The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-09-20
that of the Democrats. But let us
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ze.
In 1870 there were twenty chan
cellors paid $500 each, making
$4,000. In 1895 there are seven
chancellors paid 2,750 each, max
ing $19,250. There is difference
in chancellors alone of $50. $50. |
There were fifteen judges paid 3d.
800 each in 1870, making $52,5C0.
In 1895 there are nine judges paid
50, $50 each, making a difference
OF $27 $50. In 1870 the executive
contingent fund was $50, 900; in
1895 S., 600. a difference of $45,-
coo. In these three items alone
the expenditures under a Demo
cratic administration ib 1895 are
1922, $50 less than the administra
ton of 1870. In 1870, on the 18th
of June, as will be found on pages
10 to "a Of the Acts of the Legisla-
ture of that year, the Legislature
proalded for the issuance of $780,
600 certificates Of Indebtedness,
and in sec. 5 Of that act provided
for issuance of $500, 900 Of bonds,
bearing s per cent interest to retire
them. The State tax was then
five mills on the dollar, to say
nothing of the county taxes for
general county purposes and for
school purposes. On the 18Th day
of April, 1878, as will be found in
the Acts OF the Legislature of that
year, from pages IA to 10, the Leg.
islature provided for the issuance
of million dollars additional
bonds and levied tax of one and
a half mills for the payment Of the
interest and for the sinking fund
on those bonds.
On the 2Sth of March, 1874, af-
ter Ames became Governor, and
while the crew whom Burkitt now
delights to exto, were reveling in
the spoils of the land, an act was
passed by the Legislature, as will
be found on pages 7 to 13 of the
Acts of that year, for the issuance
of a million aud a half dollars ad-
d,tional bonds and an additional
levy of two and a half mills for the
payment Of the interest on those
bonds and the sinking fund. This
made provision for the issuance ol
one half million dollars of certifi
Gates of indebtedness, and three
millions Of dollars Of bonds. with
in a little more than tour years af
ter the assemblage Of the first Leg
islature after reconstruction, anC
the levy of nine mills State tax
This immense debt, except a com
paratively small part that had beer
paid by taxing us, was a legacy
bequeathed to the Democrac.
when it took charge Of the govern
ment in 1876.
"But that is not all. The coun
ty taxes during these years 70
general county purposes and 10
the public schools were slmpl
, enormous, and vet the children c
, the State received the benefit of
small share Of the taxes levied 10
, school purposes. The man wh
, was at the head Of the school de
= partment of the State governmer
a was counterfeiter and forge
o who was impeached and drive
o out of the State for high crime
and misdemeanors, Such was tn
character of the individual VII
had charge Of that department
o the State governm snt which train
q the minds and the morals of tt
+ youth, Who believes that Cap
Y Burkitt is sincere. or anybody ell
!, is sincere, when he asserts that tt
a administration Of Ames compar
: favorably with the Democratic n
. ministration of the government
= this State. Echo answers who?
"The State tax in 1874, as
= have shown. was nine mills on II
"a dollar and did not include al
!. money for conducting the publ
" schools. The State tax tor TT
/, year is five mills on the dollar al
4 this includes 1923, 800 for comm
# schools. In 1863, on the 18th
- April, there was levied tax for
- teachers fund of four mills on t
dollar exclusive Of the tax
:, school houses and for genel
= N county purposes. No wonder t
- - Renublican Auditor in making !