The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02
The COUNTY Deb.
Something for The Tax Payers To
Ponder Over.

fUnHbt Ott1.
TIE Republicans are now scat
sering throughout the county. 3
circular. headed ssThe Comfy
Debt The first and important
object of this circular is to deceive
the people. We make this charge
openly. from the fact that it is q
reproduction of editorials of the
State Gazette, principally from the
issue of that paper of September
9th, 1898, in which it asserted the
ldebt of the county to be only $685.
600. This assertion was contra
dicted and proven false Immediate
Iy upon its appearance by facts
published in reply to same by the
Daily and WeekIy Register but
to further deceive the people. this
circular is printed and sent through
out our county, and in the mean
time. nothing appears. pertaining
to the county debt. in the columns
of the Gazette, they thinking
thereby there would be no oppor-
tunity for a reply by the Register.
From that fact alone its cowardice
is proven, and is an attempt to pre-
vent fair discussion of the county
debt and its causes.
1t is not a mere assertion upon
our part, that the county is in debt
hundred thousand dollars. We
deal with facts, and these facts
are matters Of record, as the fol-
lowing, which is duly certified
copy of the Committees report,
viii show:
To the Honora6lc County Court Of
Mason County, Vest Firginia::
The undersigned appointed by
your Honorable body on the 18th
and 2Sth days of January, 1897, re-
spectively. 10 ascertain the indebt-
edness of said county. and the
various road districts therein, re-
spectfully say and report as follows
in the matter required by the
court:
Ist. We desire to say that we
carefully and thoroughly examined
the records and files of both the
County Court Clerks Office, and
the Circuit Court Clerks office.
pertaining to the financial matters
during the period covered by our
investigation.
End. We report that a commits
sion was heretofore appointed by
the court to report upon the fnan-
cial condition of the county. and
find that said commissions labors
ended at the July term, 1885, of
said court but did not include the
business done at the said July
term, 1885, therefore we began our
labors and Investigations at the
said July term, 1885. and contin-
ued the same up to the January
term. 1897. Our investigation in
cludes both of these dates.
3rd. The result of our investi-
cation is as follows:
INDEBTEDNESS OF COUNTY
County orders issued
= and not vet reported paid
in any sheriff settlement. $40, ,S72 SO
Orders issued on poor fund
and not yet reported paid
in any sherifT9s settlement II, $50 "a
Orders for page of Circuit
Court issued and not yet
reported paid in any
sherifT's settlement. As 90
Orders for grand jurors is
SnP6 and nor vet
ment. ............ a71 %
Orders for petit jurors issued
and not reported paid in
any sheriff'S settlement. 1,15S As
Orders for State witnesses
in misdelneanor cases is
sued and not yet reported
paid in any sherif1's s settle
lnent- 335 30
Total for County $57 ,eO9 OF
INDEBTEDNESS OF ROAD DISTRICTS
Arbuclle-Orders issued
and not yet report ed paid
in any sheriff's settlements :, ,149 %
CIendenin District. 3, 70 5I
Cologne {" - 6OS %
Cooper - . 2,271 o.
Graham - . I,743 50
Hannah - - 1925 %
Lewis +" .. BOP OS
Union - - ,055 10
Robinson ~ - 1,64I So
Waggener - - 1880 &c
Total for roads $ SIS. .599 s5
Total for eounty---&57,oO9 ,oO9 OF