Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-10
WHEELING, w. VA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY To- 1879.

priation for Legislative expenses is not
I embraced in the estimate eofexpenditures
for the next year.
AS the appropriations are now made
for each fiscal year, there is an interval
Of several months from the close OF the
year preceding the meeting OF the Legis-
lature To- the date OF the appropriation.
for which no provision is made 10 defray
the ordinary necessary expenses OF the
government. Ii payments are made
during the period on account OF the
salaries Of officers, to maintain the pub
lie institutions, or for other proper pur-
poses, they are made without authority;
and il they are not made, the opera.
tions OF the government must cease or
be greatly embarrassed.
Ii would not be advisable, Iathink, To
change the fiscal year so that it may end
in December or later, since in that event
sufficient time would not intervene
before the meeting of the Legislature To
enable the officers of the executive de-
partment, and the boards Of directors
and officers OF the several public insti'
tutiOns, tu prepare their biennial re-
ports. | recommend, therefore, that
appropriations shall I've made by this
Legislature for two years. land hall, in
stead Of two years. ~ heretofore, and
that hereafter each Legislature shall.
make appropriations for two years. Tho
appropriations for the hall year should
be One-halfof the estimated expenses for
the year ending September Goth, 1880.
Criminal Charges.
IL will be seen that i'm the Auditors
estimates of expenses for the next two
Years, there is an item of seventy thou
sand dollars iOrcriminal charges, at least
One-half OF which is for an accumulated
balance on this account. The approprI-
ations for several years for these charges,
have been insufficient, and the result is
this balance. Claims payable out of such
appropriations, can be discharged only
when they have been audited and APP
proved by the circuit courts; and when
thus approved, they are taken up by the
sheritis, whose accounts with the State,
in several instances, could not he closed
within the prescribed time, because the
for the payment Of such |
claims had been exhausted.
Ii is impossible To foresee what will |
be the extent of crime, or the expense
which it will devOlve upon the State,
and the Limitation OF the appropriation !
does not diminish the amount Of such !
charges, which must at some time be |
paid. To avoid delay in settling with |
the sheritis, and that proper claims may |
be- promptly paid, il would be well To |
adopt the custom which has obtained i'm !
several Of the States Of appropriating for |
charges $50 much as may be |
necessary
Advertisement of Delinquent Lands.
Chapter ljl section 9, Acts 1928, re-
luircs that the list OF delinquent lands
shall be advertised, but does not pro-
vide for the payment of the cost of all
,ertising. suggest that the law be
rendered more spccifc-that fixed
md uniform rate oi charges for adver-
Using and mode OF payment therefore
~ prescribed.
Insurance.
Chapter 22l section /, oi the Acts of
1928, prohibits the officers or agents
# foreign insurance companies from
making, renewing or negotiating, in this
state, any insurance or contract for in
urance, and from transacting, either di-
cctly or Indirectly, any insurance busi-
less iur such companies, without first
obtaining the Auditors certificate OF Au-
haUn appnes l0 All persons engaged IN
my manner in soliciting risks, insurlng
II obtaining the issue OF policies, selling
ickets ui insurance, or otherwise uOing
business of insurance, either 10y direct
from accompany, or assuch
,pent. This provision is not ctteCtuHl
" reason Of the failure OF the Legtsla-
ure to provide penalties Tor It's viola
ion,
| have been informed that there are
persons now engaged in the business Of
insurance in disregard OF the law. The
interests oi the State, and justice to
hose companies which have obtained
certificates, require that the law should
~ 40 amended that its mandate may be
,niorced by proper penalties, concurr
with the auditor in the opinion, that
he reduction OF the tax on the pre-
niumS oi insurance companies, would
Increase the business ui insurance To
such an extent that the revenue from
hat source would lie considerably aug
Loans.
Many of the sheritls did not receive
he property books from the assessors
prior to ctOber lst 1877, and conse-
luently under chapter - section Is OF
.he Acts of 1879, the time within which
hey were required to pay the. revenue
into the treasury was extended. For
several months, therefop, there was
not money in the treasury sufficient
Iu paw the current expenses OF the al
Loans aggregatlng $50
DOO were effected from the Wheeling |
banks, aud notes for this sum at six
were executed. These notes
we're promptly paid at maturity, and |
since that time the receipts have been !
more than sufficient to pay all appro-
prlatiOns.
Bank Stocks.
The State holds for the school iund
hank stock as follows, viz:
In the First National baud pl Fannont t0n0O
90 " parkcrShug National Hank " O W
" ' National Bank ui Wczt Virginia -
At Wheeling. '..'...''.''....'.' "'N"
Chapter l23 section 70 Of the Acts OF
1923, directs the board OF the school
fund To sell any investments on account