The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-03-01
35 COUNTIES RECEIVE
MORE THAN THEY PAY
Fifth District Receives $50
600 More Than Total
Paid State.

The report of the Auditor of
Public Accounts for the year
ending September 30, 1910, has
been published The report
covers the operations of the
State for the year and contains
the various subjects of taxation
for the year which begins
October /, 1910, and on which
taxes will be paid this year.
The increase in real values is
given by counties and cities, as
well as the criminal charges
paid TO each city and county on
the part of the State. In this
connection it is pointed out that
there are some thirty-fve which
drew from the State last year
more than 100000 in excess Of
the total by them paid to the
State for all purposes. The
Fifth District got more than
/ $4,000 of this sum and the
Ninth District emerged with
some $4,000 on the wrong side
of the book. The First District
trailed along with a claim Of
some $4,000 more than she
paid
Following is a brief summary
of the most silent features of
the report:
tributed tomorrow:
Exclusive of mineral lands
and standing timber, the actual
assessed value of the real estate
in Virginia, returned from
taxation for the year 1910, as
shown in the report of the
Auditor of Public Accounts
for the year ending September
80, 1910, is i475,672 800.
The total owned by whites is
$45l 1902 1875, and that owned by
colored persons is $27, $50, 525.
This includes the lands, the
houses and all sorts and kinds
of improvements. Richmond
city heads the list of reality
values with SIS, 1916, sos; Norfolk
is second with S43, 966, 800;
Lynchburg being third with
Sl6,42l $50. For the oounties,
Norfolk leads with $l6,57l ,7gG.
The banks and security com
panies of the Commonwealth
paid during the fiscal year end.
ed September 30, 8l34, 3l7.15.
The insurance and guarantee
companies paid handsomely for
their part of the expenr of
government, contributing to the
treasury of the State $lS9, 305.04.
Huntsmen who came to the
State and asked license to shoot
birds, duck, deer, turkeys and
other games paid a total of
$lO4.5O.
The Auditor makes report of
the total of S6S, O56.2S paid to
him during tho year on account
of the oyster industry, which
includes all the fines collected
by the several inspectors for
that period covered by the
report.
The amount paid to the
memorial associations of the
State for the care of graves of
the Confederate dead during
the year appropriated by the
Legislature, $2,7l0.
Crime in the State of Virginia
for the year ended September
30, including the Two reforma-
tories, aggregated a total
expenditure of 1887, S45.l2.
Richmond city consumed $37.-
322 IS, and the city of Norfolk
required $40, 359.43. Norfolk
county also made a tax on the
treasury for $l3,2l7.49 to handle
her criminal element. Henrico
county was not n SLOUGH when
it came to handling criminals,
the report disclosing that
IS, O0i02. Isle of Wight man
aged to get along by expanding
$50.l3 for suppression of crime,
and Lee county comes along
and draws out $3,713. 46 for the
same purpose. Lynchburg spent
$3,365.0y for the arrest, trial and
conviction of criminals, and
Newport News called for
$l2,S66 H.
Examining the records OF the
courts of the State-the ferret
ing out of the fiduciaries
trustees, administrators and