Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-03-05

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tax shall be
divided among the different school dis
triCts as follows:
Harper's Ferry District 49, 5}5 miles,
Bolivar District = miles.
Shepherd District 1888 miles.
Potomac District miles.
MiddleWay District ~ miles.
CharlestOwn District miles.
Osburn District . miles.
Total 81 miles.
a Copy-Teste:
i. \. MOORE, Clerk.
What is this if not an arrangement
that RENTS TO the b. & 0. II. Il. the
county and district tax on much less
than it pays the State, and by what au-
1hority? And why was not this order
of the Court given to the putlc, instead
of this enfract as 10 miles, uhich
amounts TO naught? II did mol suit The
purpose of the writer, as it PLACID tie
evidence claimed by the extracts where
it was not desired ii should be. Now, |
would enquire how long has this been
going on, illegal in eUery respect since
1877. The acts of 1877, chapter ll9,
also Acts 70, contains the following
provision on the subject of assessment
of taxes:
Provided, THE authorities of any
county shall mol be oIiowed 10 eompro-
mise or remit any portion d said tares
so certified 10 the Sheriff
Now for the years rs and %. The
assessment was on the basis OF s5l5,-
7s9.75, or for the two years, $1,O3l,-
$3.50; now by deducting the county
basis, $4,000, or S6so,oO0 for two
years, we have lost the county and dis
lrict school tax on 1851 $40 so; very
good arrangement for the road, but
how as to the county. Now as this is
the sum heretofore agreed upon, and by
whom, it would be well 10 enquire hoW
long this arrangement has been going
on, so that the tax payer may know the
profit and loss. For several years pricr
10 rs and 70, the assessment Of the
road was much greater, or from 1870
TO 1877, S5Ss, O92.00; 1877, s60l, 763.-
O5; '7S aud 10, $5l5,7s9.75; 1880,
SAIL ,43S.5 50, and these are the values
as given to the authorities by the r. X.
Co., except 1880, when the Board of
Public Works reduced the value of the
b. g. o. II. Road, and now would en-
quire of the Sheriff whether he collect
cd the tax certified to him for collec-
ton in 1873, viz: Sl,702 60 for county,
! sl,96l.47 for district; for 1879, S2,S36-
"a for county, and Sl,lOl.37 for district
taxes, or whether the order of the
Court did not intervene, and his collec-
ton for above taxes tor the two years
was on basis of $4,000, rs against
the written law of the State, thereby
entailiug loss to county and district?
The reader will notice under the
above order follows the assessment for
miles in each school district.
Chapter ~, section G., says: Gin
case the list and valuation Of the prop
ert, filed with the Auditor be satistac-
tory to the Board of Public Works, and
in cases where assessments OF the prop
er,y of such company is made and re-
turned by the Board of Commissioners
as aforesaid, the .4uditor shat immedi-
aieiy certify 10 The County Court Of
each county through which such rail
roads run the value of the property
therein of every such company as val
ued and assessed as aforesaid, and 1T
SHALL DE TIE DUTY or SUCH COURT to
aprortion SUCH VALUE BETWEEN SUCH
IsTRICTs-indcpende school dis
,ric;s and municipal corporations in the
county through which such roads run
as NEAR AS MAY BE, ACC oRDlNG 40 THE
VALUE THEREOF.
l.. And the law says this must be done
each and every year, and WHILE THE
ROAD DOES NOT GET EITHER LONGER OR
SHORTER, the tax on the same differs
very materially at times, as in 1880,
and WHY NOT CONFORM TO THE LAwt
Courts generally try so to do.
have no doubt the county will now
get all the tax for 1880, and on the sum
assessed On the road, s47l ,43S.62, and
that HEREAFTER, land not as HERETO
FORE AGREED UPON, THE Court SYSTEM
BEING CIIANGED,) no compromise Will
ever be attempted, but will the school
district for 1880 on the S. V. X. K. on
which no assessments for MILES or VAL
les has been reported 10 the Auditor!
The taxpayer can now see whether
a CLEAR AND EXPLICIT STATEMENT has
been made by the writer of the last
communication, and whether any loss
has been occasioned by these compro
misses by a Court presided over by
Robt. w. Baylor, but to what extent
this has been carried on can only be
known by an investigation.
AS 10 the B. e. o. r. r. proposing
to pay their taxes to the county few
days since by deductiDg the 10 per
cent, and which is said BIZ THE WRITER
NOT TO BE TRUE, TWILL STATE THAT THIS
INFORMATION WAS DERIVED FROM MEM
Der Oh THE COURT, WHETHER True OR
rAIsE.) but he said the Court declined
acting on it. Ipresume it did at this
time.
The personalities in the letters as to II
and his friend shall pay no attention to.
being unworthy OF notice, and not cal
culated to aid in any way the controversy,
and do not intend to be diverted from
my position of dealing with FACTS AND
FIGURES by sucl, exhibitions of temper,
which ONLY display a WEAK CAUSE; but