Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-02

which may hereafter accrue 10 tue5 sthsS ,I
| aud all militia flies and srrearages thereof,
due to the state, on the llth OF February |, |,
| 1911 and which should thereafter accrue
to the state, and all fines and penalties I'm
posed by law and recoverable under the
laws of Virginia, subsequent: to the u 'oi
| February 1871. shall also be appropriated
to this sund--r Thus has this tund been Gre
ated, there is no instances where any por-
| tion of il has been applied to the use OF any
| corporate towns. The words OF the law
| are. that this fund shall be appropriated
/ to the sole benefit Of school or schools 10
| be kept in each and every county. W. hin
| the state; ,ubjes, to such orders and regu-
lations as the General Assembly shall here
after direct" 1t seems plain from the
words, that the corporation OF Alexandra,
were il part OF Virs mia would not derive
! any ben fiji from this fund.
/ But il il is important 10 US that thtTe
should be permanent funds tor tae improve,
meat OF roads, sni making canals ei!her
within the county OF Alexandra, or leading
! to it, and TOR estab,lshlLg schoois-"e
have il in our power TO create them by con
I tribuiing towards objects oi this SORT, ana
there is no doubt If law is wanle Tor the
purpose. ,h4l Congress will not hesitate TO
! give us any law on this subject not incon-
! siste 1 W 18th the constitution and Jaws OF the
| u. States, which we may ask 10. IT we
are DESTROYS OF having IN opportunity OF
contributing towards literary institutions,
we may do 20 without returning TO Virgin.
ia: we may ak Congress to authorize tax
es 10 be raised IN this County TO any a
mount we wish. and vest them annually 10
funds for making roacs and canas, ana es
tabishing schools; much less. sum than
the taxes we should have to pay 10 the
state of Virginia, applied annually TO
] schools in our own town would be OF more
service to US, than all we should ever ge'
| from the state Tor this purpose would be.
II we look to the situation OF our publ!L
academy in this place, it will nos bear les-
tlnony that any OF Us can be very much
concerned about funds for literary lnsiitu-
tons. Let us give portion OF the money
to this seminary, which same among us are
so willing we should pay mo the treasury
Of Virginia. as The price OF allowing part
of the fre ehodefs OF the County to vo;e
| for members of the General Assembly, and
for a member OF Congress II will be re-
collected that all Tho are freeholders in
town cannot uGder The laws OF Virginia
vote; il is a certain class OF treehOlsers on
/ Iy who can vole-they must have on their
! freehold dwelling house Of a particular
| size
There are objects in our town and coun-
ty upon which the taxes we should be O.
| biged to pay into the treasury OF virgil
| MIA might o. expended with great adyan
tsge to ourselves If we are 50 able as to
paw annually, will not say 10000 dollars,
! buf 10 900 dollars additional taxes; why
have we suffered our county to be disgrac
ed with such jail as that which IS now
used TO con6ne unfortunate persons III! why |
have we not a,ailed ourselves OF The law
which Congress passed in the year 1918,
authorizing the Levy Court to lay levy
purpose Of building Jail? This we have
not done. The United States instead of
compelling us to do what Virginia would
have done, have been al the expense OF
renting house for the purpose. This is
no, all, Congress has in addition given 10
the county towards lessenlng the county
levy; the whole Of all fines and penalties
for breach OF certain penal laws; and a
moieiy OF all other fines and penalties that
are recoverable under the common law ;
none of these fines 90 to he counties IN
| VQSnls; they are sill payable into the state
treasury. 1t is well known that notwiLh-
standing these fines, and The tax OF II dis.
on each ordinary lcence are paid over TO
the levy court to aid in the expenses oil the
! county; that me of The members OF that
court have opposed laying levy upon the
county TO build jail or even 10 pay The
current demands on the county, alIede:ns
that the people of the county caDno! afford
to pay the tax; again il the people OF the
town Can SO easily pay lax TO the state OF
Va why has rot the common council OF
The town laid a tax sufficient 10 pay the
debt due by the corporation to the Bank OF
Alexandria, instead of funding the debt in
order to raise money to pay The bank, up
On which debt the town is paying an lnte-
rest OF six per cent to the holders OF The
stock. Dies not all this tend TO she~ the
impoticy CT our seeking situation which
may add to our burthens.
have eHdeavored 10 the most inisIligi-
be Kramer in nay power, to lay before my
fellow citizens the reflections of my mind
upon the expediency OF restoring Alexan-
dria County to Virginia. II in doing ths
have used any expression that will have
the least tendency to distress the feelings
Of any of the adv ocate, OF recession, can
assure them twas not intended.
have endeayured to shew that our ju-
dicial system is better one in every re-
speCt than we can upon any reasonable
ground hope for from Virginia--;hat our
present situation is one no person
! ought to he dissatisfied with. that If