Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-12-18

| ike an estimate of The whole. Reiuins
from AZ counties give Us the rumhsr of
Clos INDECENT children within tl,o,e
counties, Who have been sent 10 school
in the year 1922 by The aid OF the find,
at the average expense Of 81 | 3 Tor
tuition, hooks and other things. 1t
may he fairly presumed, that talm-
Der, little If any thing short OF 10000.
will receive this benefit, when the sys-
! tenn is more maIured by time ard ihc
!. experience which il will bring along
with it.--Inds Ell il is not improbable
FIAT that nsmher has been sent to
! school the present year. II is sub
.jcet of much qualification to reflect,
that the rudiments ollrarning. at least
as. far as reading, writing and the Gle.
mentary branches of arithmetic. arc
thus dispensed tose grcata number OF
DOR community, who, or bat few OF
whom, would probab y hsvereceissd
no education at all bu, for this hencyo.
lent provision in their favour.
The balance in the treasury on The
lst Of October 1922, the commerce.
ment o; the last fiscal year, was SOL
i04 ~. Inthis sum. however. was
| included Ss3.C63 I0--the amount Of
subscriptions to the Washington ruonu-
ment The amount of receipts into
the treasury ,ircmlhc 1stOctober 1892
iothe lst of October 1923, was S5S4.-
47s 03; which with the above stated
balance makes the aggregate suin Of
S5o5, 1878 75.
4 he amount ofwarrants issued during
the same period, was s 56e,s2ls -
leaving in the treasury, on the LIST day OF
October last Sss,o57 ea--in winch
SUMS included the subscriptions 10 The
Washington monument amounting to
Si5,063 10, as above stated which,
being deducted from the above balance
of SIS, o57 o., leaves the sum of Is 1928
9a---the actual balance applicable 10 ale
revenue on the said LIST day OF October
last. e.p IS
The estimated revenue for the cur
! rent fiscal year beginning on the LIST day
Of October last and which will end on
the s0th day oil September 1924, is. first
the above balance in the treasury. or
s 19,993 92--secondly, the receipts for
the current fiscal year beginning and en-
ding on the days above stated S4s2,Sc3
ss--naking the aggregate sum of
/ 8 b0a,Sea s3. The estimated expenses
of the Commonwealth during the same
year make the sum Of S 500,7s3 Op---
which willleaye in the treasury on the
/ FIRST day of October in the year Is2Athc
-sumaof S 1850 80. This estimate isam-
dersiood to be made on the supposition
that the sum of $4,000 will be applied
to the siiahirg fund, and is bottoned on
the ordinary expenditure, taking no ex-
/ traordinary ones into .view.sf
i, In compliance " it'll a request Of The
selast legislature contained in their resolu-
tons, j transmitted, at an early period
J after.theiriadjqurnment,Fo the Governor
of kentucs y, the resolutions relating to
the subject Of the convention agreed ON
by Messrs.' Clay and Leigh, commission
ers of the two states; also copy of the
act, entitled an act making anappropri-
alton for opening road from the rich
lands Of Clinch to the Louisa fork Of
Sandy .riyer."-Aboutt the same time. l
forwardedto the Governor Of Maryland,
copy Of the act, entitled IAN act TO in
corporate the Potomac canal company
--yith arequest, that he would lay the
same before the Legislature Of Mary
land at an early period Of their next ses-
sion. Copies Of the jefferson these SUBJ
jects are herewith communicated, mar
ked No. as. A. "Ihe resolutions instuc-
ting our Senators and requesting our re-
representatives. in Congress, to'endeavour
TO obtaiu the passage Of a law authoris-
ing the further liquidation of the claims
of this state, on the Government of the
United States, and also interest on the
same" which passed near the end of the
last session Of the legislature, would
have been Immediately transmitted 10
those gentlemen, but Congress being on
the point Of adjournment. and it Being
certain that there would be some change
in the representation, it was considered
best not to make the communication, till
the meeting Of the present Congress.
i No. s contains a letterfrom the COVER
nor of Indian and certain resolutions en-
tered into by the legislature of that stetc
requesting the interference OF the legis-
lature of this state, in supplying vaesn-
cies among the commissioners formerly
appointed by this state to carry into eff
feet the law appropr:ating certain
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