The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-06
PUBLIC SENTIMENT ACTS.

hand WTltlnR on the wall, db u WERE
or words 10 that effect, etc, etc, for
below read for yourself their last official
act which surely is refreshing and com
mendablc, even if it does come at the
eleventh hour, after great publicity
had been given them and their persist
ent determination 70 press that drain
age tax proposition:
At meeting Of the Board Of Drain
age Commissioners held on this 4th day
Of April, 1906, the question Of directing
the tax collectors Of the counties lying
wholly or in part in the drainage dis
trict TO suspend the collection Of the
Drainage Assessments WAS considered,
and the following resolution was adopt
ed
Whereas, The Tax Collectors of
those counties lying wholly or in part
within the Drainage District have been
restrained from collecting large part
Of the Drainage Assessments upon the
suits Of several corporations owning
large quantities Of lands in the drain
age district, and
Whereas, Such restraining orders
materially affect the collection of the
State and county taxes proper, and
Whereas, The amounts collected by
the tax collectors under Chapter 6377,
laws of 1906, known as the Drainage
Act, will not be used by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners until the final
disposition of said suits in the court,
and
Whereas, The Board Of Drainage
Commissioners have no power under
said Act to suspend the collection OF
mil nd uyi
undertake To instruct the tax collectors
20 suspend the collection Of the same
10 await the determination Of said
suits, and
Whereas, The enforcement Of the
collection Of the Drainage Assessments
will be a hardship upon those who are
unable TO institute suit TO restrain the
collection Of the same and also oper.
ates TO retard the collection Of the State
and county taxes thereby deprvinR
the counties Of funds for the admins
tTation Of their affairs; therefore be II
Resolved, That the Board Of Drain
age Commissioners deem 1t proper TO
advise the tax collectors that the Board
will consent To the severance Of the
Drainage Assessments from the State
and county taxes and that the cOlec-
ton Of the Drainage Assessments be-
deferred until the final determination
OF the suits aforesaid
The newspaper should strive to be the
organ Of public intelligence and useful
ness,
The New Smyrna Breeze has reached
it's goth volume. is neatly printed, well
gotten up, and IA credit to its proprietor
and Volusia county.
With W. N Shcats and sgd l., Carte,
in the Lower House Of the Legislature
from Alachua county, she will stand
second 10 none. BY all means send
them; their services will he needed.
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The Green-Gaynor case has been on
in Savannah for thirteen weeks, has
been very expensive, and the end is yet
nowhere in sight. The American people
are taxed, however. for such prolonged
Injuries, and Of course will have to CON
tinuc to grin and bear It,
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The newspaper, IA a general thing,
works in season and out Of season for
making the political standards higher
and nobler 10y trying To remove corruT-
ton from the great business enterprises
that affect the welfare of US all II in
doing such work they sometimes have
articles that their readers apply and III
to single individual public men and
measures, or men take them To them
selves as does one who takes to himself
what minsterof the gospel might say
in expounding gospel truths to a large
congregation; then the person who Sc
applies does the work that ought &c
bring about a betterment in the condi
ton Of ones self. The True Democrat
does not 20 out digging at any one OF
personal grounds We have the kind
est feeling, naturally, for every either
of this community. and II we at times
say things that touches the quick. w
do e In no digging spirit. but with hops
that good will come out Of Il 70 TIT
many, and not just ~ = thrust at Som'
one.