren, with his
jolly deputy, came ont last Thursday night fig
uring on his settlement He was charged with
about 81, 0C0 on account of State taxes of 1873,
and has paid into the State Treasury nearly
$4,000. The Captain is a good Sheriff, his
deputy is jolly fellow and the boys in the
Auditors Office had a regular j0Hg-fication in
making up this settlement.
Gen. W. r. Lefora, of Pillow county, with his
handsome face and smiling countenance, emil
vened the Auditors office also on last Thursday.
The Gems. account was all 90. X. He turned
his pockets inside out into the Treasurers office,
and went on his way rejoicing.
The next was W J. Bynum, Esq, of DeSoto
county, whose face is stamped honesty" in
characters unmistakable. Out of S9476 % of
which he was charged he got it all from the tax.
payers but 1882 81. He did not sell a foot of
the State, and has never done so during his en-
tire term of office. DeSoto should be proud of
her Sheriff and Tax-collector.
T. D. Boyd Esq, the excellent Sheriff and
Tax-collector of Choctaw county, "closed up,
last week to the perfect satisfaction OF the Au-
ditor. Mr.. Boyd is never behindhand with his
settlements, and generally comes up well forti-
fled with proper papers-hence he is never de
tanned long at the State Capitol
Mr.. ]. s. Mckee, of Tunica county, came down
last Wednesday night, and owing to the very
complicated condition of his lands-hs county
being in the Levee District-he had the pleasure
of stopping with the Auditors Office until Mon
day night last. We regret to learn that Mr.. Nc
kee quite sick for day two after his
rival at the State CapitoI but after recovering
sufficiently to be up, he "grappled" with the
Auditors office, aud then went his way re-
joicing. His account was satisfactory to the
Auditor.