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THE STAR,

PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1945.

 

 

FLORIDA’S FIRST
REVENUE ACT WAS
FOR SUM OF $52,500

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from the total income of doctors |

and lawyers, and taxes on taverns,
liquor stores, billiard ‘tables, in-,
terest-hearing notes, shares of
stock, pleasure carriages and pub-
lic shows was to supply an adai-
tional $10,000. |

During the first year of state-
hoo@ the actually collected reve
nue was nearly 50 per cent short
of those expected returns, while
expenditures were almost 35 per
cent in excess of estimates. Ap-
proximately $28,000 had been coi-
Jeciéd by the end of October, 1846,
and state warrants had been 1s
sued for over $58,000. The assen:-
bly had failed by a wide margin
to achieve its expressed desire for
pay-as-you-go government, In re-
ality the state ended her first fis-
“eal year with a floating. debt, in
the form of treasury ‘certificates,
greater than the total yearly in-
come from taxation.

‘The general assembly had also
failed’ to follow. the basic policy of
its finance commitiee with respect
to equality of tax levies. ‘In pro-
portion to their relative values,
agricultural wealth was favored
and commercial wealth penalized.
Free negroes were singled out for
a $3 head tax, although even the
attempt .to levy a 25-cent tax on
white males was defeated. Peda-
Jers, hawkers and itinerant traders
were assessed as much as $100 for
each county in which they sold
goods, :a tax, which if enforced
would have eliminated the activi-
ties of these individuals.

jThe assembly did establish an
economical government, for the to-
tal state expenditures during the
_ year did not amount to as much in
dollars ag there were individuals
in Florida.
government in 1845, however, was
porne by ‘Yseal political divisions
of the -siate and, turthermére, the
central government provided for
little more than the salaries of a
handfu: of men in the executive,
legislative and judicial branches
_ of the state. ‘

The members of Florida’s first |
.general assembly did hope to pro- |
vide an adequate revenue and their
failure to immediately establish a
-sound fiscal policy was in a large
part the result of conditions be-
yond their control.
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NOTICE OF MEETING ON

; INTRACOASTAL CANAL

‘The district engineer, U. S. En-
gineer’s Office, Mobile, Ala. wit)
hold a public hearing in the Leon
. county court house, Tallahassee,

on Thursday, July 26, at 2 p. m.,

for the purpose of allowing inter-

“ested parties ‘to outline improve-

ments in the Intracoastal Water-
way proposed extension from Car-
_yabelle to Panacea.

_A similar hearing will be held

at 8:30 a. m. the same day on pro-

posed extension of the waterway

fr om St. Marks to Tallahassee. |.
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NEW PRODUCTION RECORD |

A new alltime high production

recoré was established June 23 by

the St: Joe Paper Company./when ;
, 507 tons of jend-lease pulp were!
produced. For some time the mill;
had been endeavoring to attain a
500-ton day. Total production for
June was 11,321 tons, giving a to-
tal of 66,352 tons for the first six

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| Wewahitchka Hardware Co.

road supplies 101.41

H. Collins Garage, road

machinery ........eeeeee 11.50
A. J. Jenks, salary etc.,

LOSS) tak. Gacnca hed te Soon d oe !
J. J. Roberts, tractor man... 72.0
Counce Goodwin, road work 28. 00.
Bill Williams 17 ie. 24,00'
O. C. Williams... ” au
Ernest Porter .... ” 12.0 o|
G T. Rhames .... ” . 4.00 |
Bay Machine & Welding i

Co., repairs, et€ ......... 256.05 |
Ray-Brooks Mchy. Co., a/e 6.19]
Standard Oil Co., fuel oi} .. 98.58 |
Burford-Toothaker Co., a/c. 18.56,
D. M. Thomas, sal. less tax. 132.60 |
20% Tax Acet., withheld .. 15.50 |
St. Joe Motor Co., a/c 16.00 |

Gulf Hdw. & Supply Co., a/c 20.08

 

B. E, Parker, ,cost bill .... 150.00
Gaskin Bros. Lumber Co.,
lumber for county ...... 132.82
Cary Thomas, work on ferry
house ..... wie, Sos Semagaca sn >2L00
Cary Thomas, work on road 40.00
Roland B. Hardy ” 53.50
E.C. Rhames, work on ferry. 16.00
James Laurimore, clay andl 5
hauling ..as.teeeeee x 111.30

Cana] ‘Toll Fund _

R. J. Pitts. salary, less tax $125.80
20% Tax Acct,,. withheld .. 9.20
St. Joe Lumber. and Export
Coy, lumber i eg biaeees es 1.45
Race Track Fund
‘ General Fund, transfer ...$9000. 0.00 |

The question of appropriation

sufficient to maintain a Healin if.

Unit within +he boundaries 01
Gulf County was before the Boara
and discussed at length as-to the}
proposed appropriation for the
mext fiscal year of $3,150.00 as
compared with Jackson County

with an appropr jation of $3,500.00 | i
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with a population much greater
than Gulf, and. the Clerk of this |

George A. Dame, Pubtic Heatlh Dt
rector, Jacksonville, Florida, and |

ask that he meet with the Board

on July 18th at 10:00 a. m. for full

particulars in this matter.
Whereupon, there being no fur-

 

a supplies of this
| BA killing-power
_ spray are now good.
' Costs only Ic per
day per cow. Order:
now. ‘

PURINA

LIVESTOCK SPRAY

 

 

WitH AA KILLING POWER if

PURINA FLY SPRAY i

Kills fies, mosqui-
toes, gnats, moths,

bedbugs, ants, wa-
ter bugs, silver fish,
Pleasant. odor, ¢
stainless, made for ¥
home use.

ST. JOE HARDWARE CO.

_ Phone 30 Port St. Joe

 

 

  

RON HAUTEY CUBAN — ae

§9 PROOF — Was $4.66

“ST. JO

HAVANA CLUB Puerto Rican Rum

 

$3. 25

86 Proof — Was $4.21. NOW..........
RON CHIKOTO Puerte Rican Rum -
86 Proof — Was. $4.21, NOW.. dee $ 3.25

 

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, 1945, at 10:00 a. m. unless called

| J. R. HUNTER, Clerk

| REQUIREMENTS: NOW! |

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ther business to come before the | Postoffice figures show that the a year. Of course, the popular

| Board at this time, it did then ad-iaverage man receives 112 letters young ladies go aDove this,

journ until Wednesday, July 18th,

  
 

in special session by the Chairman.
Attest: W. R. CONNELL,
Chairman.

     

Calg ,
Home From Vacation

Willard Hatcher, who is em-}
ployed at the Quality Grocery, re-
turned Sunday from a two weeks’
vacation spent in Lake Wales.
Ll; service and don’t
get your. wind-

shield cleaned, we'll give-
you your purchase! ...

COME IN. TODAY!
SUNNY STATE
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