Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-10

various towns, college and public
buildings Of ali kinds which are being
constructed. MillsapS College has just
completed dornlitory to take cara
1of their overflow. This money was q
free will offering from the members
/ of the Methodist Church, who felt it
was sufficiently important to take
i this money and build the dormitory,
without compulsion from anybody.
1 This same denomination is collecting
money for dormitory at Wbitworth
College, and tie people must believe
lit necessary, and approve it, because
/ they are contributing to it. TIC sane
1 is true Of Sewance. Behave and Miss
Eissippi College, and other denomian-
tional institution. The members. of
thease congregations compose the pub
lie, and they are contributing very
much more than the state will exact
/ from the taxpayers percapita, to carry
out the purpose Of this bond issue.
One million dollars is for the
/ tuberculosis Sanitarium there are
10000 men and women who have
i tuberculosis, we have provided for l..
900. Many Of these can pay the
expenses of trip to the west, some
will be cured in their homes, but thou
sands are waiting on their state for
relief; with many it is race beteen
death and building.
Tax Levy.
1t has been shown that for schools
and colleges and pensions alone an in
crease in the tax levy was necessary
! When over $l0OO,O00 for hospitals
is added the tax levy should be lager
than the nine mills that are now fixed.
The tax levs would be IL mills,
approximately-to b exact. 11.75
millls-to take care, of these appfo-
priation But there is cash balance
in the tresury, the penitentiary will
Yield $2,000,000, the privilege tax 81,
$50. 900. insurance department $500,
900, fertilizer tags $4,000, secretary
of states o. .ce 100000.
In 1918 bond issue of 100000
was provided for to take care Of
current expenses and some Derma-
nent improvements. The Legislature
is to be congratulated that the ways
and means committee are brave,
enough to make a tax levy to take
care of the necessary current ex-
penses. There will be no deficit for
the 1922 session.
One mill on the valuation of the
state, which is STOP 1000 900, will pro-
duce 100000 in revenue. One-tenth
of mill would produce $4,000. The
increase in the state officers salaries
amount to $4,000 year. One mill
means 81 to $1,000 assessed valua7
ton to the taxpayer; one-tenth of a
mill will mean 10 cents on each ST..
900 of valuation. And as this in
crease is less than ope-tenth of mill.
it will cost the taxpayer about nine
cents on each 1000 valuation. State
officers can be changed, and are
changed. Experienced and trained
employees are usually retained and,
pass on until it is too late in life for
them to engage jim other business.
They are in the position of an officer
who resigned because he said the
work was so hard he wouldn't live
long, and the pay so small, in case of
his death he would have nothing to
leave his family.
The increase in the tax levy of
and one-half mills means $3.50 addi-
tional on each $1,000 of assessed val
uation, or 35 cents on each $780,, Our
heaviest burdens Of taxation are our
local taxes.
There is another reason for the in
creased tax levy. 1t has been shown
that five and one-half mills for the
last two years was not sufficient, but
the revenue derived from that tax
levy is all that the state will have to
run on, except receipts other than adj
valorem taxes, until the next tax levy
of nine mills goes into effect IN Octo-
Der. And from October to January
mot many pay their taxes. This con-
dition is due to the fact that approp-
riations run from January to Janu-
AIRY, and the revenue from October to
October.