The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-09-19
CITY PAYS HALF
OF ROAD I \
COLUMBUS TAX PAYERS TO ]
NISH MORE THAN HALFt
MONEY FOR WORKING
THE PUBLIC ROADS.
Under the Law, However, II
the Sum Reyerts to the CT
and VIII be Used in Main
tenance of the Streets.
The assessment roll for the

The assessment roll for the reH.
year, which was recently fl Is
Tax Assessor Williams. is very inter-
esting to the public, as it shows moi
only the value of the real and per-
sonal property in the county, but
shows the proportion of the road tax
which the city of Columbus viii be
called upon to pay. Tt viii be re-
membered that at their September
meeting the Board of Supervisors de-
cided to levy a three mill ad valorem
tax and personal tax OF three dol
lars per annum for the purpose of
working the public roads of the coun-
ty, and many people have expressed
a desire to know just how much of
this tax the city of Columbus will
have to pay.
The total assessed valuation of all
property, both real and personal,
within the borders of the county, is
$5, 5,200,465. The value of this prop
erty which is located within the city
limits of Columbus is $2,654,97 or
a little more than half of the assessed
va1uati ton of the entire county. On
the property located within it's bor-
ders Columbus viii pay an ad va1o-
rem tax of three mills, amounting to
S7,964.S3, while the total amount
paid by property holders outside the
city VIII be $7,636.53. Columbus
win, however, get back nearly four
Thousand dollars, or to be exact she
viii have returned 10 her the sum of /
$3,98z.43. This sum reverts to the
city under the law regulating assess
ments for the purpose Of maintaining
public roads, which stipulates that in |
All chartered towns and cities one
hare lg. nj collected from the /
holdes thereof shall revert |
to the CITY treasury.
The purpose OF the law which pro
vides that one half of all money col /
Iected within the borders of chartered /
municipalities for road purposes shall /
is to protect the cities and
towns by giving them funds with
which fB maintain their streets and
avenues Columbus Is probably the
only city in the county which spends
any conSniera Bile amount of moEey in Il
the maintenance of its streets, but
Caledonia, Crawford and Artesia. are
Iii incorporated towns, and each win
'eceiye o1na-half of the money col !
ected within her confines. It may !
,e, however, that the action of the
board of Supervisors in aevying a
,ublic road tax VIII have q stimu1at-
ng effect ON these towns and that [
hey will vie with each other IN keep
az their streets clean and free from ]
lud
The per capita tax of three dollars
er annum, insofar as it applies to
he city of Columbus, will not be en-
orced. The cfty now collects a poll >
TX of three dollars FROM all male in 7
abitants of legaa age, and to impose l
4 additional personal tax would not !
: legal. The three dollars per cap c
8 tax imposed upon residents of the a
lraI districts exempts them from b
,a6 duty. Heretofore the people liv- g
g in the country have been eompel1- a
to devote certain number OF days 81
.ch year to work on the public roads &C
1t under the new law they will not al
called upon to perform work of CT
is character. &C