Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-12-17
NeaU Advertisements.
Alta MEETING OF THE BOARD

IA OF SUPERVISORS of Augusta county,
held at the Courthouse thereof. on Friday, the
18th day of December, A. D. 1872
John Paris, William T: Rush, Will
PRESENT, ( liam Crawford. VIM. B. Cochran.
Henry B. Seig and John D. Brooks,
Gentlemen Supervisors.
WHEREAS, by an Act of the General A ssSm-
bly, Of Virginia, in force February 1st, 1872 en-
titled "An Act for the re-assessment of lands in
the Commonwealth" 1T was provided that
Upon the petition of {. majority of the land
ION the petition of the majority Of the Board
''of Supervisors of any county. or upon the petit
''tion of a majority of the land-holders in any
Township of any county, it shall be the duty
''of the Court OF the county or corporation, at
''the March Term 1872 to appoint and associate
''two freeholders with the assessor, who shall
ICON stitute Board Of re-assessment. for the
county, corporation or township, who shall
proceed to the value of lands, lots, &C,
which Act, Immediately after its passage, was,
at the instance of this Board, published In the
Stanton Spectator and the attention of all con-
cerned specially directed to it; and petition
from any quarter being presented to the court,
or any desire expressed by the land-holders to
anv member of this Board, that q re-assessm ent
was desired and this Board at this time, believ-
| ing that the act referred to did not provide
adequate remedy, but that a general equaliza-
ton of the intrinsic values of all the lands in the
Commonwealth is the only constitutional and
| Just basis of taxation: And believing further,
that owing to the peculiar condition of affairs in
Virginia, her people largely in debt with large
| tracts of unproductive land on hand, and desi.
| ring to sell, that very low assessment would,
| to large extent prevent holders of real estate
from selling whereas, If the assessed values were
| such as the owners would accept those desiring
| to invest would be much more likely to buy -
that low assessment necessltates high per cent
| of taxation, while a high assessment lowers the
| per cent of taxation; that as the amount to be
realized by taxation to meet the expenses of gov
| eminent must be the same, whether the rate of
l aS q aS a
| of course, that provided the lands of the State
are uniformly assessed at very low figure, the
| Taxpayer gains nothing, button the contrary, an
obstacle is thrown in the way of his selling his
| land at it's intrinsic value-that the evil, there
| fore, consists in the want of uniformity. And,
| further, that enormous sacrifices must be the
| suit of low assessment because courts are author
lied by law to confirm sales of real estate, when
ever three-fourths of the assessed value is offer
ed-a high assessment avoids, to a large extent
this phase of the case, which has to be met at
distant day by the debtor class.
And whereas many of the counties of the State
have had their lands re-assessed according to the
provisions of the Act referred to, and such re-
| assessment is said to be greatly under the first
| assessment thus making the burden of taxation
not only unequal and unjust, but unconstitution-
| al also
| Therefore, Resolved, That this Board do re-
! commend that the landholders of Augusta coun-
| ty do petition the General Assembly of Virginia
| tor the Immediate enactment of such general
/
sing from the disprOportionate assessment of the
| lands in the various sections of the Common
| wealth.
| Resolved End, That the creation by the Legis-
| lature, of State Board or Boards for the diff
ferent sections of the State, whose duty it shall
be to visit every county, examine the assessors
| books make careful inquiry into the subject and
compare the average assessments OF the various
counties and sections OF the State, and thus as
certain the inequalities now existing and equal
| ize the real values of lands among the several
counties OF the Commonwealth would, in the
| opinion of this Board, be the most feasible mode
| of efecting the desired object
Copy-teste.
WILLIAM A. BURNETT,
Clerk Board OF Supervisors OF Augusta county.
del7-3t Town papers copy St
Alta MEETING OF THE BOARD
| IA OF SUPERVISORS of Augusta county,
neld at the Courthouse on Friday, December
| ( John Paris William T. Rush, Will
PRESENT liam Crawford, VIM. B. Cochran
| Henry B. Seig and John D. Brooks,
| Gentlemen Supervisors.
| WHEREAS, q series of resolutions, adopted by
| the Common Council Of the City Of Stsunton, in
regard to McAdamizng to the city limits sever
al OF the main thoroughfares leading to Staun-
| ton, appointing committee to confer with this
| Board on the subject of q gradual extension Of
the Improvements therein referred to- has been
| placed in the hands of the Board, and Mr.. Stu
| art, member of the committee having appear
| ed before the Board and July explained the
| plans of the City Council, to w.t.
| The Matchmaking of the main leading roads
| to the corporate limits, and the desire that the
county authorities should adopt such measures
| as will lead to the gradual extension of the i'm
| provements contemplated, to remote points in
the county. And this Board believing that we'll
| located, and properly constructed, roads will be
| greatly promotiye OF the mutual interests of the
| county and city, and at the 81 ne time believing
| that under the present road system no extensive
| n lYr,llr ont Infn
| by the Townships, or that this Board has any
| power in the premises: Yet IS by the provis-
ions of See. 81, of Chap. Al, Acts of 1869-70
provision is made for working and keeping..in
repair, county roads at county expense, and in
order to bring this subject prominently to the
consideration of all who are interested therein
RESOLVED, That the taxpayers of the different
Townships of Augusta county be- and they are
| hereby invited to hold Township meetings at
such time as to them may seem most suitab bic for
| the purpose of considering the propriety of
| adopting some plan for the gradual improvement
of all the main leading thoroughfares of the
| county at county expense-and that each Town
ship, at such meeting appoint five delegates to
| meet at the Court house of Augusta county, on
the - day OF - next, who shall adopt such
measures for carrying into effect the wishes of
| the people as may be deemed proper.
| Resolved, That in the event county meeting
| should be held, the Common Council Of the city
of Stanton be invited to take such steps to have
the interests of the city represented Us may be
ue6HlGu most advisable.
Copy--teste,
WILLIAM A. BURNETT,
de17-3t Clerk Il. S. A. @.
Town papers copy st and charge county.
Esv OF ADVEssTsSEp LETTERS
Ia remaining in the Staunton Post-Ofice, for
the week ending December 10Th, 1872:
LADIES.
-Ahsrt Mlly, Bishop mrs Mary Barber miss
Mag, Benn mrs NJ E S, Broadus miss L, Brooks
miss Jane, Blocks miss Jane, Brown miss G,
Brown mrs Z, Cousey mrs M A, Dyer mrs Mar
tina, Fowler mics c. 2-Frost miss V, Hopkins
miss T. johnson mrs a, johnson miss L A,
Mills miss B, Noon miss j T, Pair miss emma
Robertson miss L j, Smith mrs E, Shanklin miss
M A, Spears miss s. Thompson miss L, Walton
mrs NJ Tate mrs W @. @a
GENTLEMEN.
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w T. Davis DIR T, Dunn t V, Hayden s, Hub
and E e, johnson T. johnson Chap, Moone NJ
Maltow Joe, ModsinJ A, Napier P, Newell
Jos. Phillips j w 2, Perkins II j w, Swoop r
B, Stribling r, Stuart Colonel W A, ShueG W
Wager A. Thomas Jasper, White A K Wilson r.
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