The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-12

timated expenses OF such wear.
4. No money sholI be drawn from The
Treasury but in pursuance of appropri,
atoms made BY law, and an accurate an
doteilod statement of the receipts and
expenditures oftho public money shall
be published annually,
5. No debt shall be contracted by tbi,
State, except TO meet casual deicils in
the revenue, to redeem previous liobl.
Ivy Of tho State, to suppress insureelion
ropel invasion or defend The Sat. in
time ofaar.
6. The credit Of the Stats shall not
be granted to, or 10 aid of, any County.
city. town, township, corporation or per.
aon, nor shall the Stale ever assume or
become responsible for the debts or LA.
biIilies ofany county, city, town, town.
ship, corporation or person, unless in
time Of war or Instruction for tho bene.
fit ofthe State.
7, The Legislature may at any time
cree g,,ee' a save OF 'nS stocks owned oy the
bnt lbs nra"eeJs a If V snoh sojo oha,I hn
applied 10 the liouiJadon Of rbS nnbIic
debt; and hereafter the State shall not
become stakeholder in any bank. II
cue S.a % become a sloaHn0la'f "a any
ofntarnol i'm ano ,G' si Pp a%aI,
be paid for at the lime of suhscribIpr, or
a tax shall be levied for tho ensuing
year. sHlll''snt to pay the subscription in
A. oooit.h,. ,.o,o.,;. :, -.
publc Jeb, Of tho Cor,raNrgnoith arv;r
ginia prior 10 the first day Of January
in the year ono thousand eight hundred
sna slx'y one shall Dc assumed by this
t";n Il .nu s"e Legislature soaIl asetf'
cable, and nroyjdo rnr ,bo IiouiI,tion
thereof, bya sinking fund sufficient to
pay the acCruing interest and redeem tho
principal within Ih'rIY'Iour years,
Under the operation of the old Con
sti'ulIon, property is aequally taxed;
but uader the aow Constitution, it is
t'xed according to assessed value
FER ior'e Of The Constitution of Virginia
one species OF property viz: all slaves
under II years oil age--being 2lS,695 in
numDer--is entirely exempt from the
burdens Of laxation, but under the Con-
stitdtion OF Vest Virginia all property
is TO be fairly, cquitably taxed By an
arbitrary Constitutional provision 100,
the $500, 49, 24,95, the present slave
valuation, was taxed only Tor S0l, 65l,
o0O-thus defrauding you of the just
tax on $2l0o67, 624,o5. Was ever more
vlllainy, kuavery and robbery cOncen'
trated in an organic law before or since.
As this Injustice has been SO lous com.
plained of md. demonstrated o,a;r,,
a, 80 ,r,,
""u' 'n''ei0se' Is 80 thoroughly UNDER
stood, We will content ourselves by thus
limiting att, and by giving every man the
oroan;c Ian, to ;nanect FIR himself and
u;I, n,..,o no,iaa .no,ha. s,.;lin'. 1ir
. "'' r''. W 'O'''' a''"'' ." .N'"s va
ference IN Tue mod"' operana' oil State
taSstion, as found in the respective
Constitutions viz: the "tax on incomes,
soIarias and licorsas" uodsr ,ha mn,
con.,i,,,.;,n Voc hnro ,,,t. IN
''''" - "",V ""v '"A y" ."
property ana a poiI TAX on "o''e per
sons over twenty one, while The OH one
says, "the General Assembly nav lew
n t,v on incoms. salaries and ,iconsos "
.,a ..na..,,.., = 49,. CO.
""N 80 'o"'e "en'e VI '"'' 0O"'''u'
uonIl PROVISION We nave '"'' statute;
/. No person shall. without license.
keep either an ordinary, house Of private