Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-02-12
MEETING OF SUPERVISORS.
They Oppose the Extension of the City
Limits.

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! At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors o
the county held last Monday, they protested
earnestly against the proposed extension O
the city limits, and appointed J. A. Glasgow
to assist the Commonwealth Attorney Il
represent the interests of Beverly Manor Dis
trict and the county of Augusta in opposing
said extension, and also appointed William
A. Burnett and T. R. N. Speck to assist them
before the Legislature in opposing it.
On that subject, the Board adopted the fol-
lowing
1t being represented to this board that &C.
ton has already been taken by certain of the
citizens of Stanton which action has been
approved by part of the council of the said
city to extend the corporate limits of the city
of Staunton so as embrace certain portions of
Beverley Manor District, extending said limits
so as to increase the area of the city about
two thirds its present size and embracing
about ZOO acres with all the Improvements
thereon, Therefore be it resolved by this
board that they do most earnestly protest
against the same, and urge upon the senator
and representatives from this county in the
present Legislature to resist the same, as we
are assured and, upon investigation, are salts
fled that large majority, amounting to al
most unanimity, of those whose residence,
citizenship and property would be involved
are earnestly opposed to this eXtentiOn of the
limits of the said city. That this change is
opposed by the citizens directly affected there
by is shown by large petition rendered this
board numbering about 500 persons.
That it will take off from said district about
s. of taxable values, creating common
surate loss of revenues to the county without
relieving it of any sort of burden. That it
will render doubtful the tenure of office of
at least three important officers of the county.
That we do not believe said city is in any
condition to extend any benefits to said citi-
zens proportionate to their increased burden
of taxation incident to their beiug taken in
The taxation of the citizens of Beverley Man.
or District is at present larger, and in the ma
ture of things always must be more than any
other district in said county, the principal
causes of expense being fer roads and indi
gent persons. no part of which will be appre-
Gladly diminished by the proposed change
and the deficit will have to be made up by a
still more burdensome tax on the remaining
citizens of said district, or distributed amongst
those of other districts of said county.
extremely inequitable, as clear distinctions
are made between persons living and owning
property equally near said city, certain per-
sons being taken in said lines and other per- |
sons similarly situated being left out.
The lines as they are now proposed will also |
make it necessary to re-arrange both voting |
and school districts and ill-possibly make it |
necessary to redistrict the county. These |
changes will be incident with the costs of |
building new school houses (the school houses /
being taken in by the proposed lines, while /
many of the pupils are left QUIT and voting
houses, to say nothing of the costs of chang
ing the lines as they now stand.
Be it further resolved. that the clerk of this
board is hereby directed to transmit certified |
copy of this order to the senator and two rep
resentatives in the present session of the Leg
islature from this county.