The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-10-27

dred ak thousand. mine hundred sew
enty.nre dollar assessment for the
year nineleen hundred seven. That
would have been The first tsx collec
ton in state government and the TO-
tai amount from the lhirtyiye coun
lies OF Oklahoma Territory including
the nineteen SO named, would have
been about six hundred fifty thousand
dollars. but none OF II was collected +
for the reason that the legislature on
my recommendation passed a law in
December nineteen hundred seven
waving The PAYMENT Of any Or that
AK by these nineteen as well as the
other sixteen counties Of Oklahoma
Territory for the reason thai Indian
Territory counties were not assessed I
and therefore the tax was an unequal
lax throughout the state and could not
be collected The result of this waiY-
er of the nineteen hundred seven levy
was 10 necessitaie the making up Of
this loss Of taxes by later state leyies
in part, while portion of i was I'M
cluded in The debts Of Oklahoma Ter
ritory which We paid out OF the state
bond issue being the debts OF Okla.
homa TERRITORY, but the remainder Of
the loss. occasioned BY waving the
state tax or nineteen hundred seven,
necessifated larger leyies in later
years. hence the only fair way to aa-
certain the average annual tax col-
lccted from the taxpayers Of the state
Of Oklahoma for said purpose Is 10
take the four years from the tax col
lecting periods
State tax December. nineteen hun
dred seven. collection nothing.
State tax December, nineteen hum
dred eight. collection the total levy
nine hundred twelve thousand, five
hundred dollars.
State tax December, nineteen hun.
dred nine, COLLECTION, two million. one
hundred seventy thousand, three hun
dred sixteen dollars.
State tax December, nineteen hun.
dred ten, collection ene million, enc
hundred sixty.elaht thousand, seven
Hundred fifty dollars.
Total for ronr annual tax coliec-
tions four millior two hundred iifiy
one thousand five hundred siSsy-six
dollars. is the total amount Of taxes
levied by the state Board during i<e
four years named, but the people
! should understand that portion ~
Efhis total tax levy during said four
/ years was not for the expense OF state
/ government. and, therefore, there
should be deducted the following
amounts
IN The levy of nineteen hundred nine
there was included one-fourih 0r one
mill for aid 10 common schools which
amounted to two hundred seventeen
thousand and thirty-one dollars.
Also IN the levy for nineteen hyn-
dred len there was included one
fourth or one mill for aid Q common
schools, which amounted 10 two hun-
dred thiriystligee thousand. seven
hundred fifty dollars.
In the levy for nineteen hundred
nine there was included about one
hundred eighty thousand dollars TO
pay for permanent public buildings,
Reformatory at Granite Insane Asy-
lum Al Fort Supply, School OF Mines
lat Wilburton, and University Prepara-
tory school at claremore These
permanent buildings are not part 81
The annual expenses Of state govern
ment but are permanent property
Also in the levy for the year nine
teen hundred nine there was included
= little over one mill levy made neces-
ssry by the courts enjoining the cot
lecton Of railroad taxes and certain
special privilege and franchise taxes;
and no man in the state had more to
do with helping the corporations en1-
harrass the state and burden the other
taxpayers by codalng these taxes than
Joseph w. McNesl. He n1sde sifdavits
in court and furnished appeal bonds
TO help these special interests and cor
porations dodge the payment Of their
taxes. This one mill levy amounted
TO eight hundred sixty-eight thousand
one hundred twenty-ssx dollars 50
that these Items aggregating. aid 10
common schools four hundred fifty
thousand seven hundred eIshty-One
dollars. permanent public buildings
one hundred eighty thousand dollars.
railroad and special privilege deiici-
ences eight hundred sixiy-eight ihous-
and. one hundred twenty-six dollars, a
total OF one million. -four hundred nine
iy-eight thousand, nine hundred seven
dollars should be deducted from the
aggregate direct tax levy for these
four years. and leaves two million,
seven hundred ffty-wo thousand. six
hundred fftynine dollars as being The
total amount Of taxes collected iD
three years Of state government but
to cover four annual tax collections
showing the average annual tax col
. lection 10. be six hundred eights-oight
thousand. one hundred siStstive dol
lars per anaum.
Don't forget reader, that in Terri
/ torial DAYS there was no levy made BY
the Territory for aid 70 common
schools and no levy made by the Ter
ritory in the years named Tor the erec
tion 81 permanent public buildings
ihnsnn "a, .-fi1 ana haf tho amount oi