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

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,lOymeut; it has prohibited the Legis-
allure from ever establishing any Court
,r Board Of Registration.
The new Constitution secures in all
actions at common law. where the sub
ject in controversy, exclusive Of interest
and costs, exceeds $50, a trial by jury
Of hrelrs men; II secures to every man
a trial by jury oft,relrc frceholdcrS, TO
ascertain tue value ofhis property, when
taken or dop,nged for puLiic use /; it Sc
cures to every man, in time Of rar, as
well as peace, his life, liberty and prop
erty, so that neither Of them can be
taken without duo process OflaW it
secures to every man charged With
crime, reasonable time to prepare for
bis dcfeuse; il secures TO married Tou,en
their separate property, against the
debts. liability and control of reckless
and improyident husbands; it secures
to every husband or parent residing in
this State, and to the il FAINT children Of
deceased parents, HOMESTEAD Of the
value Of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, exempt
from all debts except such as exist on
the 22d day ofAugust next, and except
tares assessed and purchase money de
upon it, and except, also, debts con.
tractGd for the erection ofimproyCment'
thereon, and it also secures to tue same
class Of persons. for all timo to come,
the right to hold personal properly Of
the value Of hro hundred dollars (thC
same amount now allowed By law) OK.
empt from the payment If all debts, pas
presea. or future, creeping only the
taxes assessed upon it,and the purchase
money agreed to be paid for it,
By section 9,of article II, Of the new
Constitution, the people Of this State
will be protected from all unjust dis.
criminatisns against them, between
through aud way freight, and passenger
tariffs by all railroads in the State.
The system Of free schools hai been
preserved. and its usefulness and elf
cheney increased by adding to the ire
duCibIe school fund the proceeds Of all
taxes that may be levied ou the revenues
Of any corporation low existing or here.
after created, by deyOting the proceeds
Of the capitation tax Of one dollar on
each male inhabitnnt over the age ot2l
years, exclusively to the annual support
Of free schools, by requiring all school
levics to be reported to, settled and re-
corded in tic County Court, for the in
spcct ion Of all the taxpayers, so that
every one can learn in what manner and
for what purposes the school moneys
have been disbursed; by restricting the
creation Of independent school districts,
and useless appropriations to Normal
Schools. See article 10, sections I,
10 and II.
BY comparing the LIST section Of nrti.
Gle S, Of the existing Constitution, with
LIST section Of article 10 ofthc new Con-
stitu ion, it will be perceived that no
change trha,ercr has been made in the
system Of taxation.
The new Constitution wholly omits
section s Of article S Of the existing
Constitution. By the insertion Of this
section the Constitution Of 1861 and
1862 undertook to compel the people of
this State topay the State Of Virginia
. part of her public debt, before she
pays her own creditors, or even il she
should rcpudiatc the payment Of the
whole oft
When it is remembered that on the
Let Of January. 1872, this debt amount.
ed to at least iify.onc millions of dol.
lars, and that Virginia cluims she has
the right to charge West Virginia with
the payment of one full third Of il Tor
seventeen million Of dollars,) before
she pays her creditors, or even whether
she pays or repudiutoo, the propriety Of
emitting this section and thus leaving
her to resort to her legal remedies, Il
she has auy, cannot be doubted by the
taxpayers Of West Virginia. The new
Constitution secures the integrity and
existence Of West Virginia as sepa.
rate State in the Union, By requiring
tho consent Of majority Of the quail.
fed voters Of the State, before any aidi.
tiOnal territory can be annexed to, or
admitted into it, 1t secures the indie.
pcndcnce ofthc Judiciary, by removing
the judges from the control Of the Leg.
stature, so that their Judicial opinions
in the future. upon Constitutional
question:. will no longer be the mere
reflex Of the opinions Of a partisan leg.
islativc majority. 1t prohibits the
Legislature from passing local or spec.
ial bills in all cases WhcrO q general
bill can be pissed to accomplish the
same object; thus all grants ofspecial
and advantages to favored
parties, will be forever arrested.
The Governor being obliged to np.
prove and sign every bill before it can
become a law, will, to worry great cx.
tent, be held responsible for the char.
actcr and cOnstitutionnli,y Of the laws.
The Offices Of Supervisors and their
Clerks will DO abolished. As Judi.
cinl and fiscal tribunal the Board Of
Supervisors has been found, by expert.
once, to be inefficient and expensive.
As an auditing and lovying board, it
has proved to be reckless aud cxtraya.
gent.
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