Letter from S. Newson Jr. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; November 19, 1874

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Letter from S. Newson Jr. to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; November 19, 1874

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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Newsome, S.

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Finances Finances--Debt Taxation Taxation--Mississippi

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Schools Schools--Mississippi

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Education Professionals Teachers Treasurers

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Mississippi--DeSoto County. Hernando Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson

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Hernando Miss.County Treasurer's Office.Nov 19 1874.

To His Excellency.Adelbert Ames.JacksonMiss.

Sir:

In accordance with your re-quest by circular letter of 16^th Inst. I would state that the Aggregate debt of DeSoto County consists of outstand-ing warrant alone, (not Interest bearing bonds) to the amt of $12826.⁹⁴ Of this amt the debt

		upon County Fund proper is,	$7515.70
		Pauper ,, ,, ,,	" 888.84
		School ,, ,, ,,	770.15
		Teachers' ,, ,, ,,	3652.25
			$12826.94

		The State Tax as you know is.	10. m.
		The aggregate County is,	.92 ,,
County,	40% State	That is: Teachers' Fund Tax	4 m.
Pauper	6% ,,	General County purposes	5.2 ,,
Supt.	4% ,,	Total Tax is, then,	$1.⁹² on C.
Contingent	2% ,,	or	$19.²⁰ ,, M.
	.52
State	10.00
Teachers'	.40

Respectfully

S. Newsom. Tr.Per H.

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Treasurer of
DeSoto Co.
Report