The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-12-11

lation to the other, l will furnish what L
believe to be facts, and let him answer
who eau.
lst Question-Did this amourt 8 main
in the treasury of the old State?
I'd Question-If it did so remain thefe,
by what la1 did it so remain? :,
1t will be seen by the act above quoteo
that 'all balances that may be IN or
NAV come into the treasury at or up W
the time OF the dissolution OF the part.
nership shall be paid into the treasury OF
the State of West Virginia, except such
AS the Auditor nay and to be due 10 lhe
old State by reason OF the amount re-
ceived from the counties outside OF lhe
boundary of the new State, after deduct
ing all moneys which have been ex-
pended in said counties.
| I, will be seen by the Auditors books
that the total receipts from the counties
outside the boundary of the State OF West
Virginia, from the organization Of
the reorganized State Of Nlr-
ginia, to June 10th, 1868, was but
S,ST9S4, from which was to be deducted
the amout expended for those counties,
which remained with the old State.
have hunted diligently for the state
ment" which that law says, is the duty ot
the Auditor To make and have not been
able to find it; but in the report of the
Auditor, dated November 25th, 1867, l
see, on page 7, that the capitation tax re.
ceived into the treasury for the preceding
year, is to be credited to the Literary
Fund for the purposes of Education, and
the Auditor says, "The Second Auditor
is to apportion it out by the white popu-
laton of each county, city and corpora
tion of the State. Under this rule there
would not be much for any county, and
much the largest share would go to coun-
ties, cities and towns in the eastern part
Of the State, that have paid no part of
the fund into the treasury and
again on page Is, the Auditor says,
after stating that there had been dis
bursed in the fiscal year Sl65, ,4oo.l', that
1T will be remembered that this eXpen-
diturc was not alone for the counties in
the proposed new State, but embraces
payments made for Alexandria, Acco-
mac and northampton counties BY
the above reference 1t will be seen that
those counties did receive their proper
tionate share OF the moneys OF the State
then the question Is, how much OF that
23,S79S4 was paid out for the benefit OF
those counties? Is it not fair to presume
that the whole was expended tor their
share of the expenses OF the State gov
mentP
To warrant me in this supposition, |
have the Auditors further statement on
page II of the same report, to wit:
The settlement with the old State ought
to go back to the beginning of the rebel
lion, and settlements made from
that time; if so, the now State Is entitled
to, and ought to have not only the one
hundred thousand dollars, but all that
shall be in the treasury at the time of its
admission An appropriation bill to that
effect ought to be passed
1t will be borne in mind that this
statement Is made by the same Auditor
whose duty it was, by the act referred to
above, to make the statement which l
have failed to find.
And this one hundred thousand dol
lars referred to above was the amount
mentioned in an act passed May nth,
1862, for tho purpose of making fair
settlement in the dissolution, and the
Legislature seem to have taken the Au-
ditor advice and repealed that act and
passed the one before referred to on Feb
ruary 4, 1868, and thus cndcavored to do
Justice to the now State and give her all
,b.t remained in the treasury of that
State H.