The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-12-16


Townships-.a Good Map Of Each Csan.
| aato<ts ~ In the state. lasp
The State must soon be laid Of into town
ships. This win 10 new and useful tarri-
torial division. 1t win in many impostant
| respects localise the administntion ofsths
!. law. Our object now is to inquire whether
the preliminary duty Of laying of the town
I ships cannot be utilized to the Important
end of securing a complete typographical
and geological map Of the Ststei Lost op-
portunities have been the continual lament
of communities and individuals We beg
the Legislature not to let this opportunity
slip through their fingers. siy7e9 isi2sgs
A bill was introduced at the last session to
place this subject Of dividing the counties
into townships under the supervision offhe
State Gcologist, with adequate provisions 10
furnish accurate county maps and ! general
map of the State, The cost Of the work,
which the State Geologist. was required to
complete in two years, was by the bill refer
red to not to exceed $4,000, Of which the
counties was to provide about half Or
about an average of $ssO to each county Of
the State. For this comparatively small
m each county would have a complete To-
biographical and geological map, showing
every principal locality in the county, ID
roads and streams, its geological formation
and character Of its productions, together
with every item ofinterest, which stranger
would like to know. We believe sucA
map ofevcry county would be worth to the
State half a million of dollars in six months
after its completion. It is the one thing
needful just now. - We have nothing like It,
and never will have unless the Legislature
adopts the main features of the bill on this
subject introduced at the last session. We
understand the bill was prepared by the
Code Commission and carefully covers the
whole ground Wchope some such bill win
be at once re-introduced and passed.
How is this work Of, laying of townships
being actually done2 At great cost to the
counties, but utterly without profit to any
body. To satisfy himself Of this, let any
member step into the Secretary Of States Of.
fee and see the kind of maps that the CouA-
ty Commissioners are sending up. We have
taken the pains to examine some Of them.
They not only fail to give any precise infor-
nation Of the counties, but they are full Of
the grossest errors. Is it possible that the
General Assembly intends to let this mas
of official documents accumulate in the State
department for the purpose, Is it will do,
Of misleading future inquirers And yet
the counties are paying, in some instances,
as high as four and five dollars for such
miserable stuff as we are putting on tle in the
Secretary of States Office.
Let the Legislature awake to its high vo-
cation Let it avail itself Of everything, st
this formation point in our history, to con-
solidate and utilize the immense resources Of
the State. 8 y ~
y Mcdowell Superior Court began At Marion
on Monday last, says the Rutherford Kiadi-
Gator. Judge Mitchelrs charge is spoken
of as being moderate, conservative and judi
cious. Few cases of interest were taken up,
except the trial of Capt. Willoughby Avsry,
of Morganton, on the charge Of shooting
English last spring. Hon. B. 8. Gather and
Messrs. C. A. Cilley and Col. Folk, for ths