The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-09-01
TAX LEVY OF Lee
COUNTY FOR
YEAR 1922.

Roads ana Revenues. IN hesSioh lVi
County purposes regular term; Aug,
1922.
1t appearing to US that the aggre-
gate value of taxable property in
said County; according to the tax di-
gests Of said county for the year;
1922 is $25, 63S,24 that the state has
assessed five dollars on the one thou
sand dollars of taxable property; the
same being five mills; for state tax
es for the year 1922 which levy will
be the sum Of 2,S19,12 from the
taxable property in said county ac-
cording to said digests; and it APP
pearing to us that sum of 1882, O2O.
GA.
In addition to what may now be IN
the county treasury and from what
may be received from the railroads
on account of advalorem taxes and
from what will be received from the
COMPUTATION RODS TAXES for
said year is necessary and should be
raised to pay Indebtedness and cur
rent expenses of the said county Of
Lee for the ensueing year.
1t is therefore ordered that tax
of two hundred and twenty per cent,
(220) on the foresaid state of levy
being eleven mills, be and the same
is hereby assessed and levied for
County purposes and upon amounts
Of taxable property returned by each
tax payer of said county and upon
such property as has not been re-
turned; by which is subject to adval-
orem taxes in said county of Lee for
said year; and that same be distri-
buted as follows:
due 1870 rs Mills.
To pay indebtedness due or to
become due during the year or past
2 To build or repair courthouses
or Jail bridges or ferries or other
public improvements according to
contract, 500 l.50 Mills.
TO pay sheriffs, jailers or
other officers fees that may be legal
ly entitled to, out of county, 22FS
Ito Mills.
A To pay corOners all fees that
may be due them by courts l2fo .O25|
Mills.
5 To pay the expenses of the|
county for bailiffs at courts, non re-
sidept witness in criminal cases, fuel
servants, hire, stationery, and the|
like. 1870 rs Mills.
70 pay jurors per diem com
pensation, 1870 rs Mills.
To pay expenses incurred I'M
supporting the poor of the county,
1875 go Mills.
TO open up improve and main
tain the public roads, to pay guards
and wardens salary, maintain con-
yicts. feed stock, and other neces-
sary expenses connected with theI
road 469o 200 Mills.
To pay tn salary of the JudgeI
city court Leesburg, during current
year, 10i$ee .525 Mills.
10 To pay other lawful charge
against county, 10ee IS Mills.
IL To pay off and retire install |
ment (First) $3.50, 100000 Lee County
Bonds voted upon validated and is
sued by said county, 500 2.5 Mills.
And the county board of education
of said county. Having certified to
this board that tax of five mills is
necessary to be levied on the taxable
property of said county, as provided
by law. 1t is therefore ordered that
said amount be collected as tax for
the public schools of said county
upon taxable property as aforesaid,
Witness our hands and official sig
natures this August 2, 1922.
And it further appearing that the
County Board of Education has certi-
fled to this Board that tax of
three mills be levied upon all of the
taxable property in the Leesburg and
Smithville Districts of said county,
said levy of said amount of three
mills be over am above the amount
already levied of five mills hereinbe-
fore specified in this tax levy. It is
there ordered that said amount of
three mills be collected as tax for
public schools in said Smithville and
Leesburg School Districts and there
in provided.
In witness whereof we have here
unto set our hands and affixed our
seals this August /, 1922.
S. J. WOMAN, Chairman.
w. L. CHILDERS, Com.
Commissioners of Roads and Re-
venues said County