The Bolivar County Democrat., 1923-07-28

TAX LEVY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1923.

TAX LEVY FOR THE 4 iSCAb EAR i9No'
, Under and by virtue of the authority
of the laws of the State of Mississippi,
and particularly that of an act of the
! Legislature of the State entitled, An
Act to Amend Chaptes SO of the Sheet
Acts of 1892. F." being an Act entitled
| 'An Act to provide for the appointment
tof I.cvee Comm ssioners to raise
irevenue TO maintain the. levees in the
Mississippi Levee District and to author
| ize the issuance of bonds by the Board
| of Mississippi Levee Commissioners,
and for other purposes, - Approved,
March 18th, 1896, and of the several
Acts amendatory thereto, with special
reference to the amandment to Section
t1S6f said Act, approved March 18th,
| 1914, and IAN Act to Amend Chapter
| 125 of the Acts of 1908" +" entitled IAN
Act to amend Chapter 125 of the Acts
of 1908 entitled "An Act to amend
Chapter 7 of the Acts of 1886, y entitl-
ed "An Act to povide for the payment
of levee taxes by Railroads in Missis-
sippi Levee District of the State, ap-
proved March 9Th, 1908, as approved
February 28th, 1914:
1t is hereby ordered by the Board of
Mississippi Levee Commissioners that
the levee taxes for the current fiscal
year are fixed and ordered to be col
lected as follows, towit:
A uniform tax of five cents per acre
on each and every acre of land in the
counties of Bolivar, Washington, Shar-
key, Issaquena, Humphreys and Warren,
included in the Mississippi Levee Dis
trict. and not in an Incorporated City;
Town or Village in said District, and
divided in to lets Of less than one acre,
and a tax of FIVE cents on each and
e very lot Of less than one acre, in every
citv, town. or village in said District
And the emergency provided for in Sec
ton l8 of said Act of March 19th, 1896,
as amended by the Act approved March
18th, 1914 now existing, a uniform ad
valorem tax of ten mills on the assessed
valuation of all property, real and per-
sonal, lying and situated in the afore-
said counties, included in Mississippi
Levee District, as the same Shall APP
pear upon assessment rolls of said
counties respectively.
A tax of 1-3 of one cent per pound on
all lint cotton grown during the year
1928 in said District, and 1-9 of one
cent per pound on all see cotton raised
and grown during the year 1928 in said
District and not ginned therein And
there being no reduction in other taxes,
the Railroad tax for levee purposes
during the fiscal year of 1923 shall be
as provided by the Act of the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, approv
ed March 5th, 1908, and styled Gan Act
to amend Chapter of the Sheet Acts
of 1886, entitled "An Act to provide
for the payment of evee taxes by
Railroads in Mississippi Levee District
of the State" " as amended by "An Act
to amend Chapter of the Acts of 1886
as amended by Chapter 125 of the Acts
of 1908 and as amended by Act approv-
ed February 2Sth, 1914, as follows:
Upon all Railroads and parts of rail
roads lying and situated in the said
Levee District, to-wit: Upon each and
every mile of the MAIN or trunk line
of all broad or standard gauge railroads,
not including side track or switches,
the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty
1880 00) Dollars per annum; upon each
and every mile of narrow gauge rail-
road or railroads of less width than
standard gauge. not including side track
or switches, the sum of Eighty-seven
and $1,000 {$S7 5O Dollars per annum;
and upon each and every mile of broad
or standard gauge railroads, not used
and operated as main or trunk line,
but constituting and used as feeder
to or branch of main or trunk line, or
to connect such main or trunk line with
some other system, the sum of Two
Hundred Ten ($2l0.00) Dollars per
annum.
The Secretary of this Board is direct
ed to notify the Tax Collectors of the
several counties, the State Auditors and
the Railroad Companies, and to make
publication hereof as tequired by law
w. l., CROUCH,
Secretary & Treasurer,
"