The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-22


County Court, which, as has been al
ready shown, is q much cheaper Us
we'll as more efficient inferior tribunal
than tue Board of Supervisors.
ln addition to tue foregoing, il tue
action Of the Convention ia repeating
section s Of Article S Of the existing
Constitution in regard to tue public
debt of Virginia, be accepted as
tiMality upon that subject, as in all
probability it will and must be, then
there will bo further saving of the
whole Of that alleged liability which
the most sanguiue friend Of West Viz.
ginia never placed lower than one
million, and which Virginia claims is
seventeen millions Of dollars, The
annual interest on the smaller sum is
sixty thousand dollars, and on the
larger sum one million and twenty
thousand dollars, all Of which will be
saved 10 the taxpayers. When the
action Of tue Convention upon this
subject shall have been ratified, BY the
adoption Of the new Constitution, that
will indeed be a bold aud rccklcH
Legislature that will dare to increase
the burden of taxes now borne by the
Taxpayers Of West Virginia by sad.
ding upou their backs even one mil.
lion Of the public debt Of Virginia,
for which they have received no
equivalent in tho past, aud can re.
ceive none in tho future.
During tbs period from 1866 10
to 1870, tho Legislature appropriate :
and paid out of the public treasury tho
enormous sum Of 1858, 200 for the ex-
penscs incurred 10 the registration Of
voters. This sum, SO expended and
used only to di.fraaehiJc Democrats,
would be sufficient to pay the salary
OF tue Governor under the new Cons,i-
tuition for moro than niaetcen and
tr0.ttird' years. The new COnstitu.
lion, by preventing the creation of
Boards Of Registration. will render
such expenditures in the future i'm.
possible.
As elections hereafter will occur
only once in two years, instead Of
every year, there will be further
saving equal TO One.hulf tho cost of an
election, which we estimate at the sum
ofSl0,0O0, although Governor Ste.
vcusOn, in his message of 1871, csti.
mated it at the sum Of $4,000, he.
ing au annual saving from this source
Of $4,000, 1t is not pretended that
the foregoing items Of public expcnd.
iture which will be saved to the tax.
payers, arc perfectly accurate, or that
10 other saving will accrue undor the
new Constitution but it is intended
to assert and prove that in every one
Of the particulars hCrcinbefore eaume.
rated, the annual saving will be fully
as much as is here stated. No other
sources Of expenditure exist in the
new, that arc not found in the eriH.
ing Constitution.
So that the annual saving will stand
thus:
Cost Of continuing 1850 causes
one year, s55,s9O 90
Difference between the cost
Of county courts and BIDS
ofsupervisors, one year. 1880 90
~ and mileage 1900 90
fee,, ST. 40
each year, 7,O16 II
Postage to members Of the
Legislature, $50 90
Amount saved by biennial
instead of annual cleo.
tons, which is onC.half
Of $4,000, 5000 90
Stationery newspapers, &C., $50 90
In diminished amount Of
printing, 1000 90
Annual interest upon ono
million dollars Orilic pub
lie debt of Virginia, 10000 90
Total annual saring, sl47 .9Gs 90
BY the provisions Of the 18Th Ar.
ticlo Of the new Constitution, the land
titles Of this State will be forever set.
tied 10 tdror Of the actual occupant who
has been in possession and paid the
taxes, and against tue land spccula.
tor, who has never been Ia actual po-
session, and who has never paid the
taxes due on bis land.
In this imperfect review Of the
principal features Of the new COnsti.
tuition, it is clear to every unpreju-
diced mind that it secures to all the
citizens of the State equal rights and
privileges that it proscribes no man
or class OF men that it retaliatcs no
wrong upon any party; that the sep.
arate existence Of Yves. Virginia is
ecured; thst the Independence of the
Judiciary. is beyond partizan control
that the system Of free schools is sa.
crcdly preserved; the irreduciblo
school fund increased the just and
proper accountability for school mon.
eYs secured and enforced ; a cheap
and efficient county cou,t established
an intricate and expensive township
and county organization abolished;
the expenses of the government di.
mini'hed in every department; the