The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-22
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# sale Of Lands for School Fund
Chapter eighteen is: money max 4.
ing law forregu1a the sale of lands tlE
for the bench Of the seho5l f an HI
ak Levies for School Purposes.
Chapter nineteen is another very
Important bill, relating to education.
reducing the Ievies for the building
fund. / and imposing other restrictions
about the same, and also regulating
the. emergency 1evies which are now
authorized To be made whensnecessary
to maintain five months, school
The building fund" is the fund to
provide school houses, furniture, fuel,
etc, and under existing law the Boards
of Education can levy a tax OF forty
five cents on thel hundred dollars for
this purpose. In the future this levy
is restricted to twenty cents, except
when a new building is being erected
and an added tax is absolutely neces-
sary The effect of the law is, in nine
out Of every ten districts in the State,
to insure a saving of twenty cents in
the tax levies.
The teachers - fund tax remains at
:, maximum of fifty cents. If necessary
20 levy more to get FIVE months OF
school a special or emergency levy is
authorized: but only in order to get
enough money to run the school five
months.
Fenitentiary Guards.
Chapter twenty authorizes the ap-
Dointment and use of penitentIary
guards to convey convicts from Jalls.
4 Money Saver Conveying Conviots.
Chapter twenty-one prescribes how
convicts shall be taken from the coun-
ties to the penitentiary. This act will
save the state, in about two years, the
entire cost of the special session of
the Legislature. It relieves the sher-
IFS Of this duty and imposes it.uDon
guards from the penitentiary, thus in
surfing great saving to the State over
the present method Of taking a deputy
sheriff for each prisoner.
State Reform School.
Chapter twenty-five reduces i'll num-
Der the directors and reorsanizes the
NCard of the State Reform School. The
act provides that the counties having
inmates shall pay $4,000. annually
toward the education and care of in
mates from their counties. This law IS
based. on justice and will save money
both to the counties and to the State
bv preventing some OF the abuses in
commitments to this, institutions.
West Virginia Asylum.
Chapter twenty-three is similar
measure to the above and applies to
the West Virginia Asylum or Home
for Incurables.'
Conclusion.
In this summary Of the several acts
II Will be seen that the intention of
the Legislature is to
Lower local tax rates,
E,uuaize assessment values,
Institute. economies in local and
State offices, 80
Make all corporations list their prop
crty accurately.
Abolish direct State taxes,
Raise State revenues from license
and privilege taxes, ---
Do justice to the small taxpayers
Reduce taxation TO those now paying
more than their just share,
More justly distribute governmental
burdens. ..s .'
Make fair and reasonable tax laws,
Systemize and create q head to the
taxing system OF the State, 49,
| Deal fairly and impartially with all
Interests. ~. &,-
Make every interest carry its fair
share OF taxation.
Get coal, oil, gas and mineral values
! on the tax duplicate, tysi
| Safeguard the public interests