The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-11-26
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Session of Legislature is To Be
Called in January
Next.
so THE GOVERNOR STATES.
Several Measures of Note viii
Be Recommended BY Him
in His Message.
[ay Aasoeiated Preas.l

Lsy Associated Press.l
CHARLESTON. W. Va. Nov. 2e.
Governor W. NJ. o. Dawson today
called an extra session of the legisla-
ture TO convene January 81. TO CON
slider various legislative measures.
CHARLESTON. Nov. 2S-In an
interview last night, Governor VIII
liam NJ. O. Dawson said that he
would soon issue the formal call for
special session OF the legislature of
West Virginia to convene on January
Il. 1908, for the consfde deration OF GER
Main legislation. principal of which
viii be the remedial legislation made
necessary by the recent decision of
the state supreme court OF appeals
In ruling that local road levies in
counties shall not be included in the
limitation placed upon the counties
as to the amount of taxes that may
be levied. In addition, the Cover
nor announces that he will call
special election for January IL IN the
thirteenth senatorial district to elect
a successor to the late Senator Tai
bott. This district comprises the
counties of Barbour. Pendleton. RAN
I fLs
was elected in 1909 by a plurality of
$40.
The matters to figure in the call for
the special session, said Governor
Dawson would include the following:
t1rst-Remedial legislation for the
limitation of county levies. this being
made desirable since the recent de-
cision of the state supreme court OF
appeals, holding that road levies are
not included in the limitation the leg
islature has placed on taxation by the
counties. in the opinion Of the tax
commissioner unless the Limitation is
ra-iInposed, the taxpayers of HE state
viii he called upon. to pay from
$l,0o0,000 to $1,50O0O additional tax
3, through the c&t~ava-aa@e c. !o-.i
tax levying bodies
= Secoad--A county salary Dill, -pue-
tins all county officers on a salary
basis. including county clerks, circuit
clerks and sherinfs. and transferring
from the pockets OF these officials to
the county treasures the large
amounts they collect in fees. rsachins,
from $l50.000 to 100000 a year. Re
publican platforms have long pledged
To the abolition OF the fee system. and
now the special session VII give an
opprtHnity to make good on this cam
paisn promise. So far as state offices
are concerned the fee system is al
ready thing Of the past thanks to
Republican legislation.
Third--AmendmentS to the ballot
ana election laws. intended to simple
" the state 5aHot. also with the OBJ
ject Of preventing fraul and the IL
legal use Of money in elections.
E'ourtlr-Amendmen to the regis
tration law, the present law being
conceded to he defective in some par
ticulars.
Eifth-Consideration of general
ana uniform system of accounting by
counties and municipalities. Ohio has
had such q system for the past two
years. and the results have been more
than its promoters had predicted,
Through this uniformity different
counties and municipalities are en-
abled to make intelligent comparisons
with others. and thus enable them to
exercise economies where 1t Is ascer-
tained that excessive expenditures In
any department are in evidence. This
system is so clearly desirable that the
governor believes If the matter is
properly presented to the legislature
it win he enacted into Law without
objection from any source.
While other matters than those
mentioned may be finally included in
the call for the special session, it is
not considered at all likely.