The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-01-27

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;.,,, Tint there Is necessity or ulo s .,,'o"%
o ," in expenditures, mid That VIC S'lou'u
mt rend1r yicidto the lnany i1nPo't.n', ,,,'
n' U' r.;rc rom tho various liabilities 10 '''t
Treasury of the State. a. ~"
MILITARY cLtIM AdAlssT5 TilE.Hai1h'
STATES. =,
The Commissioners appointca n"dcr t''s
,,, or Congress Of June 81, 1866, to aa!uS'
,hn c,,;,n Of this State against the United
States for moneys expended in paying ana
sMnulv;u. military forces organized and en-
ployed for the suppression OF the reoei'.oh
made their report TO the Secretary oil the
treasury year since, and directly after the
,Jiourpmcnt of tho las, annual session OF the
Legislature, went to Washington Tor INC
purposc Of obtaining the money reported BY
th,. commission Ms due the State. On making
uuplication to the Secretary of the Treasury
for the sum thus appearing due, he declined
pnyinc on The ground TINT hn Ind received
communication from tho Secretary OF tho In
terror informing him that the latter DEPART
mcut held II large amount Of Virginia State
bonus in ,rust for certain Indian tribes, on
which only small part Of the Interest bad
been paid since January ]. 1851, and request
ins that the payment of the sum found dine
the State Of West Virginia, be withheld I'M
Ill, through her authorities, she should make
i settlement with the Department Of her just
prnpurtinn Of the liabilities incurred by the
issue of Sail bonds. At my request
the Secretary Of the Treasury furnished me u
copy Of this communication and J. at once.
prepared and presented to him statement IN
writing. containing my views on the subject,
in which ohjrcteI TO the Withholding OF the
money Of the Stale, for the purpose indicated,
and on the grounds therein sci forth, con.
trovcrlcd the right to do so. At the ~.
quest OF the Secretary Of the Treasury, the
1T Audilnr AMI 2nd Comptroller each pre-.
pur'! written opinion on The Snhjcrt--'l"
former sustaining the position taken ny me
the latter cnnlrnding that the United
STATES sIInnId withhold such n proportion
Of the amount due ny the real property of
West Virginia suSiainS to the property OF
both States" submit copies Of these Scvc.
raj papers for your consideration.
cxauin"'l, in person, the bonds referred
tn, and made complete list and description
Of them, which | here present. It will be
seen that the aggregate principal OF these
bombs is &19i, $40, and the unpaid interest
accrued, Il, the date Of the examination (March,
1868 was $:"'@l.li5G upon which, rs WAS
olIisiaIly Informed, but about $4,000 had
been Paid since January |, 1861. There are
portion Of these bonds for which there
might he slight prctcXt to hold the State
responsible, on the ground that the corpora.
ton whh! issued them is within the State ::
These ARE the bonus of thu city Of Wheeling.
guaranteed by the State Of Virginia. amount.
inS to SlGS.Hro Of prinripaI. and on which no
interest had hcr'I pa:'l since January. 1861,
until recently, rs ! nm informed, the city
authorities have pail about onc.lai( Of The
same; vet deny that there is nnvthn" in
this matter that should render the State liza.
hlc for these bonds
The Second Comptroller having expressed
the opinion. however, that the State was en-.
ii'lrd ut all events Ia considerable portion
Of the sun reported in its favor hy the Com.
miS-i"n"r$, "a, Secretary Of the Treasury, at
my request ahou; ,hc Isl oC July last. Gor.
varied to ME drail for $;l1j.O'M t" he cred.
tied thereon, which,, rs may he Srcn from the
Auditors report | At once psi'l into the
treasury % the State. Eat, Notwithstanding
thus SrIrr""lrd il ""t'in: part Of what is
due the State. it may he seen from the Sta'c.
men, below that there is still = considerable
sum withheld Sn account Of In" failure Of
those iahl" ll"rr!'r to pay th" interest referred
20. And. although wr coulrovcr, the right
to withhold the riinrrv Of the State inr tn"
purr"S" indicated, nevertheless it is done, and,
# PERSISTED H. AMI the interest in ariear, aS
above mentioned. i not paih it may hrculnc
necessary To ask Congress to take action in
th" matter.
Tn" following. is = |'a'"m'H. o. the accom-,
in regard To- this claim ni til" State against
the l'uitrd States:
Amount allowed ~ account ::
officers Il; Treasury 1"i''I. hr-
ing Sal less iii'n III" .ruu
Tl ly