Letter from James Page to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 19, 1874

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Letter from James Page to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 19, 1874

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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Page, James Schillig, S.

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Finances Finances--Collecting of accounts Taxation Taxation--Mississippi

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Courts and Judicial Systems Courts and Judicial Systems--Criminal Juries Jails Mississippi--Treasury Department Schools Schools--Mississippi

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Mississippi--Claiborne County. Port Gibson Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson

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Port Gibson Miss. Dec. 19^th 1874

To His Excellency Adelbert AmesGovernor of MississippiJackson Miss

Excellency,

In reply to Your Circular dated Nov. 16^th requiring a Statement of the Finances of Claiborne County, its debts etc, I beg leave to submit to You the following, to wit.

Warrants & other Claims outstanding on the 1^st of December 1874, as well as can be ascertained.

In General County Warrants Jury Certificates & allowances of the Court,	$11500.⁰⁰
in Poor Warrants	2000.⁰⁰
,, Bridge Warrants, bearing 6% Interest	6750.⁰⁰
Interest on same	770.⁰⁰
,, Court House & Jail Warrants	775.⁰⁰
Teachers' and Couting & School Warrants	none
Total	$21795.00

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The Rate of Taxation for all the different County Purposes is (1 1/10) one and one tenth of one per cent, or $11.⁰⁰, on every $1000. of the assessed Value of the Property.

The Collection of the Tax for 1874 will take up all of these outstanding Warrants and Claims, & very probably leave yet a smal balance in the Treasury.

Trusting that this Statement will prove satisfactory, I remain, Excellency,

Your obt. Servant

James Page
Treasurer of Claiborne
County Miss.
pr. S. Schillig