West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-12-10
IMPORTATION FOR THE PUBLIC,
In Regard to Delinquent Taxes and
the New school Book Law.
OFFICE OF SHERIFF PngsroS Co.

Thanking you very kindly for
pact favors. | again knock for ad :
mittance into your columns.
desire to say to the taxpayers
who are IN arrears. that on account
OF the Circuit Court convenIng on
the 1ltb. | was compelled tn make
my hounds before the pensions
came in for this quarter. TO cure
this defect, | intimated to some OF
the pensioners. especially in Port
land district. that / might have
time to advertise again for about
December 10Th. This | cannot
comply with for want of time-I
must have the money to meet urg
ent demands. As remedy, | earn
estly requ st pensioners all over
the county 10 send In their taxes by
friends coming to Court. and | do
not contine this request to pension.
ers alone: | want Others to do 80 az
we'll. If yon have no money, bor-
row of your friends who have.
Taxes must be paid.
Just "a word of warning to all
who owe back taxes. IL you are
ever going TO pay me without trou
Die and costs. now is your time. 1
have lived on broken promises long
enough. IL God spares nv life ull
the close of Circuit Court, | intend
to bounce all who fail to close IN.
don care snap who you are
whether rich or poor. friends or
foes-l intend TO close my business
promptly and honorably at the
proper time. which is near at hand.
The Acts OF 1895 in regard to
the manner Of supplying text books
not being we'll understood by AT
least some of the Boards of Educa.
ton, is giving me very considerable
trouble. besides depicting the treas
ury to an extent which is alarming.
In the fist place. no Board can
lawfully issue orders on the Sheriff
for text books unless thew have
made specific levy for the same.
Capter 81, Section 10, reads as fol.
lows:
"The Board of Education shall
pay tho cost of such text books out
Of the building fund of the district.
and shall lay an annual levy for the
same upon the taxable property of
the district, in the manner and at
the time that other levies are laid
for said fund.-
L am satisfied that number of
the Boards have not complied with
the above, depending upon the sale
oil books to restore the money to
the Sheriff.
Let us notice how this restoration
has been working. The deposita
rles Of the county (Which are under
the control of the Boards) are re.
CURED by law. ut the end of sixty
days from date of invoice, to pay TO
the Sheriff the amount Of all sales
made to that date, less their com.
mission. following the payments
every sixty days from date of last
payment, unless the Boards order
the payments made oftener, which
is not.neces4ary.
understand that the books were
largely invoiced in Sep, EN- Der and
and the first of October. In either
case the time is T.assed and | have
received funds from three deposi.
tarles only, amounting to a little
over two huDdred dollars, while the
drafts upon me have amount ted to
ut least twenty five hundred dollars.
l will admit that / had my remedy
by endorsing the orders and letting
them go broadcast. NV reasons for
not doing so we're, that endorsed
paper IS long time finding its way
back; hence the districts would paw
large sums of interest unnecessarily.
as l had to resort to private funds
to pay the orders. ] communicated
my proposition to pay, agreeing to
do so If the Boards would allow me
interest for sixty days, or until |
had public funds IN my hands to
pay them, which they very cheer
fully accepted, with the exception
OF one. In a letter written me by
the Secretary on the subject, the
young man rose to a position of
dignity and declared that taxes
we're due November LIST, and that it
was my duty to collect them. That
young man has never had Sheriff's
experience in collecting taxes, and
IS not likelv to have, as he is not
built that way. Depositaries de-
string to pay. need do no more than
TO send me their check. less their
commission of II per cent. giving
The total amount OF sales from date
OF invoice TO the sixty day limit for
settlement; and i'm second and other
payments. giving from date Of last
previous payment, whatever IL may
De to the time settled for. etc. +
csnnot fiji cut the receipts unless
the dates are given properly. En-
Gloss stamped and addressed en-
Velope for return of receipts.
VERY truly,
LEROY SHAW, s. r. G.