The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-19

$40, 300 Of stock in the First National
Bank Of WCllsburg belonging 10 the Inter.
nal Improvement Fund, were EXCHANGED
for L. S. Bonds, which were then con.
vcrtcd into U, 5. Bonds payable to said
School Board. The constitutonality OF
TINS action is at least questionable. The
state Sill holds 1888 shares Of stock in this
liahk. II has gone into liquidation and Is
winding up its affairs, and some action on
your part will be necessary, indicating
what disposition is to be made Of the divi.
dends thereof. invite your especial ut.
tcnll0n to this subject Of stocks and bonds
standing in the name Of the School Board,
That II may he clearly asccrtaincd how
much thereof properly belongs to the
School Fund, and how much isapplicablc
To. the liquidation OF the public debt
THE DELINQUENT LAND LAWS.
Our laws on the subject of delinquent
lands are intricate and not well under.
STOOD by the mass Of the people; in fact,
lew lawyers in the State are well vcrscd
in them The list Of these lands return.
cd by the shCrilIs are often incorrect;
lands have been returned delinquent in
cases where the taxes have been paid, and
even when redeemed before sale, shCriils
have failed to report the Tact To the Audi.
Tor. These causes have necessarily pro.
tn.,t S T'i"'s III lhc RECORDS III lIc Auul'
W. "I'''c, anu su"JcCtG" mhul"ldcrS 10
vAl'c"SG; annoyance ana great lnc0nVCn'
eilCei were II not That II Convention Is
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commission :" rnvis" and U w"T;f, ,, w ",,,,
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cCcdinrs IN The nryt s"s.inp ~ tS Iaa ~"
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THE CUSTODY OF TIE nIsTWEUTABLE
SCHOOL FUNDS.
The act passed March ., 1870, entitled
"an act to provide that shcrils shall col.
lCCt all public taxes except municipal
taxes" seems to have produced results
and to be attended with Inconvenience
not provided for or ANTICIPATED. The
office Of township treasurer was wisely
abolished and the evident intention was
to impose his duties upon the sheriff. But,
unfortunately, the act failed to provide in
S T vi ms 'li"' ttc ol''le SCHOOL lunu,
Sh ;,. '"" ", n,ions tnc several nWn'
sTnIr;H " lou So't'y, Sno",u oc pau ~ tuI
,,o ', ''a.'e'1, ul!on tTc ic'iu'sitioh vi
'Tho oT"n, ~ .'i ,,itcli,ont W. sTilUois.
in"s NV, l" =" ',''' Gii''sS.on Is nut tnc raw
Ntlicor I s,, " ~, ,, IL piG1aSc tcI"lS "iIat
soho, ;"rI , VI WI ltIg'ycI VI tIlc otatc
sowora, "ie, u.a'' t'u'cu HTionS thc
in IN" lSw ,ras ~, w. W" Sr'c; inns Mlsc
harroosm m "' ~, , ,'c SUIT i Vi serious en-
LanL Ia LoS r"t,. .a'', ", =, WI 'u' III" i
. school G,rJ u,a U.s. =" r"y ou' .ho
Slate tor ,ho T ,r 1S''9 '".o"S ,,I .nu
Lcrn c;,hcr I,o rsvt ~. WIN my
thc;r 0nnro,,ms, !, ,h VI ,t t"'I Ii ~
he sLonIJ nrnccoJ %; II" ,In ; "t,'v NAM
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roSna",;,. "0t,'S "' '.e ;o"aS"'ls VI II'G''
without l;roo, m,S "0'aT'i "u"'" r w
Latter n,,ornot;,,o "IT,n i,.3, v. '"" ,,n Ut
E Ly Tho 49, ''c ~, was "''' ~"
80. 10 t"' !.Ssc! c'''. NJ
srh;oc, viii, ,I,a E' i'.t'slui ~! .nlS
: vide Il suitable remedy hy onnronriotc
Legislation y "il''''
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A.'' |o'Hll l'oN''s'
Again, when the office OF township
treasurer was abolished, no rcmccy seems
to have been provided Tor the collection
OF fines, for which persons are liable
who fail to work IN the public roads
when properly summoned. To enforce
the payment OF these fines WAS one Of
the duties OF the township treasurer,
and since this office has ceased 10 exist,
no other officer has been intrusted with
this duty. Therefore labor on the roads
has been practically IL voluntary service,
and 1t is marked example OF the con
scrvatIvc and hw.abiding character Of
our people, that this service should have
been so long performed without Compul.
sion. But our roads are not in good con.
dIlion, and no means should be spared to
improve them. And while our present
policy in regard to the public roads con.
llnucs, this burden imposed upon our
citizens should not be II mere voluntary
one.
TAN COLLECTORS,
1t is of the first Importance that the
Auditor should exercise some supervision
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