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Osburn District miles.
81 miles
4 Copy-Teste,
THOMAS \ MOORE, Clerk.
Bv this YOU will see that H's Wheeling
friend has been guilty Of gross and libel
GUS falsehood, and the Court has not iallea
to do its duty, and if the county has not
received any taxes from the H. H. Tor 1851,
it was not owing to any derelicuOn on the
part Of the Court, but it l. owing TO the
Sllons at Wheeling who have enacted
law. which Is 50 complicated with hed
Tape" that Il cannot be executed or en-
forced.
The school taxes of 1879 were assessed by
the boartis of education in accordance win
the above order of the County Court. 1t Is
not the dur, oc the Court to say what amount
Of taxes shall be levied on each school dis
trict. That duty devolves on the board OF
education over which the Court has no CON
troll. The law saws, lit shall be the duty OF
the secret ,rg Of the b0Grd Of education OF any
such district, and the clerk and recorder OF
every municipal corporation, within thirty
DAYS after "a lew Is made thereon for free
school snj municipal purposes, to ceTtyy 10
ne .iudf0r the amount levied for such pur-
poses up9n each one hundred dollars value
of the property therein The Court having
allotted tocach school district 50 many miles
of said road. performed is whole duty, and
il was not the duty of the Court, rs H's
Wheeling friend saws, ito inform the Audi
tor of the school assessments OF each dis
trict." but the law says, 1t shall be the duty
of the secretary of the board of education"
The b. x O. Il. r. has no special arrange
ment with the County Court OF Jefferson,
the Auditors say 50 to the contrary not
outstanding The taxes Of the Is. =. X.
Il. for 1850 were assessed 10y the board OF
commissioners who were appointed by the
board of public works for that purpose, and
were sent diaectly from the Auditor TO the
Sheriff Of our county only few days ago
for collection.
Again. is Wheeling friend says, quite
recently the road paid II ,76O-a municipal
tax levied hv the town council OF Martins
burr. and certified to the AUditor-and If
our Court lad certified our levy, the b. q O..
Ia. II. would have paid the take which have
been avoided" What levy? The Court
has no authority TO make Il levy on the b. "
q. R.R. Ihcact of 1879 forbids the County
Court FROM making q levy on the K. RS,
and since the passage CT that act the Court
has not done so. Now, why did not ii :
Wheeling friend state who certified the
muni-iIa taxes of Nartinsburg to the Au-
dtor? Because it did not answer his purpose
-tor he knew we'll that the County Court of
Berkeley did not certify it, bat that the Re
cordcr of the town of Martiusburg did, for
there has been no County Court IN Berkeley
very recently.
Again. II friend SAYS, chat the Sheran-
d0ah Valley X. h. pays all State taxes, but
does not pas county or school tax, for the
reason. the County Court SAYS, ID being IN
thr hands OF the contractor, IS not bound TO
pay
Where did lis friend get his information?
Certainly not from the records of the Court
and asS him To state. \ greater ialschood
was never uttered. The Court has never
been notified by the Auditor OF any one else
that the =. Y. IL. Il. had been assessed, and
no such assessment has ever been reported
u the CnuG The writer SAYS, THE law
requires thc Il. 2. taxes To bc paid 90 the
Auditor" What then, had the Court to do
with tie =. y. Il. Il. taxes? Now, let me
ask. H's friend did the Auditor place
I'm the hands of the Sheriff of our county
the county and school taxes assessed by the
commissioners on the =. y. r. r., as 1t was
his duty to do. If not paid TO him by the 10Th
of January II so. why did not the Sheriff
collect thcm2 lie had no authority from
the Court not TO collect them and if he had,
he was not bound 10 obey H. | positively
state that the Court has never issued any
such order. and | defy the sheriff or any
one else 20 produce 1t.
Tr .. ,...t ft,. fav thaf " nuI his
friend i SO much concerned about as It Is
their own advancement, by cndcavorng TO
elevate themselves in public favor by cast
ing uuiuS. charges against the Court to
which they are opposed for reasons best
known to- themselves. Every order made
bv the Court must be recorded to give il
force or effect Now, why did not III give
the publica cory Of the orders upon which
he based his charges, which are devoid of
Justice and tru,h2
If the secretaries of the boards of educa
ton have failed to DO their duty, by not re-
porting 90 the auditor the amounts levied
iorschool purposes in their different districts,
thereby generating the railroads from tax
alton why blame the Court?
SO far as / am concerned. and ! believe /
can say for every member of the Court, we
desire thi, matter fully siftti, openly and
publicly. but not under fictitious signatures,
with per6di0us intent, by false statements,
althO' H saws these statements were made
bv his friend i'm Wheeling. Who he says,
knows whereof he speaks, Yet not consls-
tent with truth.
ROBERT ". BAYLOR.
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