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rstKSBMca or tbs nx mta*f-V.LWItS.i.I.mlli.i-.ilPiir-uaut to i :ill, a me tin.; •! lit*1I.IX |.ll»TA ..I Madison WAS jjlii d .il 0.1.1 Fellows’ 11.ill, on Sa! »ViijI unlay , Doc- IWlIi. -•’•I.!:»• Ige .1. W. Downs .v is nill.'.l t i r.-f.nli-, ami Emmett. L. I toss vvacbiis. li tVi'ii I il V.O . motion of Mai. 1!. S. Foote. a ••iMiiinllli-i-nl Iliii-«- « is iij•;miJi:i-il si-l.li I y I tic Chair lo prop..io wiilnWi- ^V, | riSolilUom lo In* presented In H‘i-in. cting. Wlni. ii|..iii M.ij. II. H. \\-Foote, l*i. V. I!. Oiiv.. inn! .Mr 'f- Ih-atI.. illillill.lV Mi ll- ;l|i-nilltl*ll. Allil II- 'lolllirt-il. iiinl shui 1l leported tlic f.il-Stllll. |,,W»HC ml'l-UKAMBLE AMD RESOI.l TlilN : \VW'uk.ki: vs. Il i» apparent In every “'‘T ' - niilii.is.it mind in si... Sl.it.. ..I Mi- j . »inMji|ii. lli ii tin- liuidensnl tln-t.ix I pavers, It.I'oiiglinUI I In* length aii,I 1 1,111 11 lltv.llllll Ilf I III- l-IIIIIUI.HIW fill ill, ail- '',‘ a greater tliaii they can lii-ar, ami 1 . totally out of |iio|Hrlion to the! *' ‘ twiii-tiis conferred liy tlie Govern . ment which they suppoit. ,.. Thrrejare be il IttMuleetl by the Tax 1 •*'. J'iiyen of MaJiaun County, Tliat we .m-i.il a ilel. got ion to ilie Stole Con- ^ vi-iiiion of Tax-Pay its, which meets hi Jackson on tlie 4tli day oI Jauu- .V'jJ. Aiy, anil that we enjoin U|n*n tlieni 1 'to pailicipatc, in every legitimate wav, in all ineasiiies which tend to i biing before the Legislature amij the i-onntry the enormity of the t.ixati-.n which hurileus this peop'o, r and lo iic«|iiiiiiit that foiuier lio.lv *JU|’ with the immediate necessity of thereiluitlion of the same, and I he cut- K, '. r' ting down of the number of ollicials u . in l In-Slate, who, by tln-ir enormous . 'and numerous salaries, required by I law to Ik? paid, have bauknipied, 1.'ii * disheartened and well nigh ruined i()|.llt . our |ieo|ile. ' i i. eWhich was adopted. sh-mlIt was then moved that a com-, have i niittee of three lie ap|«iinted to oMiu I select suitable delegates to the Stale I Convention. Tlie Chair appointed 1 Maj. 11. S. Foote, .Jr., l)r. Dar. San- j|l}J „ .filers, and J. K. Kearney, who re positevert f li hard stam iis bj , ported the following ! er an-I DELEGATES: |'“‘‘jJ Gen. Jos. li. Davis, I*. II. Fulmer.[ Dun. Sutherland, J. L. Averitt, Jeft'. *iilltAlswortb, T. J. Smith-Vani*, W. g veiw.itc in e.a mr «-lU. Keuiuey, T. J. Gee, S. S. Cul~ i boon, Geo. llulme, W. It. Kicks, S.A. D. Greaves, J. A. 1*. Campbell, ,,r p, T. C. Bosworth, O. It. Singleton, of hi? Tllos. A. Fhillips, James Wales, 11.J. Seinmes, I*hil. Saunders, eolored, j Jeff. JoueH, colored, Geo. Winters, jjJ’JfJ coloied, James Garrett, colored. ,m . v ALTKHNATES : ' .VOIirT. T. Singleton, Hold. Powell, Newlou II illnlay, Jaa. A. Keid,you •James McFailand, Jack Nichols, j-.l|jWin. Priestly, Geo. Handy, John you Handy, E. L. Koss, J. W. Dowus, have John Garrett, col., N'. IJ. Thompson, '''l?' Dr. W. S. G. Walker. L. II. Pearce,J. Stuileker, C. L. Gross, B. F. i„. |„ Mann, Amos Druiie, colou-d, John imtli Lee, coloied. tll ‘It was lhen moved anil ndopteil that the Chairman be authorized lo jj|„.r add any further names to the dele- |ads i gHtiou that he might think projier. I suliii I he following resolution was then I'*1 adopted : ! jjjjj ,Kenalrcil, That this Convention, | |1t „as now organized, be constituted a ,y,liermaneiit organization lobe known __as the Tux-Pay ers* League of Madi i ^, eon coimly, subject to call at an -__early day, by the Piesidcnt, for the transaction of such business as may properly come before it, aflecting PT the interests of the tax payers of the county.L'|h.-ii motion, the Canton papers were requested to publish tbu pro- i„j. jceedings.l*i-iThe Couvcntion then adjourned.' «biiJ. W. DOWNS. Chinn.rlr.— I ill* kEmmett L. Kosh, Secy. V1
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The American Citizen
Canton, Mississippi, US
Sat, Dec 26, 1874
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