Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-02-08
Copy-Teste.

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friend has been guilty of q gross ard libel
Gus talseho"d, and the Court has not failed
to do its duty. aud if the county has not re.
ceived my taxes from the r. r. for 1890 IT
was not owing To any dersliction on the
part of the Court, but is owing to the So-
Ions at Wheeling, who have enacted a law.
which is so complicated with Red Tars"
that 1t cannot be execnted or enfarced
Ihe scha"l taxes sc 1879 were assessed nv
the boards of education in accordance with
the above order of the County Court. Fl i,
not the suty OF the Court to say what
amount Of taxes shall be levied on each
school district. That duty devolves on the
board OF educstion. ever which the Court
has no control. The law Gays. .'it shall be
the duty OF tho secretary Of the board of
e"nco'io" of any euoh district, and the clerk
and recorder OF every municipal corporation.
within thirty days after-a lew is laid thereon
Tor free school and municipal purposes. to
certify 10 the Am9it6r the amount levied for
sueh purposes upon each ane hundred dol.
lars value of the property therein" The
Court having allotted to each school district
sc many miles of said road. performed its
whole duty. aad it was not the duty of the
Court, as HIS Wheeling friend SAYS. ..to
inform the Auditor of the school assess,
ments of each district" bat the law saws
ut shall he the dutv Of the secretary of tho
board of education F"
Tie b d O r Road has No special ar
rangement with the County Court of Jeffer-
son, the Auditors say so to contrary net-
withdrawing. The taxes of the r K O r
Il for 1880 were assessed by the board of
commissioners who we're appointed by the
board at public works for that eurpo.e. and
even sem directly from the Auditor to the
ohsr'h OF eur county only a few days ago
for collection
Again, HIS Wheeling friend saws.
"quite recently the read paid $780,
municipal tax levied hv the town council eff
Mart'nshurg, and certified tn the Auditor
and if our Court had certified our lew. the
B. & R r. would have paid the taxes
which have been avoided" What lew
The Court has no authority to make a lew
On the b. Il 0 f r The Act of 1873
terhid' the Gonnty Court from making a
levy on the R. R s. and since the massage
OF that Act the Tonrt has not dine 70. Now.
why did not HIS Wheeling friend state
who certified the municinal taxes of Mar.
tinehurg to the Auditor? Because it did no.
answer hrs purpose. for he knew full we'll
that the Connty Court of Berkeley did not
certify it. bnt that the Recorder of the
town of Martinshnrg did. for there has been
no county Court in Berkeley very r"crnt1y,
AsdIu II = iT'PHu SaSS, Sfhat the ShpDan>
doah Valley r r pays all State taxes. hut
does not pay county or school tax. for the rea-
son, the County Court savs. it being in the
hands of the contractors is not bound to paw"
Where did HIS friend get his informa>
ton Z Certainly mt from the records of
the Court and | ask him to state A greater
'alsehood was never uttered. The Court
has never been notified nv the Auditor. ar
any one else, that the s. V. r r had been
assessed, and 40 such assessment has ever
been reported to the Court. The writer
says. "the law requires the r r. taxes 10
be paid to the Auditor" What. then had
the Conrt to d" with the S V. r take.
Now. let me ask. did HIS friend aid the
Auditor TO place in the hands of the Sheriff
of cur county the county and school taxes
assosssd by the commissioners On the 8 v.
4 r as it was his duty to do. if net maid
to him by the Goth of January? IF so. wby
did not the Sheriff collect them lie had
no authority from the Court not to collect
them, and if he had. he was not bound to
obey il. | positively state that the Court
has never issued any such order, and l defy
the Sheriff or any one else TO produce it.
1t is not the r. r tax that III" and his
friend is Sc much concerned about as it ia
their own advancement, by sndeavoriug to
elevate themselves in public favor bv cast
ing unjust charges against the Court. ia
which they are opposed for reasons best
known to themselves Every order made
by the Court must be recorded n give r.
force or effect. Now. whv did nor ~"
E'va the public a copy of the orders upon
which he based his charges, which are de-,
void o. justice and truth?
1t the secretaries OF the boards Of e5nca.
ton hive failed to do their duty, hy not re-
porting to the Auditor the amounts levied
Ter school purposes in their different dis
tr'et', thereby exonerating tho railroads
from taxation, why blame the Court?
90 Tar as l hm concerned, and helieve I
can say tor every member of the Cour. we
desire this matter fully siffed. openly and
publicly. but not under ictitisu. signatures.
with pcrtidinns intent, by falee statements.
although I'll" saws these statements wers
"ado ny his friend in Wheeling. who, he
saws. knows whereof he speaks" yet net
consistent with truth
ROBERT W. BAYLOR.
COUNTY ITEMS From the Shepherds
town Register We copy the following items:
Mr., VIM. Rightstine has sold his four acre
let near Town, on the Charlestown road, to
Mr. Geo w Shaw, for s4OO.
Az accident occurred at the residence of
Mr.. Garland Hurst. Harper's Ferry, which
came near being a serious matter. "Aunt
Hannah" the colored woman, set a lamp
down near a table. the cloth Of which caught
FIRE She tried to smother it with her dress.
which in a moment was all ahlaze. Hcr
cries brought to her rescue Mr.. Hurst. whose
timely presence and assistance doubtless
saved her life.
Owing to the wonderful success We have
met with during our clearing out sale. we
will cell this week 5000 yards Embroidery
and Torcbon Laces, at unheard of low