Letter from H. A. Hopper to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 3, 1874

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Letter from H. A. Hopper to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 3, 1874

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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Hopper, H. A.

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Finances Finances--Debt Taxation Taxation--Mississippi

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Jails Mississippi--Treasury Department

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Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Kemper County. DeKalb

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De Kalb Miss. Dec 3 1874

To Gen. Adelbert Ames.
Gov. State of Mississippi
Jackson Miss.

Dear Sir:

Yours of 16^th_" Ult. has been received enquiring what were the debts, interests and rate of taxa-tion of this county, Kemper.

Total amt. issued for 1873 cty purposes as shown by the records of the county $8283.00

Amt collected by sherriff 8713.00

leaving a bal, in Treasury on account of cty purposes of $480.00 which was taken up by cty. warrants outstanding of a prior date.

Total amt. of warrants issued for 1874 cty purposes will be about $9000.00 The total tax levied for cty purposes for year 1874 is something over $12,800⁰⁰_"

Leaving a bal. on hand of $3,800⁰⁰_" which will be nearly all taken up by outstand-ing warrants. I think this years levy will plow the county out of debt on account of county purposes, but there are in the County between $15000 and $20,000 warrants issued by the old Board of school directors, for which there was

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no levy made by the Board of Supervisors for this year. This is now the only debt hanging over the County excepting a deficit of about $5,500 in the school fund for last year. A special levy has been made of 40 per cent on the State tax to raise that amt. The rate of taxa-tion in the county including state & new school tax is 32 ⁷/₈ mills, but this includes an extra tax levied this year to build a new Jail.

Hoping that this statement is full and explicit enough, I remain

Yours Very Respectfully

H. A. Hopper_{per (B)}
Treasurer
Kemper County.

Treasurer of Kemper Co.
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