Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-02

~" iNe, lu cases OF mlSdemeanOrS
are chargeable, under this law, to the Com.
Iioh@eaIth, and payable under this law
Many of the clerks huveAdernanded paw.
ment for services, such as above mentioned
| OF the Auditor. Even the witnesses for IN,
defendants have claimed their atteudanct
fees under this law. Fortunately, for tLe
Auditor, the Legislature did not make apy
appropriation by which prosecutions for
misdemeanors could be paid. The Inv
must be repealed or changed, so as ia
designate what expenses are meant. The
clear presumption is that it only intend
ed 10 embrace expenses incurred bv the
commonwealth in prosecution, and not nll
the expenses incurred by the common
wealth and the defendants; but without
some Interpretation of the Lepislature
this statue must give trouble to the Au-
ditor. If it is the intention of the Gen
eral Assembly that the commonwealth is
to be chargeabte with all the expenses of
witnesses, jailor's fees and other expeus-
.es, in drunken riots and peace warrants
the Auditor hopes tho Legislature will so
frame a law that will make it plain
what charges are to be paid and what
not to be paid by The Auditor
The attention of the General As
sembly is especially called TO the
passed.
February 10th, 1862, called the "miIitarv
fund bill" The first section provides tbn,
the Governor of tho Commonwealth shall
receive from the United States, monies
heretofore advanced by the State for mill
tary purposes, and place them to tue cred
1t OF the State Treasury. Nothing has
been received into the Treasury OF the
State from that fund. The second section
provides that in addition TO the monies so
TO DO collected aud placed to the credit of
the State, as in the first section provided
for, the additional sum of forty thousand
dollars WAS appropriated to aid in the fur
ther organization, arming, Transporting and
supporting tho military forces of the State,
IN the service of she United States, or that
might hereafter be mustered into the ser.
vice of the United States Under this pro-
vision, tho executive has paid SIl ,5O7 go
since the regular nession of the General
Assembly. In the opinion of the Auditor.
this law ought to be repealed. Surely there
can be no use for the State TO be paving
bills belonging to the National Govern
mentr when she hns here, at the seat of
Government, mn officer whose business tits
expressly to provide tor the support, arm
ing, equipping and transporting of her own
troops. While this law remains, it is only
payment for their claims of the regular ar
my officers, to hope for relief under this
provision. And with all due defercuce to
the Legislature, the Auditor would ven.
ture the opinion that $50 900 already paid
in aid of this object by the State, and not
likely to be returned again, is quite enough
for the paying counties of the State.
The Legislature will see that for lunatics
in sisNi1 and
daring tho last fiscal yeNr, Sc, $50 II The
Lunatic Asylum at Weston, Va, being now
nearly completed, ought TO be furnished MS
rapidly us possible, SO that the Iunatics of
the State might be better provided for than
many of them nov are, by being confined
in some cell in the iails of the State. a
large number of the female luuatics of the
State have been kindly provided for at the
Lunatic Asylum, at Columbus, Ohio. The
generous offer of the State of Ohio, to take
the female portion of these afflicted of our
citizens, and provide for them, is deserving
the thanks of the Legislature. Without
this provision, many of them must have
suffered sorely, if indeed, death had not
taken them away. The State can now of
ford TO make ample provision for them,
audi! is to be hoped that the General AS
sembly will not omit this important duty
to the afflicted lunatics of the State.
AS matter of interest, herewith pre-
sent table showing the several amounts
paid by each of the proposed counties of
the New State, into the Treasury of the
State. This table is taken from the report
of Auditor J. W. Bennet, for ls52-6o.-
This table shows only the tax ON land.
property, capitation aud licenses. To this
may be added, atleast, one hundred thou
sand dollars more, for taxes on banks,
railroads, express, insurance and other
companies, which would give grand total
of Htleast six hundted aud twenty thous-
and dollars, paid into the treasury of the
State by the cOuRties of the proposed new
State, in 1860.