Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-07-16
p9TEANsIENT BILLs-cAsB.

sheritf's eOst for same term, eenmoning
$500 witnesses, at 70 cents each s....s. is5o
Pay OF Sa0o witness two dave each, at
,tiie,ss IA, . :,
going and rsturning at scents per miie,
u cents each -.... 1900
Total cost of cos tinuanee for s,e term sls.6s0
And for thres tesmss or one year. will be SIS $50
This enormous loss thus caused by the in.
efficiency of the present Circuit Courts. is far
5elo,eIs she actual loss, as will be apparent to
every lawyer aud ftgant. All this will be
avoided and therefore saced by the creation
of the County Court which, as has been al,
ready shown IS 4 much cheaper, rs we'll as
more efficient inferior tribunal than the Board
of Supervisors.
In addition to the foregoing, IF the action
of the Convention in fepealing section s of
Article of the existing Consultation in re~
gard to the public debt of Virginia be ac-
cepted as a tfnatitg on that subject, as in all
probability it wtai and aa.tst be, then there
will be a further saving of the whole of that
alleged liability which the most sansuine
friend of West Virginia never placed lower
than one million, and which Virginia claims
is seventeen millions of dollars The annual
interest on the sntaller sun, Is sixty thousand
dollars. and on the larger sum. one million aud
twenty thousand dollars all of which will be
saved to the tax payers. When the action of
the Convention on this subject shall have been
ratified by the adoption of the new Coustitu-
tion, that will indeed be bold and recaiess
! Legislature that will dare to increase the
burden oe taxes now borne by the tax.payers
of West Virginia bv saddlng upon their backs
even one nlillioa of the public debt of Yir.
ginia, for which they have received no eauiv-
aleut in the past, and can receive none in the
future. s,.5l ...,t,
During the period from 1866, to 1870 tho
Legislature appropriated and paid out of the
| public treasury the enormous sum of 1858 200
for the expenses incurred in the registration
OF voters. This SUN, SO expended aud used
only to disfranchise Democrats, would be suf.-
ficient to pay the salary of the Governor under
the new Constitution, for more than aiaetee,s
and too- thirds years. The new Constitution.
by preventing the creation of Boards OF Res-
istra,ion, will render such expenditures in the
future impossible.
AS elections hereafter will occur only once
in two years, instead of every year, there will
be further yearly saving equal to one.half,
the cost of an election, which we estimate at
the sum of $4,000, although Governor
Stevenson, in his message of 1871, estimated
it at the snm of $40. 900, being an annual,
saving from this source of $4,000. 1t is not
pretended that the foregoing items of public
expenditure which will be saved to the tax
payers are perfectly accurate, or that no other
| saving will accrue under the now Constitution;
but it is intended to assert and prove that in
every one of the particulars hereinbefore
enumerated the annual saving will be fi,ilys as
much as is here stated. No other sources of
expenditure exist in the new, that are not,
found in the existing Constitution ..sl4,
So that the annual saving will stand thus
Coat OF continuing $50 causes one year s55 500 oo
DHerenc between cost o County Court sfa ,ts.,f
| and Board of Supervisors, one year.. 1880 90
Difference in Judges salary and mile.
age............ ..... :. 2.7oo.o6
Difference of Executive Offices. ....... 5's7i AZ
Difference of Legislature each year.... 7,0i6.7Tt
| postage to members of Legtslaturc..... 7S6 co
Amount saved by biennial instead of an.
nuai elections, which 10 one-haif of
$4,000. Observation-Disclosures. s,ooo.oo
Stationery. newspapers. &c ..........s, $50 ~
| Ia diminished amount of PRINTING!. 100000
| Annual interest npon 81 700 900 OF the
public debt of virginia: leogooo.oo
Total annual saving will be. ...... s147 .s6s 20
! BY the provisions of the 18th Article of
the new Constitution the land titles of this,
State will be forever settled in .fuuor of the;
actual occupant who has been in possession
and paid the taxes, and against the land specs
ulator who has never had actual possession.
and who has never paid the taxes due on his
land. fi,ass;,
10 this imperfect review of the principal
features of the new Constitution, it is clear tn
every unprejudiced 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 i; retaliates no wrong upon any
party; that the separate existence of West
Virginia is secured that the Independence
of the Judiciary fs beyond partisan control;
that the system of free schools is sacredfy
preserved; the irreducible school fund i'm
creased the just and proper accountability.
| for school moneys secured and enforced; n
cheap and efficient county court established
an intricate and expensive township and
| county organization abolished: the expenses
OF the Government diminished in all its de-
partments the land titles of the country
settled aud secured to the bona fde settler.
the Legislature restrained from useless and
mischievous legislation the people secured
from State and county indebtedness; while at
the same time every useful and healthfuIfupc.
tton of good government has been preserved.
Every reasonable expectation of the people
has been fully realized by the labors Of
the Convention. Lut US. by hearty en-
dorsement and adoption Of the new Constitu-
ton, labor with equal honesty and zeal to Sc.
cltre what we have gaiHed. and 70 conduct tho
! Government under its provisions in such man
ner as will command public approval
SAMUEL Woops.
81 1872. -
PROMPTED BY LovE.-one morning I
found little Dora busy at the ironing table
smoothing the towels and stockings. ~ - y
"lsn't it hard work for the littie,arms ?D'SI
| asked slsifs ! ffssfs