The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1921-01-20
CITIZENS IN FAVOR
". Of RETRENCHMENT
COpiah County Taxpayers Have Or
pgnized and Passed Strong Resolu-
tions.

Retrenchment was the keynote oi
meeting held at the Copiah county
courthouse yesterday. The high costs
Of taxation, and remedies for the low
ering Of tax leyies, and appropriations
in the county expenses and resolu-
tons TO be presented to the legisia-
'tnre at its next sitting in jackson,
We're discussed. Speeches were made
by H. j. Wilson, r. N. Miller, J. S.
Sexton, John S. Decall and other
leaders in public affairs Of the county.
The Taxpayers Association was on
ganized with M S. Mcneil, chairman,
apdl9. B. Mayes, secretary. Resolu-
tons were adopted as follows:
81 kirstr-7That weV view with alarm
the eyer-increasing tax burden that is
beng placed upon the taxpayers Of
Cepiah county, and we are heartily
IN sympathy with every movement
tending to reduce the taxes that we
now regard as entirely too high.
Second-Ihat we recommend to
the board OF supervisors the most
rigid economy, consistent with good
business judgment, in the adrninistra-
tion Of all county AFFAIRS No expen-
'dlture on appropriation should be
made except those absolutely neees-
sary to properly protect the interests
of 9the ieDonty and properly scafKy on
the-atfairs Of the county
Ihlrd==We are in hearty sympa-
thy with an Immediate abuffshmerit.
of the State Highway Commission and
we recommend speedr repeal of the
statute providing that the motor We
hicle tax 0fA thes county shall be paid
INTO the state. highway fund.
otlfth-rWe g recommend that ell
ther The office of state revenue agent
De put upon a salary basis, or that
the Office be abolished, and the du-
ties now imposed upon the state rev.
enue agent be imposed upon the att
torney general We expressly refrain
from expressing any opinion as to
The suits now pending against the in-a
surance companies. kf
aFifth We especially recommend
the elimination of all unnecessary Of
ices, both in county and state, and
a reduction in the salaries of officersa
in proportion to til duties and re-
sponsibilities resectively imposed.
upon each of them.
laSi2thLWe View with alarm the.
tendency of the legislature to- create
newt departments and new Offices il
the. state, and county, and we believe
tliav many that have been hicfeated
should be abolished.
"Seventh--In view Of the further
tendency of the legislature to evade
the Constitution Of the State of Mis-
sissippi, in order to increase the sail
aries Of certain Offices Of the state,
we recommend that this action on the
part Of our law-making body be inn
abandoned, and in the LAM
guage sof Judge Calhoun, IT is the
sense of this body that man who
evades the Constitution is worse than
a man who violates it,
Eight Whereas j il has been
called to our attention that the state
tax commission has failed and refused
to certify to the tax collector the as
sessment of the public service corpor-
ations t the state of Mississippi, and
said corporations are now
holding money due to the state Of
and various counties of
the state, in the way Of taxes, and
thus reaping the benefit Of a. large
amount Of interest, and whereas the
State of Mississippi, and various coun-
ties Of the state, are IN great need
81 money, we recommend that COM
mittee be appointed To ihvesti9ate the,l
reason why the state tax conmissionlI
has failed to certify these assess-
ments, nd that the result Of this.l
committees investigation be ub- \
ished in the daily press, so that theH
public may know why these public
service corporations have been with
held
Ninth Resolved that a copy of
these resolutions be furnished the
press for publication"