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braces those which arise from the largo ex-
tent Of the county, and from the great amount
OF legal and equitable Litisstion which hes
been moro than the Superior and Inferior
Courts OF the equally cen possibly dispose
Of IN q reasonable time. Prom the great OK
tent Of the county, those persons who reside
upon the borders Of the county, as we'll Ma
gistrstes, Suitors, Witnesses, and others Who
may have necessary occasion to attend Court
for the Probate Of wills, Deeds, end Cor OBJ
tanning Letters OF Adm .nistration, from dis
TANGO OF twenty, or In some cases Of nearly
thirty miles from the Seat Of Justice, the In
convenicnces Of travelling so far, and the ex-
Pcnses necessarily attendant thereon, are
great and burthensome. II may happen, too,
that those Magistrates, Suitors, and W Witnesses $,
the last OF whom receive m allow apcc made
qaatc 10 their actual expenses, are not only
harrasscd by several days attendance nj QUO
court, but are frequently forced to attend Sc
verai successive Courts. These inconve-
niences ara greatly felt by many of those
who reside on our Eastern Boundary, Mt the
distance Of eighteen TO tw enty-odd miles from,
winchester, where our Courts are held; and
the prosecution or defence OF Appeals in
small debts, in which Witnesses are frequent
ly called upon TO attend, so that they cannot
be prosecuted or defended with effect; and
thereby great injustice Is often done. Ia ad-
dition To all the above litigation, there is
usually at each court, largo mass of Com
monweaiih's business, which frequently oc-
cuPics several days OF each Court, and " hich
has the priority In being heard; so that for
this cause, the disputed eases on the docket
OF civil actions, arc much retarded. This
view OF the necessary and unavoidable diff
cuiiies attendant upon county Of more than
seven hundred square miles in extent, and Of
so large population as the present county Of
Frederick possesses, would alone, CT itself
furnish sufficient cause for its Division
Other Inconvenience might also be brought
into this enumeration, arising from the large
Lists OF Insolvents or Delinquents, who, being
over so extended n territory, fire.
qucntiy elude the SherifIs and Public OFF,
GERS, SO that the Taxes duo from them cam
not be collected, and the deficiency or loss
falls again upon tho honest citizen, who has
already paid his tax but il is believed that
enough has been already said to .hew that
ours Is case which calls loudly for the sym.
Pathy and incorporation Of tho Legislature,
and that they will grant our request. With
respect To the extent OF the entire County Of
Frederick, we again refer 90 the Maps before
mentioned; and also with respect to the Dock
cts Of causes in the Superior Court Of Law
and Equity, and also in the Inferior Court for
the county OF Frederick, we beg leave TO
refer your honorable body to q Report sign
ed by Col. Josiah WIN. Ware, Francis b.
whiting, Esq, q Magistrate Of said county,
and Col. James Bell, and verified by the said
Ware, upon oath, he having been formerly,
for several years, Deputy Clerk in the Office
of the County Court Of Frederick, and select
ed, together with the gentlemen above named,
ut one Of our meetings, rs q committee TO
make the investigation, Clerks OF those
Courts, respectively, being much engaged In
their ofhcialdutic for their respective Courts.
This Report Is marked No. 2, aud 10 append
cd 10 this Petition; aud as il is important TO
MS, IN al its parts, we invite the particular at
tcntion Of the Legislature 10 il, and the de-
yelop@ents which il makes.
According to the order which we have
married out for ourselves in making this com-
munication TO your honorable body, we now
proceed TO shew bsicfy the number Of our
White ana Black Tthablcs for the present
year IN our proposed County, from which
calculation may be formed as to the whole
population within our limits, and thereby,
comparing our numbers To those Of many
other counties in the state, which may be
seen BY the late census, 90 demonstrate our
capacity for sustaining the expenses which
viii be necessarily attendant upon ihe lorna
ton OF q new County, even IL We were 90
have no aid from q rateable reimbursement
from The costly property which Row belongs
TO the entire County, and towards which we
have largely contributed. Prom a statement
with which We have been lately furnished
BY MILFORD G.. Settle, commissioner Of the
revenue for the Eastern part Of Frederick,
he says; upon an examination of my books
% for the present year, ! find In the district
9 proposed for the New County, 74S white
a. n. q r
" slaves over Is years OF age, and Z free
" male negroes over I6 years OF sge, making
2sO9 heads subject TO county aud parish
81 Deyies." This statement will be found 10 a
letter from said commissioner of the revenue
TO Col Josiah Vim. " are al: csaid, and da.
ted October 2Sth, 1888, aud Is farther vcri-
he'd by his Official eortiGcate-to which letter
and certificate (marked No. y we beg leave
10 refer.
Our next inquiry will be az 10 the whole
number 81 Tiihablss within tie entire COun-
y, including the town Of Winchester, where
Inc TithabIcs, o. We are Informed and be-
Iiese, pay no part Of the County LeSies. ell
though il seems that they coRtributs u the
Parish Levy. From q view which We have,
rom statement made By Francis McCor-
mick, Esq who acted as deputy sheriff IN the
year 1880, IL appears that the whole number
Df Tithsbles Ia the entire County Of Freder-
Ick, including those ia the town of Winches-
Ter, amounted 10 1924, the town of Winohes-
lee ~ that time having had 94J. oaly charge.
able for the Parish Tax. We have also
statement, iaken very recently from the
hooks Of tho two commissioners. Settle and
5ydnor, now IN the clerks Office pf the eoun-
y Of Frederick, b. Col. Ware aforesaid, M
siuding the number Of Tithables IN the whole
cousty and Town of Winchesier, amounting
10 12ll, aud Of this number that upwards Of
four thousand belong 10 the Eastern District
u Fredefiek, which We bciievc includes that
portion Of the County which We propose for
bur New County, and also that poriiun 81 J.
which . proposed 10 De added 10 = portion q
Shenandoah county Cor another New Cousiyi
70 that u siil appear, from q view 81 those
statements, % vhich we refer under the No.
marked on the letter % Fraacis Mccormick,
lnd the report a Col. Wars aforesaid, that
he Eastern District Of Frederick contributes
more % The matntenance % The
Poor-iIouse Establishment than tiss Western