The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-10-07
Lee County Tax
Levy for 1921.
GEORGIA Ice County.


/ m the office a. Commissioners OF
Roads and Revenues, IN session Tor
County purposes regular term, Al.
sunt, 1921
It appearing 10 as that the asgre
gate value Of taxable property in said
county. according to the tax digest Of
aid county for the year 1921 is
500, 4C05I
+ That the state has assessed Five
4 Dollars on the one thousand dollars
OF taxable property, the same being
4 rive mills, for state taxes for tho year
1921; which loyy viii raise the sum Of
from the taxable property Of said
county according to said Digests;
and it further appearing to us that
the sum OF
in addition TO what may now be in the
/ County Treasury and from what may
be received from the rail roads on ac-
count Of advalorom taxes, and from
what viii be received from the Com.
mutation Road taxes for said year, IS
necessary and should be raised to pay
Indebtedness and current expenses Of
the County Of Lee for the ensuing
year:
It is. therefore, resolved and or.
dered that a tax Of 22O per cent. on
The aforesaid state or Levy, being II
mills, be, and the same is hereby as.
sessod and levied for County pur-
| poses. upon amounts of taxable prop.
, cyty returned by each tax payer of
! said county, and upon such property
as has not been returned, which is
subject to ad yalOrem taxes in said
County Of Lee for said year; and that
the same be distributed as follows:
/. TO pay indebtedness due, or to
become due during the year, or past
due, Is per cent. rs mills.
2. 10 build or repair court houses
or jail, bridges or ferries, or other
public improvements, according to
contract, 30 per cent. $50 mills.
3. To pay aheriffs, jailers or other
officers fees that may be legally en-
titled to, out of county, % per cent.
1.10 mills,
4. To pay coroners all fees that
may be due them by the courts, II per
cent. OPS mills.
5. TO pay the expense of county
for bailiffs at court, non resident wit
nosses in criminal cases, fuel, ser
wants hire, stationery and like, Is per
cent. rs mills.
g. TO pay jurors a per diem com
pensation Is per cent rs mills
Il TO pay expenses incurred in
supporting the poor Of the county II
per cent. 80 mills.
8. To open up, improve and main
tain the public roads, pay guards and
wardens salary, maintain convicts
feed stock, and other necessary eX-
penses connected with roads 40 per
cent eco mills
8 To pay the salary of the judge
of the city court of Leesburg during
the current year, 10 1-2 per cent.
.525 mills.
TO- 10 pay any other lawful charge
against county, 10 per cent 5 mills.
H. TO pay off and retire INSTALL
ment QirsD $SO,OOOOO Lee County
Bonds, voted upon, validated and is
sued by said county, so per cent. 30
mills
Total 220 per cent HOO mills.
And the County Board of Educa-
ton OF said county having certified
to this board that a tax of five mills
is necessary to be levied on the tag
able property Of said county as pro
yided by law 1t is therefore ordered
hat said amount be collected as tax
for the public schools of said county
| upon Tue ldAdblC DICpSIty a. "AS4N
said. Witness our hands and official
ignatures this August ,, 1921.
S. }. WOMAN, Chairman.
w L. CuLDERS
S. NJ. COOKE
Commissioners of Roads and Reve
aues, said county.
! GEORGIA--Lee County.
In the office Of the Board Of Edu
cation, of said County
Whereas, at the regular July meet,
ing of said Board Of Education of said
county, resolution was passed di
Erecting the Board of County Com
missioners of said county, to assess
aud levy upon the taxable property
Of said county the amount of five
mills, the same being for public
school purposes OF said county, the
same is therefore certified to the said
Roard Of County commissioners of
said County Of Lee and the said Board
OF Commissioners are directed and re
quested to levy the same in their
regular tax levy for the year 1921.