The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-05-30
An Open Letter to the Tax
Payers of Ben Hill County

Mr.. ED1ToR:-Wi you allow the 'Od Kicker to do some
more kicking through paper? Ii so here goeszp zp
In the Leader Enterprise of May 23rd the public will
of local legislation for Ben Hill county, signed by our
Representative Senator The capon An Act to amend
Act entitled prescribe the duties and Of the Com
mssone Roads and Revenues of Ben Hill county to amend
passed 1870 and provide for the creation of the office
Road Commissioner and prescribe his duties and
and fix his compensation and for other purposes"
Now caption of the BILL advertised does not give the
public proper information as to just will be DONE
changes will be made The only thing that specific in this mat
that of creating office of Road Commissioner separately
from that of the Commissioners OF Roads Revenues
his and duties and to fix his compensation and
OTHER PURPOSES The taxpayer does not take time to get into
things kind thoroughly but they should besr themselves
along these lines and make Investigations to the intention of
these changes whether they for the benefit of the public
whether the result of the Of these will be reaped
the advocates the of the public
orally.
The purport of this BILL from what gather,
this office of Road Commissioner and him abso
power roads in the county, to egaze and work roads
he Wishes build just such roads and at such cost he
proper buy just whatever ne deems for the construction
of said roads, and his decision and action in the matter will
fnathe Commissioners of Roads and Revenues will have no
power authority him. The Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues will have the responsibility them provide the
carry such work. and to levy tax the people of
the county to demands something they have absolute
w no jurisdiction If this proposed law passed the Road
Commissioners under the and authority proposed to give
Gas understand it, could macadamze and cement road and
purchase anything out his ideas to the construction of
the county that he might have under consideration and the
burden and responsibility and DISSATISFACTION would be
placed upon Commissioners of Roads and Revenues without any
recourse If this proposed law did not give this Road Commits
such and authority stated above he would be
gurehead drawing good salary out of the taxpayers of the
county For above stated without this and authority
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues could refuse to levy
the people for him out his DESIRES thereby
this Office be worthless to the county and
for nothing This question worth serious consideration every
taxpayer the county whether he be small great and now
time discuss this proposition and that is why writing
this article the people the county to studying the
ton. If you wait until is passed will be too late
do believe any should be passed for county where
effects the taxes of individual in the county without Civ
ing the people full knowledge what intended by the
ment of such law Personally lam opposed to law that has
tendency any expense the county would favor
law that would decrease the of county mi
have too officers drawing the very life
blood the tong taxpayers county The taxes too
high and if it would lower them but the
increasing the officers and courts has caused the Com
Roads and Revenues of this county to hold these
the present keep from putting the county into bank
rptc There should be much stress put the cost OF
building taxpayers getting results and returns
road building for their paid Of they cannot all
get the but those that wait patiently will be re-
warded The burden that the people the courts
the expense which the taxpayer does not
for their paid Of there crimes commit
ted that have be looked after and must have courts
try hundreds of frivolous that there
nothing where parties thrown into Jail and into court at