Richland beacon., 1889-12-07
saturdGy, Uoctmber7. 1899
TIE TEHf-iS BGSIN LETEE QtES
TON

20 attention has vet been gwen bv
The RicLiand papers to our remarks
and auggestioIs, with reference to the
Tensss Basin Levee matter. We can
10. OF course construc this as indii-
ference on their part, nor as an evil
Jence that their heart is not with US
They are very much occupied just
nov IN trying 10 get the Fort Scott
railroad through their parish. and are
cevcting much c. their space to these
eIorta This Of course is highly com
ln.ndablc. We hope that before The
time Of the meeting OF the Board rolls
round. they will have found time y
cypress themselves freely with regard
roa matter which is Of vital irnpor'
.ance 10 the people Of this district
TIE know that the legislature in
making such liberal aonstion did
rot intend that the BOARD should
delegate the wori: committed TO them
srd transfer SO much ysiuabls land
ard taxes. to railroad corporation
Of course the Beacon and News con.
eur with rs tut we would like them
10 say go VIXEN they find time
Caldwell Watchman
We have often wrote on this sub
Jet. We sirocAted the appropris-
ton Of the lands forfeited for taxes &c
the State to aid IN keeping up ths
ltvees and especially any plan tC
close the "Beeuf Cut OFF We did
rot imagine. however, that any land:
except those decided to the State fol
non-rsyment of taxes would bt
claimed Ii our neighbor will ex
,mine the files of the Beacon he viii
find several articles on this subject
It will also he seen BY examination o
The roll that the forfeitui ed lands an(
those decided are separated and tina
those forfeited prior to 1879 are only
transferred to the Tensas Basin Leve,
Board with q reservation.
We have taken the position tina
those lands folleitme ed under the oil
law have never gone to the State bu
that the State has lien upon them
They should have been placed upol
the roll and soldsalter the adoption o
the new constitution or the revenu
laws enacted under that constitution
Tut another serious question arises
Can the State under the new consti
tuition become the purchaser? Som
contend that it cannot. What doe
that clause in the constitution whicl
reads, there shall he no more for
fixture for the non-payment of taxes
imply Under this old rule the Ian
was first forfeited and the States lie
recorded in mortgage book for tn
preservation Of the States lien. Ate
the first year, was advertised for sal,
Under the revenue laws er
acted since the adoption of the me-
constitution provisions have bee
made for the sheriff and e1 -offici
tax aoileetor TO bid IN property fc
the State.
Even as late as 1855 the law read
Offices Of mortgages, still, as in a
the revisions of acts in our State, ca
rying the same old idea. AS we III
dersiand il now. the mortgage branc
has nothing to do with the matter.
is payment Of taxes or loss of pro-
erty.
Again returning to the Tens
Basin Levee matter II seems to
that the L.. A. & NJ. Railroad have
large subsidy outside of she five mil
tax that they contend for, even 10 Il
lands which have been decided to Il
State. If that company, however, wi
keep The overflow, even in a disa
trous inundation, oil of us, we sEou
not complain o.. having 10 pay Il
taxes and also the land. The land
lost to the parishes comprising Il
Tensas Basin Levee district. o,
nslghbor in Caldwell should not coz
plain, for We. up here, are expected
pay. in addition to the land, Eve mil
tax. What it railroad should ru
On the levee. is that not better for u
The company, in self defense, will |
compelled to keep the levee up. "
cannot understand why any persc
who has been subject the sverAo
could oppose'any measure tending
Keep the water off of us, especial
when accompanied by the gnats, eau
ING more loss in one year than woul
ray this tax tor ten.
The new town of R;env;ll. IN n