Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-11-19

nor the State be empowered to furnish from the
State the of such schools in the State as
may apply for hem bonds being given for their safe keep
transmit herewith the Report of the Directors OF the In
sane Asylum The Report contains important suggestions
recommendations which will doubt receive as they
deserve, your careful consideration. III
The last Legislature repealed the law imposing of
and cents on every hundred dollars worm
of land and five and oneourt cents on every taxable poll
for the support of the Asylum and for that purpose ap
1851 and 1885, to be paid out of the treasury No
made raise the forty thousand dollars appropriated
required they had been before through their
y Courts the % hts and and due tor n he
public treasury with other public taxes.
On the first of July last the Superintendent of the Asylum
1.-THE institution and the respectively due by them
amounting in the aggregate to the sum OF ST 1854 81 OF
end of the last fiscal year, the of $1O9 g. showing
that the counties are yet in arrear Tor patients at the 1s
any thing support patients since that time This
fact fully proves that under the existing law, the counties
such cases.
that the law provides that if the tax shall not
the President Directors of the Literary Fund shall deduct
the thereof from the share of such county, in the
common school fund next to be distributed and pay the
same to the public Treasurer
This, itself would be serious evil as it would deprive
the schools part of the very inadequate sums
now set apart for their support And besides, should
e 99 at beore e
any thing in this way for his support
in its oneTaon further legislation will be required at this
session If the Legislature be dsncined as it has been
heretofore to make the ASYLUM charge upon the State
large then it seems to me- that efficient means
should be adopted to enforce prompt payment by the cou
otherwise the support OF the institution Will seriously
embarrass the operations of the Treasury
apprehend that it will be found difficult in practice, to
have State tax in county n.y. LEVIED ana coteced prompt
evyiDg and collecting State tax would seem to be an
anomaly can see no means of efecting prompt collec
ton of such countless except through the direct in
tervention OF the officers OF the state
Should the be continued on land and polls the
no Shp1i in fine of
ing what cen upon the lands and polls OF any county
raise the amount due to the State by that county By
the law as it now is Superintendent of the Asylum
required notify the Public Treasurer Of the due
50 framed the of asceraned land and
Vents and that being reported to the Public Treasurer it
may be his duty to issue his warrant to the Sheriff of
the county, whose duty may be to collect the tax
submit these suggestions Tor your consideration OF
well the State, requiring the Sher1s to pay to the
State only the amount due and to account for any overps
The reports of the Superintendent of Common Schools
present year will be laid before you, which
refer you for information to the schools That officer
with his usual industry after the rise of the last egi
ature made digest of the laws the subject of Common
Schools, large edition of which well of the laws
full published by the Literary Board and generally dis
semnaed 5ough the state WIZ much skill and care ne
shed by order of tie Board in sufficient numbers to furnish
one copy to each school in the State The cost of this pub
LEGATION considerable but the Register will last six
eight years and will tend greatly to order in the
anr eS s M the state
ing and that shall realize from the most beneficial
results Experience has shown from time wherein
our Common School laws were detective The legislation of
the last session, am informed had saluary effect
sary But prefer to make particular recommendations
the subject the Superintendent from his knowledge
of the practical working of the system better qualified
than to suggest such amendments necessary
The amount distributed by the Literary Board for the last
two years for Common Schools was the same as that for
several preceding years that to about the of
SlS0S50 per
transmit herewith certified copy of law passed by
the Legislature OF the State of Virginia proposing joint
commission to and mark the dividing line between that
State and the State of North Carolina from the point where
the dividing line between Pttsyana and Henry countless
in the State Of Virginia. ntersects with the North Carolina
= line to the Western limit of this State.
will be seen by reference to the map of this State that
the proposed starting point is in the northern boundary of
the county OF Rockingham and that the line extended west
along the northern boundary of the counties of Stokes
am not informed whether the whole boundary between
the States east OF the proposed starting point known
and undsputed.
hardly necessary for say that is highly mpor-
an that the boundary between the two States should be
involving the rights and duties of citizenship well title
to property will frequently arise and it will moreover be
exceedingly difficult to bring offenders against the criminal
laws to Justice because every Indictment necessary
to that the offence committed in county
victon be made The very imperfect manner in which
the dividing lines between the older States of the Union
originally run and marked, has been the of
= little trouble and contention
Our Bill of Rights the boundaries of the State
and after describing the southern boundary, proceeds
follows
Therefore all the territories seas, waters harbors
scrbed and the southern line of the State of Virginia.
which begins the seashore in hrtysx degrees thirty
minutes north latitude, and from thence west agreea
bic to the said charter of King Charles the right and
property of the people of this State to be held by them
Sovereignty any partial line without the consent of the
Legislature of this State at anytime thereafter directed
laid out, in anywise Notwithstanding.
After receiving the proposal from the authorities of Vir
gina was induced to examine early archives W it'll
view of what Evidence they might furnish from
which the line between this State and Virginia. originally
- run, might be ascertained.
1t appears after many difficulties dsagreements
he of nj
made, subsequently sanctioned by the King council,
part OF Virginia and Christopher Gale and others the
part of North CharOna appointed commissioners for
RI that purpose The line commenced in the month of
March, l2S on the north side OF CUuCk Inlet which, by
observation ascertaned be in about hirtysx de-
grees thirtyone north latitude. thence the
line extended west making allowance the varia-
ton of the compass to the ChOwan River which inter-
sected about half mile north Of the mouth of the Nottoway.
The line then turned down the Chowan the mouth of
the NoOway, according to the agreement and from the
middle OF the mo til OF the Nottoway again extended
west to the west side of the Meherrn River about
miles from the point where first ntersected the line
crossing the river three times in that distance Here the
commissioners agreed to suspend further operations until
ensuing fall having first made out and signed duplicate
o maps and descriptive reports of the line.
full report this part of the line to be found in the
journal of the proceedings of the Governor and Council
der the Proprietary government office
tary of State. have been able find any
report of the eXtentiOn of the line farther west among
archives which, however at that early day, quite in
complete 1t is highly probable the Proprietary govern
ceased after that the subsequent reports of the
commissioners transmitted to the royal government
and only be found among the of the colonial Of
j. fee in England.
William Byrd one of the Virginia Commissioners left
very and interesting of the the line
published until the year ls4l under the title
y Manuscripts and from which it appears that the
commissioners resumed their work in the month of Septem
ber lS and extended the lines conformity point the
Hco river in the county of Person, believe when the
North Carolina Commissioners and of the Virginia Com
msOners declined to farther the ground that they