Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-18
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h.ast number can realize how Diff
- !, for the legislator to please all sec
,f the State and the many conflicting
-, ,pd vet execute his oath of Office
e., he constitution. Unhappily Of
- i, both State and national legis-
.ss average member has seen 6t to
:, attention to the provisions of this
/. ..3t,,,-ame eu,, hence laws violating its
,.,ors have been made right and left.
.,i,speiss Of the hour were the only
:. and II !; happened that majority
,o3y we're in harmony upon
.,,,osei statute, such an instrument
State or national constitution
/, :, much restraining effect upon them
/ .,;s,Ypg down the wind would have
ne sayiug of the storm. The public
/, ~. educated up to understanding the
| -, and when i hears the word con-
"a, used iu connection with abridging
,,vsrs Of the law makers, it looks
f,.es sni wonders, what's in the wind
/ FgUy believing from past observs-
there is not word in that instrument
] The Legislator is bound to respect, let
respecting.
F,,Uily there appears 70 be an occasion
lseypsrience Of this State, that body
:, are ready, not only to mind their
,7i OBEY the Constitution in forming
n MS O! TIE State, but who have the
- TO stand BY their convictions as to
f-t:es. The new tax law now under
nss-s,ion Is Of all other legislation tks
IL .n2Or.ans ami is receiving cores
Nssy attention. In considering the
l. Of the Legislature in the premises,
sess mus: keep the following pro
Aa,ths Stste Constitution in mind:
- I Of article 10 Of the Constitution
,rs.oa shall De equal and uniform
k,bo9, tho S.a.e, sndaH property, both
,sI PERSONAL shall be taxed in proper
Npits valne. to De ascertained as d.
By lsw.
al so-:s Of efforts have been
H. s varie.y Of interests to exempt
species Of property. This is simply
k@sle under the clause quoted above.
Mtgrrv other than that specified in the
Y rttoa isto be exempt, constitution
sfaon mus: be voted upon BY the peO-
sumgti;. There is no other way in
= ksri 10 accomplish the object legally.
& end Senator FLOURNOY last Monday
IA .Uin. resolution for a constitutional
: iuea; providing tor the exemption OF
y 81uacturers and farmers products.
legislature encounters another dill
.ade. the Constitutional clause
A a5Ove. |, Is this Heretofore, al
sithO1t the sanction Of law, pretty
sarv one, either in or out of business,
7 II bis liabilities from his assets.
= :stlrning 10 the assessor his net
= The present Legislature, contains
M aaam5er Of members, who propose
the proposed tax law to
70 the Constitutional instruction,
\ And all property, both real and
~ 3 shall be taxed. They take the
Az lbs, the reading above is not to be
'~ a to mean what man is worth,
property he has on hand on the
.-~ making the assessment. It IS also
it's no harder on the man who
{ ps s,sonal property, of whatever Sort
no, paid up in full,
for the farmer who mas q mortgage
eau ald. They also present it in an
!-t which Delegate A. A. Rock
d. uaRlaiea.ion in another column,
---- :Pon a. length. Il is this: If two
y u business, each with a stock Of
ne -iise Of 800, 900, one paid up in full
sazia other owing $4,000 on his stock,
Gu , 10 discriminate between the mer-
. a 10 has paid in tull on his goods in
riab lie one who has not? This, 1t IS
H aonld simply have the effect irst
nag ~ The man who was in debt
"a Of his sock, to uudersell
'lo had paid in full for his, exactly
u" nola: Of his gain on taxes eN-
kin 21i secondly, the effect Of such q
FatiOH would virtually be offering q
- al merchants to keep in debt
JVWn possible in order that they
re.ye the benefit Of the liability
IN" nov tong, they claim, would lt take
c,ls a aE to run a large per centage
r aoHal property Of the assessment
ate1 Il fact such has been the case
sI.eu: because Of the law in some
eS. The State being so construed
HAys
pc can see there are two i'm
All 'arcs % this momentous question,
" 1t looks to some as if there is q
10 care for only one class Of cih'
-, expense of the other class, there
FH! {! an earnest desire to do exactly
Constitution provides, viz: To
burden Of government, which
e oTne, ret as lightly and equally
nOl soO al classes Of citizens, De tbeJ
merchants, manufacturers, miners
&c, aa
= ATE JAroB's bill compelling th'
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