Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-02-16
SHENA NDOAH HERALD AND VALLEY ADVERT

names to . difere,a petition. rfciting ots-
'e- olJscssrhan were recited and asked for
in the original petition signed by certain
citizens of Shenandoah, is no more their
petition than the story Of Jack the Gian'
Killer is the history OF the Crucifx ion
and we are unwilling to reflect upon the
intelligence Of single member Of the
Legislature in supposing he would for
one moment be deceived into fuch an
opinion by such fragrant ac.sof impropri-
ETY. to say the least.
THE RIGHT OF PETITION"
is asked. and great bug bear it becomes
when accorded. A sra Il minority Of the
qualified voters pretend to claim the at
tentien Of the Legislature BY virtue of
the fright of petition" in the question Of
removing the county seat Of Shenandoah .
1t has become the great battle cry
with them-wh en-. Lola great majority
of the qualified voters move steadily up,
with the same cry for the glorious
right of petition" BY all means ac-
cord it. In the name of the great, De-
tenders of Faith VIC demand it. Oven
SIXTEEN HUNDRED names Of petitioners
sw ing the TANKS of their line around the
little troop Of EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVEN
rY TWO names, who have been playing
the part of gurillas or franctiears with the
sacred relic of Democracy. Over sixteen
hundred citizens of Shenandoah ask
that the Legislature will not grant the
! prayer of eight hundred and seventy
i two, for o measure which must only re-
suit iu a Legislative license to engender
i'll feeling and personal abuse from few
indictments and specializing property
j owners.
| THE QUESTION OF TAXATION
has been falsely represented to tho peo-
pie of this county. They promised the
people that they would incur no expense
or TAG in the removal'of the county seat.
But those promises were not made in
good faith; bat, on the contrary, asked
the Legislature to empower them to sci!
the present county baildings and appro-
pirate the proceeds from such sale and
positively declined to have tn, Snpervis'
ors appropriation of $4,000 resciDded
which would entail tax three or four
times as great as the Supervisors appro-
priat;on for building courtroom in
Woodstock, to say nothing Of the ex-
pense of building at Edinburg.
Then depreciate the property in Wood
stock by removing the county seat, and
the citizens of the county will be taxed
for the additional amount of fifty or sew
enty Eve thousand dollars Of deprecated
property in Woods took. AS the property
in Woodstock is relieved, on account OF
depreciation in value oc property, the
citizens of the county will be assessed
with an add itional tax to meet the aggre-
gate amount required of the county.
And this, too, on account of a removal OF
the county seat. Then, is it true that
you will not be taxed? Oh, shallow
deception!
The following will show how foolish
the statements have been in regard to the
tax for the improvement and repair to
the present court house:
If your tax was
$40 STATE TAX AND So, 80 COUNTY TAX FOR 1870,
You will only pay.
$40 STATE TAX AND So, so COUNTY TAX FOR 1871
which includes the tax for the $2500
appropriation. So you are paying less
tax by one dollar, including the Is cents
which is all you are to pay for the court
house, than you paid in the year 1870.
Is there any cause Of complaint, when
your taxes are thus reduced.
EDINBURe
is already responsible for at least one tenth
of the tax ofthe county. if their estimate
of their water facilities is true. Suppose
they would invest their courthouse fund
in Manufactures, and thus increase the
value of the If taxable property, then tie
citizens of the county would be relieved
from large share of their tax burden -
Not to improve these fine facilities is re-
prehepsible, and the tax payers of the
county have right to demand their de-
velopement, or should petition far a
Dutch gap Canal to Taylortown or some
other enterpr Using place. and thus secure
the benefit of natural advantages.
But, seriously, if water facilities could
enhance the value of property in Edin-
burg to the additional value of seventy
FIVE thousand dollars. and property at
Woodstock be suffered to remain at its
present valuation, the other sections Of the
county would be relieved of great por-
ton of their present tax.
We want these questions to come before
the people, and they will then have their
eyes opened to the decep.ions practised
upon them, and find out to what extent
they will be unnecessarily taxed in re-
moving their county seat.