Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

eI,, =, anxious 70 az do | pro-
y asos @rconir.,ssslfses, l that there ., +
dong 's'I,se in Importance " viii be sub
rem amendment, '1 Tuesday, than
dloa v y iact nine,tenuh' n. an" )" i
''' consider vi. ns,h The subject, ana
G 3 directly ,M'l,",s si Mr. Il. %. o.
no iu NECESSARY to sre occu ~
N h, aaaI, s cd here prior 70 ,.a ans
,se who llSe,Ds 75. know how very,
q January, 'a lid constitution loi
',ouable the %a several efforts
was,,,,,d it, i wa os,vention Of
e t'h al,'shh el.ce the c0nNs"''
Mas called, ool,ted treasury, just
ere was rrppvIyed, and the pre-.
ui99 Isl n il many, l9 srae 't schools,
+ ST. ea,,gsanst public IRE, no s' neces,
sdly asa '"aily reasons no, ~ ,i. ,,a,,
hat iof l lI,an' 50 that the coliveh,
now to gl,,ei kind OF Il
sdopsea FINANCE upon the
prT,ls's public free ,. senoo.s' c, ad
4 o. Earnest advocates c .na, =
yoi IL Wen zen what eight years
el Eyi.nl'a'S MAN in this state 9, the con.
% look fas nn 'ns as they stand.
ltional ,l pno,'lth s sections PROPOSED
} bout s,m''ssp 'sd,sdVs entire they arc III SUP
Zee: Of all school lands
he z invested ~ our a own 1ths srS,e :
uId,eH, h '~ couId be had, othefwise
NJ "a s States bonds. na,,st
tbai 'l y ,,.e.t rate bore seven per
L and le~ iu cold, payable semi
ln't''1JA Acts 1874. p. lo2l. me I.,
IusI|ys ,.,es bonds five and six per
Iiedp s'i Malicious administration OF
/ ~ JJad remember, not ny the
law, la s.h Il convention at all, but
no,', ., i BY the people, whom ~
.. =. vstion has gone down con
lcnl '' Now Mr.. I. q. u. examine
srm !, . sr,ie,e 5 Of the constitution.
nj there that county vi h. !,
~ Nj levy more than one-nall
pno. "a, amount levied by the
'pe except for the paym.en,'
re .y es debts and public build
I'mder this system OF taXat'oi
state treasury has been filled un.i
s,a,e has n large surplus, while TN
10 conld scarcely make out U
ul a;nnc with the amount of revenu
@ a'vd The result of it was tina
'' March "a. 1881, a law was passe'
mo the state tax at twenty-nV
IVY wv IN the 800, and the countie
M rp.tricted to one-half INA
s Il was soon learned that III
y, nopl,lous counties could scarcei
II )onr with revenue at ~ on TN
|,m 4 snecial session of the legisli
n,s was called at II cost of over S3O
kn,o the state, and on May i, lSS.
Eoo,her law passed. fixing the stat
k.y s 10 cents on the 600 worth
Cmperty. aud the representative iroi
4 III county Captain Paddock told II
|hey would go down to ID or - cen
mr The state. If it was not for that COZ
provision that com .elit
Inc state to demand more than
needed. lust to allow the counties
sustain themselves. / have write
,his about the state taxation for .tM
Re sons, yes, three of them.
|. You can't invest the funds al
longer in state bonds, and tre Unit'
States bonds are hard To get at noi
|inal inter est.
3 The counties need money to maj
|,heir Improvement, and they are pa
|inu their debts. Tell me of one sing
county in the state which has deiau
ed on the market" =.
Al Section 8, art. of the CONSTITUTE
say that not more than one-fourth
| lie general revenues of the state a
a ps!!.tax Of 81 will be set aside for
benefit Of public free school. III
! with the interest arising from |
bonds and Investments constitute
actual, available school fund. The
duciion Of taxation leaves a very M
gre sun derived through taxati.
hence, for the benefit of the public I
schools Of the state, and institute
that the p ople will foster, a
for the benefit of the county r
enues, / think the people GU!
IN all reason TO support
amendment proposed for section -,
ticles, which SIN substances that
state tax shall never exceed 80 Gel
the county tax shall never exceed
cents, city or town tax shall never
coed 10 cents, on the 500 worth
property, except for old indebtedn
public buildings, streets, sewers
other permanent improvements s.
not exceed - cents.
Again, | am In favor OF the
posed amendment to section 3, art
z, of the constitution, the substanc
which have given. The prop'
amendment gives the Legislature
privilege of levying Il direct tax
ska be benefit Of the public free scht
8b.wit: "one-fourth the revenue
"a POLL lax Of one dollar, LAS is i
Also There shall BE- levied and
lected an annual ad valorem state
ct such an amount, not to excee'
cents on the SlJJ worth of prope
as, with the available school fInd
lug from all other sources, will be
Il aent to support the public
scnools 70: AZ least six mouths in
year,
Now, Mr.. |. o. u, the perp
school fund is increasing from the
OF lands. What will you do wit
30 yol thins one or two milllo'
dollats are safer lying in the '
contro led bv one man than uo be