The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-25

ne nsr Board q sHPEvisoEs VI

1El1LA ~ G1lIz = -
nss4 II ibs c0ar1 Hoase to-day and
VII hHEs undsr conszzzzatzonth tia high
" important s1t5ss q tz1sA. Hs =
= subject in which ever Gn1s1 q the
county has an inte-4, rater u les
IN 6sgrse Is i bears n9rs q les hezTE-t
II upon that nos1 sensitive 1srTe- 5ei
pocket Taxes, however Jusl Lhey may
be, z-s liability which % ronnunitE
OF men ineurx from choics, and the NJ
czsity Ekich compelz heavy taxation.
OF 4 pTOt-oasd period Of tzxz1soa. Is
5EsfIy regarded As Al incubus upon the
prosperity Of = eonnunity, 70 the re-
rnovzI Of which Al t5e ezrliesz possible
dste tbe bas1 energies Of those eo11ro1-
ing The pEbIEe finances shoald h d.
re=tsi-
InTisE OF The fact that tHsDeE Bard
viii have this subject under eoaz5de=z-
tion to-day We have With tbs assistance
Of = ms1d, compiled son= Egurs
which may Intsress 1bs Taxpayers Of
the eo1oty and prove ussfuI 70 I5s
BoArd Il Is hardly Necessary 20 re-
oouut The Circumstances winch in tas
year 1875 rendered Il necessary 70 ieFE
= eouparafivsly heavy tax upon the
properly Of the county Il Is sufficient
70 say fb=t in o-t5zr 20 pay On an old
debt contracted in the year 1s39. on
which the county bad bsen paying IN
tsrs4 for fweafy-siI years which in
.eress in that tina had more than dou-
b4sd the principally 70 par the ooe-half
OF the money borrowed for boansy
parposes and H. interest upon The
whole Of the funds borr0Ee1 for
esonnty purposss for eighteen months
for the Improvement Of The
conrz house and jail. and the c1-eat
e1psass Of tbe Comfy for ne years
1874 and 1865, AZ ASSESSMENT Of two
dollars and sky CENTS or The hundrsd
dollars valuation Of real and personal
property Eas made
TIE debts Of tbe eoanty 70 be paid
this yzz- are a solloEs= For back il
fsresI on Hsuphsld railroad boRds,
which the county bsret01ors refused TO
paT. but which It : compelled % pay
this year nDder tie final jadgnsn; Of
tie Cou.1 Of Appeals, thiEEy-tTo ibc1-
s.ad Two hundred and fhir4y-nine dol
lars and seventeen csBts7 for PooT levy,
els-ea tbousaad eight hundred and
eiKbf--oaz dollars and eighty-four
c,zats. for sinking fund FOR redemption
q HeEnphe5d railroad BINDS, eighteen 4
thousznd I'VE hundred dollars tbs
whole amount Of Bznk dsbt and inter 4
est. serenty-uine fboussnd eight hun I
drsd and hffy dollars for eorsnt sI- 4
p.enssz Of coming year, SIX Thousand /
dollars; for supposed Delinquent list .
and s5srids commissions, siL thou- .
sand dollars,-making the total IN
debt@dnssso Of tie comfy 10 be cancelled .
fhis year, oae huodrsd and Efly-four
thousand fo1r hundred and sevsnty-One
dollars and oDs cent
TIE resources Of The oouBty from
rhieh 10 dra~ fbe fa1as 70 Bquidate
his dstt are As follows yaiuzt5on Of
real and personal propery IN the coun-
Try dissr5ez, tEo millions four hundred
and ssTenty-foHr thousand six hun
drsi and uInely-iEO dollars IN
the sisy district Eve millions nina
hundred and seTenfy-six tbonssnd,
two hundred and eighteen dollars, or q
total for city and county OF eight mil
Ho1, four hundred and ffly thousand,
nine hasdresd and ten dollars
In order 70 lisuldats every dollar Of
debt owing by The county, both p-iDc5-
pal and Interest. and 70 provide for
the eurrens expenses Of the year, with
tbe single sxeeptIoas OF the Hempfeld
Railroad Roads mi Eei redsemed and
she sinking fund Bonds issued for such
As have bseu redeemed, Il vii require
an asssssDe1t Of oaly ons dollar and /
esgh3J-ibrss cents upon the one hum
drsd dollars Fal1si5o1 fox the year 1875
a against two dollars and sixty cents
On The one hundred dollars vAIaHtien 1
for the year 1873. This Il VIII b seen
fs . rsd1etion IN favor d the tax pay
ing community Of sgventy-ssven cents /
or zeaIiy one bird les tax thzn they
were required 70 pay last Tear. Il has !
bsen rumorsd that tia Board Of Super
Tisozs propose asking Of lie Banks an
exssssson Of the tine Tor The payment
o. tteir loans 70 ave yeaTE. the original
ElGns hezng two E@z- While tbere can
Be 10 lloabs Eazt npon such basis Of
RAJ ard persoaai properly As he
county Of Oh5o Is able u Ger ~ ssear5-
" for HE payment Of Der debts, the
extension would Be granted, II asked,
ne as portion Of the ta1-payes Of
this county should much regret 70 see
such = policy adopted By rhs Board OF
Supervisor
All sound fnarderEaDd practical bust
ness nsea regard il Of the first fmPoT-
tanes 70 stop tie payment Of interest,
and leok upon Il as tbs height Of folly
f0Fanan % pay interest upon debss
which he has ne means 70 1iq1date
sithont the slightest arrangement or
his current business. The tax-payers
OF Ohio eoaa4y ehserf1Ily paid tso dol
lars and sixty cents IN the year ISIS
and they VIII IS sbeerfalIy pay one
dollar aud eighty-tlitee cents in tie
year 1870, when they Esfleet tflat Il wiz
I'D Them a once OF an inenb1s q debt
and leave their property affair the prs
enfyear subject 70 3 merely nominal
taxation We snggest TO the Board Of
Supervisors, and 10 the tax payers Of
the county, comparison betvesn the
policy which dragged the debt contract
ed IN he year 1859 through tWenty-sfx
lang years. causing the people without
\ dollars worth OF advantage to them
selves OF the country 70 pay In principal
and interest, three dimes the debt orfgi-
nally contracted, AID the short, sharp,
decisive, business IKE policy Of the