Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-02-04

81 "a 1913 ~, ana Inrrc NdH iFdlioL"AA %
from the state fund into tbe General
school fund s405.9is.55, making to-
tai amount 10 the credit OF counties,
districts, municipal corporations, etc.
the General School fund. and trans
ferred from said fund into the General
School FUND Of 1851 .2S4.52; there
was also collect d for the State Road
fund S97S13.25. This added 10 the
amount collected and credited to coun.
ties districts, mum cipa corporations,
etc. the amount collected for the ben
gift Of the School fund AID the amount
transit rred from said fund into the
General School fund. to.wit: s2,6Sl,-
2S452 makes a total of $2,779, 09I77 of
revenues collected not available for
State purposes and which amount de-
Quoted from the total revenues Ct the
year, to-wit. $4,483,929. az leaves bal
agce of $t.704, s3196, this being the
amount collected for the fiscal year
ending Septe .nber 30, 1910. and evaila-
bic for expenses Of the State Govern
1oent.
In addit'cn to the $97,S13.25 collect
ed for the benefit Of the Stat Road
Fund there was transferred from the
State Fund to this fund sl6,9H.S7,
making a total amount in the State
Treasury to the credit of the State
Road Fund en- September 30 1910, OF
s114,755,12.
An examination OF the report of the
Auditor, as well as the report Of the
state Board of Control, will show that
the larger amount of the appropria-
tons for our State institutions for the
biennial period ending September 30,
1910. was paid ont during the last fis-
cal year; For instance, there was paid
cut on account of the West Virginia
University during the fiscal year end
inc September 30, 1909 sos S05S6,
whereas during the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1910. there was paid
ont $i57,332.S4: of the appropriations
FIR the Preparatory Branch of tn
University at Keyser there was paid
cut during TIE fiscal year ending Sep.
tember 80. 1909, $S,2tS.76, and during
the last fiscal year there was paid out
$13,519.03 for tbs Glenville Normal
School there was paid out during the
fiscal year ending September 90, 1909,
s2,971.75 and for the year ending Sep
tnlrber 80. 1910. $S.S0476: for the
West Virginia Asylum there was paid
out during the fiscal year ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1909. S62 1854. and for
the fiscal year ending September 80
1910. Sql.44lq0 These increased
amounts pad out during the last year
for the West Virginia University
Chenille Normal School and West Vir-
gnia Asylum were on account of new
buildings being constructed at each Of
these places.
Nothing has been paid out ON ac-
count of the State Road Fund, except
for refunding erroneous payments.
Estimated Receipts For Biennial
Period
believe the present sources Of rev
euue under the existing laws will pro
duce as much money as they did dur
;ae the preceding biennial period, and
I have already given you in detail the
sources from which this money has
been derived and the amount from
each sourFp, for each year of the bien-
NAL period But this is calculated on
q basis Of not less than ~ cents on
the $4,000 of state tax and this
should b entirely removed. There is
some question as to the advisability
Sc the abolition CT the state tax under
cur present Constitution. but it GER
talnly should he reduced to not more
than one cent on the $4,000, and il
necessary to do so the Constitution
should be so amended as to permit
the removal of the whole thereof.
This State has bsen moving rapidly
toward "home rule" We are aow col
lecting annually only about one-half
million of dollars by direct taxation
for the support Of our State govern
ment, and an almost equal amount is
transferred frcm the State fund into
he General school fund for the sup
port Of our elementary schools; and il
affords me unusual pleasure to be able
to report t. our people that we have
arrived at the time when all expenses
can be met under the present laws
without the payment OF a single dol
lar of property tax.
Local levy.ug bodies county courts,
b ards of education and municipal au-