Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-08-12
sHEPHERDSTOWN and HALL.
TOWN TURNPIKE.

Most respectfully to the Commission
ors of Jefferson County, w. VAL hereby
forward for your inspection the annual
renort of The Shepherdstown and Hall
town Turnpike for the year ending April
.l,th 1882 A correct statement OF all the
receipts and the expenditures is submitted
for vour consideration On COMPARISON
of the receipts of the year ending April
90tb. 1882, it will be seen that tEey exceed
bv a small amount those Of the year end
ing 1881. co., 80, 400 .,
For wear ending April 3Oth, 81 S40o.I4
The difference Of $S2.5S (eighty-two dol
Tors and fifty-eight cents) was more from
he collection Of the annual tolls of for
,ner wears remaining unpaid, and collec-
,ed i'm the last year, than from the increase
Of toll at the gates for the same period.
rrhe increased collections at the Shep-
herdstown gate being (of back tolD S44.Sl
forty -four dollars and eighty-one cents,(
nnd at Halltown S3.6S (three dollars and
sixty-eight cents over and above the col
1ections of the same class Of toll Tor the
previous year. 1t has been the custom De-
fore rs we'll as since have been entrusted
with the Supervision of the road, to credit
the farmers and others supposed to be re-
sponsible who passed the gates frequently
and who found itineonvenient to pay every
time they PASSED. Their accounts have been
kent OF the gates and generally paid i'll the
delivery OF stone on the road or In money
rs the different annual reports have
shown. Some few, however, have lett
their accounts run tor several years with
out paying or delivering stone, some Of
those refusing 10 pay; with Eyster Son,
were warranted before Justice Adam
1 i,,St = l,a nan
ties warranted. Eyster q Son appealed
TO the Circuit Court the Judge dismissed
the case at my cost on the ground, as
understood from him, that the term Super
intendent at the head OF the account was
TOO vague a term to invest a man having
control of Il road for the county with the
power of enforcing the collection OF toll.
If l am mistaken in my understanding as
10 his reason for dismisSing the case the
records Of the court wiz perhaps enlight-
en YOU sufficiently to direct you further
proceedings in this matter. But of one
thing IA very certain, that his disposal
of this case has not only embarrassed the
working on the read, but for the time, has
arrested all further proceedings in the col
lection Of the claims sued for. NV respect
of-your authority, is well rs the du,y l
owe the county while acting in this hum
bic capacity, impc.s me TO make to you
report OF this case rs near i'll accordance
with the facts in the matter rs my under
standing and Judgment will allow and
leave the case for your instruction as all
my power 10 act virtually ended with the
JUDGES disposal of it.
After paying the cost of this suit $l7.S5,
seventeen dollars and eighty-five cents
and S6l.46 (SiXty-one dollars and fOrty-six
cents remaining unpaid at last report.
gatekeepcrs pay, and other necessary incl
dental expenses aggregatins $222.Sl 1.-TWO
hundred and twenty-five dollars and
eighty-onc cents,) there was left for re-
pairs on the road $265.5l, 1.-TWO hundred
and siXty-tiye dollars and iifty-one cents.)
With this amount, added to SOS. -, sixty
eight dollars and twenty-five cents) now
remaining unpaid you have put upon the
road for the year ending April 30th, 1882,
four-hundred add fifty perchcs of stone
finely broken and spread.