Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-01-04
Meetings Of Supervisors,


Re- cts fr,n the proper uli-ers Of the sew
al Turnpike Companies were received aud
approved. Among many bills passed. and or
igr.I % payment, was one for completion of
Jail. So 900. and one for Flushing Court
uolsr. Sass 9S. To merchants for goods
Tor Aims House. SSS3.78. The Board adjaurn-
el 10 meet on the Goth.
MEETING AT HARpEE's FERRY.
Ga the Oath D,cemtea, the Beard met at
Harper's Ferry. pursuant TO call Of its Pres
iieut,-all present excep, Mr.. Ramsburg.
The following Report was submitted:
To the Board Of Supervisors Of Jefferson Co.
Your Committee appointed by the resolution
Of the Board oi the j,h day Of December, 1872,
respectfully report; That, accompanied by
their Counsel, Me>srs. Green & Lucas, with
tue Clerk of the Board. went 10 Baltimore on
Tuesday the 10Th day Of December, and re-
turned on Thursday the 18th instant. During
this trip they had an Interview with the Rail-
road authorities aud submitted TO them the de-
maud Of the Beard foT the taxes due our coun-
t. and It's several townships. They took time
20 consider the subject. We visited Baltimore
again on the goth instant with the counsel Of
the Board aud returned on the pa instant,
having asseuted 10 receive Ten thousand Dol
lars SlO.OOOl for tae taxes due the county up
10 the present time, with the interest thereon.
That You may understand fully the grounds
Of this settlement, aad our reasons for asserting
thereto, We would respectfully present them to
you for your consideration. The original
Claim presented 10y us TO the Company on our
first visit O. Baltimore amounted 10 about
TLirty-Cue Thousand Dollars, S8l 900 and
was calculated on the assessment made at this
time Of the property. real and personal, of the
Baltimore 4 Olis Railroad Company in this
county. including tie Manchester * Potomac
Railroad This assessment was S5SSO920O,
aud the S3l 900 included al taxes, county aud
township, together with interest thereon TO
this time. On our second uip TO Baltimore
we surrendered any claim to township taxes,
beug advised by our counsel that al. township
taxes paid in this county have been laid in Vi
olati0n Of the Constitution, and could not be
collected. These township taxes amounted 10
about s. 900, and reduced cur claim to $24,-
GOO. We further abatel nearly oue-iOurth Of
the taxes Of 1872 being advised by our cOuu-
sci that the law expressly provided that one
bai.road should not be required to pay a tax
I TO build another, ana nearly oue-!ourtn OF our
tax ta,s year beiug levied 70 IiG IN building the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad, this reduction
amounted 70 some ) l40O-reducug our claim
70 So 600 Aga.u it seemed proper 10 allow
as credit on THIS amount the taxes that would
nave osea ''v,e -l o" 'ne " 'uc'eS'er A." to'In'ac
railroad III Ie'Vi taS' company had large
amount Oh properly DESTROYED ny Tue hood 10
the Shenandoah Hver o. THIS year, when their
taxes % that year, this abatement, amounted
20 some $1,000, reducing our claim TO some
$4,000. This was again subject to a small
some VEINS ,' +, as.cs the periooa pronerty Of
ths railroad. This cyu.dn not now be corrected,
Though the tcta. failure for number of years
20 assess 'hs re" estate "sed under 'ne law,
~ ~, t U CO 80, ~ '"'p.G - 7' y;
mot m This time lr,t,s t5 taxation. q point mo-,
free from doubt, tui would make further a.
eateme1 MT OF s,ae 'V00I5 .'' our claim
~, - ~ q. avs, , 5agisj nv he W., ~, ',,I
compl1v Our ,err,e, advised rs however
iu this they were decidedly Of the OPINION that
under 'As mess adverse decision oI Court 'naI
SI4o66 W. '',l demanded $4,000
but 6udiug that we could not obtain more
than $4,000, aud believing that the true in-
'e'es' 0i Tue county "Su'd os promoted Oy an
~. 'Dl -, on- s,,i,, f., y9n Loning
! /, ui,. meet your approval.
Respectfully submitted
>. d. HAINES' Tres. OF Com.
NJ So Sr-<cr,1vs
He EvrLER.
December "a, 1872.
The f,reooisg report having been approved
+, WA. ordered by the Supervisors of the Coun-
,,.,r r.a.-.or w., yi-,ic;, ,b,, tho, settle
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due, or 20 afIeaT 10 '.e county oil Jefferson
and the townships Of Harpers Ferry, Bolivar,
Cf3rlfrs Cf.plerl Averi1 Caarlestown. Os-
&c.,. Go. 6......,..,..i N,.l.lr,,,.,,. :, sold
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county OF Whatever A'uI OF nature previous To-
and including the taxes for the year 1872 from
the s,il C5mp,rv or either of them. for the
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10 is further ordered that the oleTlu oil JeIer-
son C0Uaty be directed % receive said money
ar1 r.,,-t the plv,rsrt thereof On execute ,rl
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