The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-07-09
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
BY THE COUNTY BOARD of
EQUALIZATION RELATIVE
To DIRECT LAND TAy.
Speeches Made. esoscrnor Holt
Thanked.

Al the meeting or the Board Of
Eqnalixatian On Montsy, Chairman
Z. Patrick prcsldlng. the following
rcsolntisss were presented By Mr.
ii. r. Faison:
WHgREAs, The unitesi States
Government, by An Act Of the fifty.
Second Congress, returned to t.se
States the direct land tax icvie<i un-
der the Act OF Congress. approved
June 7th, .ss2; and whereas. the
Governor Of the State Af North Car
olina has beeh made the legal eusto
dian Of that portion Of said tax paid
by the people of said State for the
purpose Of distributing the same.
Now, therefore
Resolved, BY the Board of Equal
ization of Taxes for Sampson county
this day assembled. that the people
Of sampson county appreciate the
prompt action taken by our late la
mented Chief Magistrate. Hon. Dan'l
q. Fowle, In demanding the return of
North Carolina's part Of said fund.
and the energy and zeal with which
our present Governor, Ills Excellen-
cy, Thomas NJ. Holt, has manifested
In prosecuting the plans OF his pre-.
decesser In the premises To thely con.
summation. We also thank Cover
or Holt for the full information
which he hastaken pains To give the
people OF the State concerning this
important matter.
Resolved, That the thanks of our
people are due The CAUCASIAN for
publishing list Of the parties who
paid the tax I'm Sampson county and
the amounts paid by them.
Resolved, That our people will ap-
preciate any action by the worthy
clerk Of our Superior Court modify
ing his fees for proving claims for
this tax, and that we have heard
with pleasure that he proposes Ia
greatly reduce said foes. And we
respectfully urge upon ali the officials
and public spirited citizens i'm the
county 10 lend thf ir aid TO the peo-
pie OF every community In making
good their ciai'ns, so that as nearly
as possible every cent OF this burden
some tax paid by our people shall be
returned to them and their reprcsen-
tatives.
Resolved, That the people el
Sampson county hold In higher rev.
| | Enelna Efng made IN The basis OF our war val
uations.
Resolved, That a copy OF thest
> resolutions be sent TO His Exceilen
cy, the Governor. and one 10 the edi
tor of TIE CAUCASIAN, with TN
request hat ne publish the same.
G. PATRICK, Chairman
!, O. f. HERRING, Clerk.
MI. ID. B. Nicholson addressed th
[ board ON the resolutions. lie wa
: followed by Mr.. III. +. Faison. Thei
speeches were strong and 'imei.
The resolutions were passed nnan
mousiy.
Mr.. Bizzcll, the clerk OF the cou
will cheerfully prepare scale.
fees much lower than those Above
n. law. You will notice that one
- : the resolutions pays eto Il
a. memory of the late Mr.. A. ID. Che
V. mutt for his action i'm preventing Z
tn leyies OF the direct land tax fro
n m being made on the b.sis OF our "
in valuations. During the war The
levics were very high. not only
%, account OF the oxp>nses OF supporti
IA the armies, but also on account
y the depreciation Of The currency.
this land tax levy had been made
De- the u. s. Government on the ID
as of any OF the war levies, IL wo
nm. -, haakrupted over half, II not all
our citizen.. Foreseeing this
Chesnutt and DIR. Alfred johns
the secretly took thrse war tax bo
ois, and hid them in front OF their :
hat dence, i'm the Presbyterian cbu
cre- between the p.astering and
walls, near by where they q
watch them. Wken the fed
T." officers searched the court houss.
..,, the lax books az n basis for NAL
4 to a levy on the land they could
this find one later than 1851 on W
him year the levy Was law. So
90, !. a. above resolutions, from the be
cog. our infsrnnati9n. should have
una, equal tribute to- Mr. John son
No, Mr. Chesnuti. They were botl
her hearted, noble. and patriotic
hew- When snch men die, IL il hard
ee u ,beir eou ntymen 10 estimate In
pious tent az their Joss.
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