Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-01
PARISH FINANCES AGAIN


On the heels editorial the Enterprise of two weeks ago comes
the information that determined effort being maze 10 create puo
favor of an increase OF assessment hor lids a TIC
movement originates with the Police Jury itself
While we favor of any feasible plan might solve the prob
lem qudatng the Parish indebtedness we arenot convinced that
proposed scheme bon the assessment is the best to be had
The aacy of this pan as has been pointed lies in the fact
that with an increase of assessment would increase State
weas Parish taxes The Parish would therefore receive the entire
benefit of such an increase
The figures recently furnished the State Probe Commission by both
Assessor Maee and Sheriff Simmons indicate that we are now being as
sassed basis of 40 cent IS cent cash value Other
Parishes pay basis of high rs cent and 10" as Is per
of real values This would tend show that Washington Parish tax
payers are bearing reasonable aa cost of State admnsra
ton AS the State has sent distress CALL there occasion
for the patriotic andoya citizens of Washington Parish rushing her
aid with money donations
customary for editors point the deficiency certain plans
without Offering remedy We shall violate long established custom in
this and offer suggestion which think far better than the
already given The protagn of the assessment scheme we are
told base their chief argument the fact that the people will favor an
increased but will not additional tax Nevertheless
direct of three mills which to base bond
issue of $15OOOO proceeds said wipe the entire
Indebtedness We advocate this increased tax with aohoueh be-
cause we can show that such would actual saving the
Parish approximately four times the income that would be derived from
per cent increase Figures talk The present gross
assessment the whole Parish approximately $OOO0OO which
about 100000 from Bogausa The Parish general fund gets net
seven mills S500OOO and five mills $5000OO $3 600
proxmae besides which there sa special road tax mills (Which
can be used work on applying cities and which,
of S32OOO would give $780, We therefore, esa
sh that the present the Parish approximately
SS750O
per would be S50OO0O which
would pay anywhere % % mills according to the varying school
tax different wards anywhere from SOa00 S40Oo00
and only approximately S350Oo this would 60 to the parish The
difference would distributed between the schools the States and the
Cities In short we would pay from ST. 10000 Sl400O0O year in
order to raise S5OOO small to be of appreciate value
in the work qudatns the Parish Indebtedness about Sl000000
Now three mill direct would the Parish $5OO000
sessmen would the S50OOOO no more no
less With this sum basis there could be issued Sl5OOoo0) OF
bonds which could be paid back fifteen when the
special three mill tax would On the other hand the
is raised will stay raised forever and day Assessments often
raised but they only lowered times catasopy and then only
temporarily,
To person with an assessment 81 100000 26 mill 10
cent increase would $3.50 forever Whereas
three mill tax increase would be $500 per in fifteen to
twenty years
Would you rather $3.50 forever and accomplish practically
nothing three mills for fifteen twenty and remove the stigma
of a delinquent debt from the good of our Parish
Mr. Taxpayer it is up to you'll