The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-02-10
STATE MEETING TAX
PAYERS AT JACKSON
Court House Packed With Those in
Attendance. From Every Quarter
Comes the Protest Against High
Taxes. Resolutions Pointing Way
Out of Wilderness. Permanent
Organization Formed.

IN Ine nelSnDOflnS county OF alO
buSha and other counties in this par
of the State. The meeting convened
ia the court house at Jackson which
building was packed. There were
about 39 counties to report officially
on the first call and many others came
III later. In the afternoon, on invita-
tiCn of the lower house of the legisla.
ture. the meeting met in the hall OF
the House of Representatives Judge
Geo A. Mclean, of Winona, was
made permanent chairman. There
seemed to be but one sentiment and
that was that taxes were too high and
that there must be some way found
to lower them. A committee on ReSo-
luton was named which consisted of
the men whose names appear on the
resolutions. o. F. Lawrence was sent
from this county by the Grenada
County Chamber of Commerce There
was a taxpayers meeting in Decem-
Der which entered vigorous protest
a"ainst present tax rates, and since
Jan. l, there had been a meeting of
the tax payers of district /, so the
voice and the sentiment of Grenada
county had already been pretty well
emphasized.
The committee of Resolutions was
unable to finish its report until the
night meeting, hence a great many
of the delegates had been forced to
leave. The following is report of
committee on Resolutions:
Whereas. conditions, national and
state. make imperative retrenchment
IN public expenditures. and the de-
mand for relief from excessive taxes
comes from every section and class
4 of our state. therefore.
Be il resolved by the Mississippi
8 Taxpayers League in session at
n jackson. Miss. Feb. 1.-l922 that We
sre- gactful!y urge uron the legislature
Of the state serious consideration Of
the following Legislation
"I~t That the law enacted ut the
legislative session - 1920 in regard
IL he - larX Of county and beat Qf-
tIclaLs be repealed and the cOmpen-
sation Of these officials be fixed, with
certain limitations, as was the case
prior 70 1916.
= "2nd. That the law of 1920 in
creasing the salary of state officials
be repealed. and we intend this sug-
question to include the salaries of col
lege heads, professors and employees
of said colleges.
3rd. That we recommend the abOl
ishment Of the railroad commission.
and that the duties discharged by
that body be placed on the prison
board of trustees. We recommend
further that the said prison board of
trustees be empowered to employ the
superintendent Of the penitentiary,
and that the said superintendent
N.1S+ y Tho oIH,ica onl of
trustees, be empowered to employ
all subOrdinates on the prison farms.
'4th. That we recommend that the
circuit court districts of the state be
enlarged so that each circuit judge
and district attorney shall have a
schedule of at least "A weeks during
each year. And that court steong-
raphers shall be paid OILY for the
time they serve.
18th. That we urge upon the legis-
Iature the Importance of enacting a
law that Will give the state the au-
thority to ask for change of venue on
proper showing in capital cases just
as defendants now have.
"6th. That the offices of chancery
and circuit clerks be merged into one
office and that the office of county
IL pS dDOIISIlSNs
9TH. That a law be enacted that |
will require one annual publication |
of the receipts and expenditures Of |
each county in detail.
18th. That while we regret the ne
cessity for curtailing, we think the
appropriations for public schools are |
excessive under present conditions, |
and should be reduced, and in our
judgment we think that the salaries
of teachers and school superintend-
ents should be reduced.
18th. That boards Of supervisors
should not be allowed to issue bonds,
except upon election approved by
more than one-half of the qualified
electors Of the county, and that no
drainage bonds should be issued ex-
cept likewise approved and also by
majority of the land holders owning
property in said drainage districts.
"And that the drainage law be so
and changed that it shall !
provide that upon the creation of any
drainage district, actual notice shall
be given by registered mail to all
land owners in the district, giving in
the said notice the description of the
land which is to be included in the
proposed drainage district, this notice
to be sent to nonresident land own
ers at their last known address. Also
that the same actual notice be given
to each land owner whose lands are
in the district as to the
time of each assessment and levy of
taxes.
10th. That the law regarding the
issuance of road bonds of any road
district should be amended so that
the petition to the board of super
visors to create a road district should h
specify termini of the road or roads
10 be built in that district, and that
the order Of the board granting the
same and the notice of an election
for the issuance of bonds to build
Of the road or roads for which the :