The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-25

log years Oi the last century, which h(
lately found among the papers Of William
Waddle, Of Short Creek, his great grand
father on his mothers side. The first re
ceipL assigned by Isaac Taylor, Sheriff.
and is written on plain and coarse
piece oiunrnIed. paper, aud acknowledge.
the payment oil IS cents, in full Of hi,
levy and State for The year l7Sz." The
next receipt Is on still smaller piece oI
paper, about q inches square, and is
made out thus;
WIllItn WaddIS, DR. :, for 1893, ..|
To county LcNy"..,..,,".., ,u,,...,,"'.....-Sl 70
To Tax Lot",..,,,.,,.......,.y,.... ~
#.. 81 10
RseL,cd the aDovc IN lull this gI,I DAY Of June,
l7D ZICm'a W. BEATTY, o. ).
The receipt for the year 1900 ia writ.
ten on the same sort Of paper, only more
simple in iu proportions, and reads as fol-.
lows
WIN, wadIlc ier Taxes for the yCarl7O0. DE,
To me County LHVy 81
g.. j
10 State taK on ono hluic and lO.,..,.....,.... q!
S!6I
Eccrivel the above In iu'l thiI a9lh DAY OF jan
uIry, lsa Wv. plNESr
For u BIb1G 4 . {,
It will be seen that these receipts are
uBcOmmunieative as to values and asses
ments thereon in earl! days. In thisrc.
spect they are very unsatisfactory as a
matter Of history. Now a-dnys a Sheriff.
receiptis perfect record almost OF The
status OF taxation. It not only classitics
each sepaFateTtax, ,'but also the amount
Of property returned and the per cent
aHeased thereon for State, county and
school purposes, and any other purpose
for which tax may he eorderCd.
However, in the progrt'i Of time, We
ob'erve that these old receipt. began to
b.a little more!explicit. For instance,
IN 1911, The receipt specifies over the sig.
nature Of "Asael Booth, deputy, for Jo.
seph Martin, S. o. C" that William Wud.
die Was debtor for zone county levy and
poor tax,Sl 81 and four horses 80 cents"
and" "oae hundred and fifty acres Of land,
FilV' MAKING n total oil SzSl lor the
three, which was certainly light taxation.
Following the receipts down through
the advancing yeara We find them begin
ing to take the ,1ss shape Of printed blank.
W.cGen wSs Sha,ic' 81 - o%i" %'S non, u''s D. IT, w.
,srsin,. f,,,si o. sS+ ID ~ 'a..., u,
Grd and fo-sl75o, tm",hi,. ,i,hsb,s' G ~
,nd oomn,v J iar,. 4 - IT.
MnnL nrov;J., -. , ,ar ~ s,ana, H.,
u. w.JJIo J.o, 49,, -. =, 49,
,,rsI onv NIaSl,s,s.rt.;I - ca,I.;s
,,, n, u. ~. /. &, ,'',' ,S t' -
I,vo nr,n..is hi. o,,.so,. - ~
h.ns L,on 81. -. ;.s',.l s :"
wo GoI hin, ,,~aI 9, a. r., ,,,..,, La..,,
iniSIo a. ~ - ~ s'' -" ','' 'S''' '''' ''
Tho ,,s,,s., cr,;o.;,r ,rnoro, ,ho., o,I
,,ncr,i,,U g 1ir"n, ,a~ so.";,', | w ~.
tba ye,r, IsI5 nra IA TLe 10. ,Iops Nv, Nv,
,nossr ID hays=hos,l cof,1ttcS rr'iI.Isio
II rs,d, ,Ln,.
ReceIvei hi, itb day Of March, rslo til sum of
,it dollar. and cents iof the direct tax q ls!5
the @ oSa MI IN Ihe FiS Il IEt pt;si "
0' I.tiS ttTsSSi Hal Gyo. Met,,r.tt,aS'
rSFs. crETS.
In the year oil ISIS the printed forms
'ee" 10 nave been sui further improved.
Inc one pelofe os i9f thltyear calls Tor
ooee"'' Tax on tract oil land oil III
acres 'P Peclnss Town iot' Io' which there
IS no Fe'uFnl anu Then enumera'e tlth'
A0'e'' county levy ana poor lax winding
up VII" Tree nIaeSs' slaves ana horses.
MF, james a. hugely was The - u Z"
IN tao'e days 5aT, .rst
Tue Iass TAX bill HEaiait hr. Waddle
"a' loF The year 1876. After that comes
succession oi receipts against James
Nanee, tather OF JsN. Vance, Esq, OF this
CITY. tie y ta&sl In 1929 Ior II town
lot in n. Wheeling a cts" and for u
white tIIhable and county levy and poor
''R ; 9Oh" Hndior u house 10 cs'.' The
receipt assigned by "Ab'alom RidseIy, S.
o. G"
In the year 1889, in the days OF "E.
Nehln!ey,S S.o.C,' per Geo W. Sights,
D'S," The countx taxwas 100 per cent on
the State tax, and yet Mr.. Vance'a whole
tax on two tracts OF land, one Of 100!
acres and another Of Q! acres, and also
his t'Ihab!e and poot tax was, all told,
only - ~. Those were tho good old
days when citizen Of Wheeling could
go to market With so cents and buy
enough Tor family as numerous as that
OF John Rogers, the martyr.
lu the year 1911, when Adam Kelly
Was deputy for "Riehard Hardesty, S. 0.
c." Mr.. Vance's tax on his tracts ofland
aforesaid, and two town lots in Triadel.