The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-11-18
Pascagoula, Mississippi
October 4, l949
TO THE BOARD OF SUPER

VISORS
JACKSON COUNTY, MISSIS-
S1PPI
Fellow members of the Board
of Supervisors, /, Edward A.
Khayat, duly elected and author
lied representative, District No.
2 jackson County, Mississippi,
rise to oppose the authorization
of the collection of the two mill
State tax levy on all homes now
exempted by the laws of the State
Of Mississippi and / continue to
oppose this authorization as long
as the present homestead exemp-
ton laws exist on the Statute
books of the State of Mississippi.
| am heartily in accord with, and
will support our present collec-
ton method, but ! do oppose any
collection on the homesteads. My
reasons for my stand are as fol-
! lows:
/. 1t is not necessary to cause
a collection in addition to that
now being collected. The 1919
assessed valuation of our County
is approximately 1895, 100000 in
round numbers; of that amount
about S3,000,0 100000 will be ex-
empted under the homestead laws
of our state. Therefore deducting
the 5000, 10000 from the total
assessment, there remains SILL
395, 900, on which / am willing to
vote to authorize the collection
&c The tuto t,fIlc Cf,ta 4aUr Tha
two mills will bring about $25,-
10000 on a 1000 collection. Using
an 30% collection, which allows
plenty of margin, the two mills
would bring about $20,560.00 in
1850. As of September |, 1919,
$2l 1910 has been collected.
Bond requirements on the pres
ent $3.50, 10000 PORT IMPROVE
MENT BOND ISSUE for the year
1850 will be about SIS, $3.50 ac-
cording to figures taken from the
official City Of Pascagoula Bond
Book.
You will observe that there will
EeXist a surplus. AS set out by our
Attorney General, this two mill
levy is a bond tax and not a main
tenance tax. We will not be vio-
lating our obligation in meeting
bonds and interest, due to the
fact that there will be q suffiei-
ent collection under the present
method of. collection, whereby
homesteads are exempted.
II. That on August 8, 1949,
when the Pascagoula City Com
mission, in official meeting call
ed for the purpose of selling
bonds and in the presence of
other bond buyers, interested
citizens and an attorney duly
authorized to act for the City.
the successful bond buyers made
the following statement which
was carried in a press report in
the Pascagoula CHRONICLE
STAR, Friday, August IL, 1919
this paper being a legally author
lied paper doing business in jack
son County. | read and | quote:
Howard Ivy, representing
the J. S. Love Co, said his
firms bid on the bonds was
being submitted on the basis
of present revenues %aecruing
to the port commission exelus-
i've of the two-mill homestead
levy. I think that eliminates
your point, Mr.. Mcintosh he
added"
III. That legal authorities
whom I have contacted are in
doubt as to the expression "on
all taxable property" they hav-
ing the belief that homestead ex-
empt property is not taxable
property on that portion of a
citizens property that the State
allows to be exempted.
". That on March 81, 1919,
our Board did pledge and dedi-
cate to the payment of principal
and interest on the port bond is
sue, the entire proceeds of the
two mill State tax on each dol