Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-01-09

soon brighten. our whole eountry prosper.
and, might say, would blossom O. the
rose"
Now. Messrs. Editors, as the complexion
Of our Commissioner Court has changed.
will they stand mp f,r the Interests Of the
people and do their best TO tighten the bur
dens Of our taxpayerss VIII they act as
sc ere partisaus, regardless Of the interests
Of tie whore people; I trust not. for al
ways thought our C0mnsisaoasrs Cosrt
should be IKE our Circuit Court ought to
be-no politics on the bench. but dealing
justly with all alike. remembering always
who pays the expenses Now, TO deal fair
ly with the people Of our county, and esne.
cially the taxpayers, think IL would be
wise for our County Commissioners TO re-
appoint the old road supervisors tshouid
they be willing TO sccept the responsi ility
of that posi'i n again) as they already have
the road machinery in their hands. and
have gotten 20 understand pretty well how
70 repair the roads. for what have seen
and heard OF In. ir work think they are
getting TO understand the business very
well To turn them out now and put in
new men, who do not understand the
work. would, in my judgment, be big
piece Of folly and great injustice TO the
taxpayer
No tar do / more willingly pay than the
tax for the maintenance If the public
schools and the public rs,ads- But when
pay the tax I want value ,ecei5 -. and
Nth good roads and good sskoois lAe con
ditinn of osr county cannot help but i'm
prove
Mess.s Eiitors, I see by your p per the
irst e let Of our COMMISSIONER Court was
'oi the Col cctors Ia pay up Immediately,
ar suits would b. entered against them
That means they must either sell out thos..
who have tailed tn pay up puctually or b..
themselves sold out
Do ynu think that would be right In ali
casesr II Is true the Collectors must col.
'ect the tsxes. but in humane way For
instance, il taxpayer has been Sal unfm-
'una'e as To be able to pay promptly when
lis taxes become due. hecanse OF bad crop
: ears. or the low price Of produce and per
haps who could hardly keen the wolf firm
the DOR. would it be right 1T Just not l.,
give him further chance TO pay?
You know the property is slways respon.
sible for the taxes th"renn with added in
terest They, therefore, must be paid. /,
Is said there are two things we are sure Of.
death and taxes" ami believe you will
agree Nth me when say the best way o.
dispose OF the one is by making payment
AS early as you possibly can, and of The
other by deferring payment as long as you
can.
What advantage would il be To our coun
ty TO sell out the poor man rather than
give him all the opportunity possible
To sell him out would possibly deter him
from paving any more taxes. md might
place more expense upon the county by
making some OF them dependent u"On the
charity of the county. Now my honora
BILE friends of the Commissioners Cour'.
deal with the taxpayers as leniently as you
possibly can. Do not Cypress them more
than they are in these financially hard
times, but relieve them all You can by re.
ducing their taxes 20 the lowest minimum.
That is what the people expect you to d..
to help relieve them of their burdens.
In my judgment, the best way to do 50
would be To re appoint the present Collec-
tors, and give them an opportunity to col
lect the ta'es already due and to become
due without depressing the people And
l further think three better men could no,
be fonnd in this county for the position.
Mrssrs Editors, did not feel a great in
terest in the welfare of our county would
not have rrespassed so long upon your
time and patience, nor taken up so much
space in your valuable paper
Yours, etc,
TAXPAYER