The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-02-10

wish that OH Il ~ eonh fully
undsrsisnd the psivisions and
sorkiug "a the hack TAT systan of
Tsnrwssss. Fas wssssas. hacAtaxsas
Ma seArtsd b. thr lss, Legislators
and Of The iiRs IL lie S.nacirect
both ,hs Nashville BAnnsf snd the
Nashville Tsnasssesa onssmped
suvrrsly this H@w las add any
msssuss 10 sh,ch ,hss~ t~o pap.ss
pan IN eoadsDL,ns tDusi scar both
horns sud hoois.
Within the last isw days tso
lawyers. sh0 have read the back
tar Law. claims that IA ofacisls
and sh~ss spposassss Ass allowed
SIS ID lees iar each suit 6lsd In
Ctansery Court and In addition are
allosed ID psf cent Of the amount
Of taxes 10 be collected.
II this 10 true. Diekson County
shieh has reported sbcat three
hundred back tx sceouots would
pay into the back tar machine over
tl.0C1OO. from newspaper &C.
counts | notice that Msury County
bad eight hundred such accounts
and Lxwrsree County about seven
hssGssa. msA.as The taxpayers OF
each Of these Counties pay into the
political bsck tar department from
ten 10 twelvs thousand dollars tfoHs
each County. ,.'''-4
Az I ,unders and the lsw hills
are 6ied 10 Chanesry Cour b. the
bach tax attorney Of each county or
from The bead oMcs "a the Revenue
Department st Nashville and that
said chaac,Ty sui, 10 bfoagh. in the
name OF the State Of Tennessee
tsfsaGtht tsrps,r4s sasssa sser
suit be decided against the tax
payer he would pay the ensl
should the sai, BE- dec dad agsIust
the Stat. Il Tennessee The taxpayers
would still pay th. cost. but IN both
cases the back tsx s'tofnrys you'd
ret Give their tees A. / estimate II
tho back tax N aehlnsry OF the State
will receive over . bait r niitii6n
dollars 10 ices and thi. will he dis
tributcd among-tscd only 't6ows
sho,
II the figures q, my hands ARE
correct and IL | sm informed as TO
the Law. the Chief Bscs Tax Collec
Tor for Middis renases~s, tocs ed
in Nashville, will receive anywhere
from 100000, 20 10 100000 90 10
fees. each year. OF ia other words.
this ssen, Of the tai mschIDs 10
Middle Tennessee will receive from ,
twenty 10 forty times moro annually
than IL paid the Governor Of our
State. Under the privision* si the
Law there IL Chief Back Tan
Collector in Kas, Tennessee and
Wea Tennessee 40 we'll a. fiddle
Tennessee,
Nav the back tar systm %
clique are not worrying owe their
iees. bu, they are woryini over
pefpetuating themselves 10 o6ict
and IL will DO easy enough 10 them
to spend several thousand dolafs 10 !
each County Of the State y the
c omins primaries 10 assist In nom
mating and slectins men b the
Legislature and the State Ana,e
~ho ste friendly 10 the hsctsasint :
machinery. so tAst the question re
solves itself to each voter. Choose
between back tan domination nd
tree Legislature.
Being abou, three hundred Isck
lax claims in our County, which
total about 1900 90, a, Ieas ,ne.
third oi these three hundred hims
are errots, being property INT IL
assessed. or upon Aieh
some one else bss already paid
take. yet. a. ! understand the
bach tar sss!em, the Rsvnue
Agents OF Attorneys 10, the back
Ian machine viii file bills iof d Of
these elaine and those ,hk are
illegal the case will b. adthred
sgainH the Stats d T,nnesss sud !
those valid agsins, the tsxlyers =
set the Revenue Agent will eth
collect HE iees and |, sppe,s tn
me that. 'ssins Dickson Craty.
~ an example, the state OF lenn
ss.ae viii be fnrred to pa cot !
m ore tor costs on csses thA are
OF Illegal s.se.smsn than
hey receive RON taxes IN ases
,hs, should be paid
| would be Gid 10 write uthsr
lpon this matter. hut =. the pace
in the Earald ia i,,rttad vill