Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-10-26
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one looked particularly after the
money due the State from this
source. As sample, a show
would come to town; and in
many instances a few compli-
mentary tickets to officers whose
duty it was TO collect this tax
were all the State received in the
way OF revenue. Hotels, res
taurants, theaters and the many
subjects required to pay license
tax were looked after but little,
and scarcely at all in some coun-
ties, with the result that some
people paid, while others enjoyed
the same privileges without pay
ing anything, and the State lost
the revenue, which accounts, to
a large degree, for the small
amount collected by the Demo-
cratic officers.
Under Democratic administra-
ton, the Secretary Of State re-
ceived salary. and all the fees
besides. Last year we placed in
the State treasury from the fees
from the Secretary of States OF
fee. $I6,349.7o. Under Demo
cratic rule the Auditor got a sal.
airy, and all the fees besides, and
this Office paid into the State
treasury $4474S.82 last year. In
the now almost eight years since
we stopped the fee system in the
Auditors and Secretary Of
States Offices we have placed in
the State treasury S46o.o3o.I4,
including fees for Auditor acting
as attorney in fact for foreign
corporations. that would have
gone into the pockets OF these
officials, had it not been for the
Republican party.
Facts to Remember.
You will notice we collected in
1911, $I25,o47.8o on insurance
taxes. In the last year of Mr..
MacCorkle's administration there
was collected from this source
$17,If2.oo, another sample of
what Republican management
can do.
Note item in list, Interest on
Deposits, one half of which
goes TO the State and the other
half to the State School Fund.
The half collected that went into
the State fund in 1911 was $24,-
1890. Under the same condi-
tons under Democratic rule, the
half paid into the State fund from
this source amounted to $I2,-
S3o.74 One OF the reasons Why,
under Democratic rule, they did
hot collect more from this source
is because they did not make
their collections as provided by
law, and instead of the money
belonging to the people being in
the State repositories. and earn
ing interest. it was left in the
pockets of the county and other
officers, and there you have one
OF the big reasons why the people
suffered III this respect. In the
last four years this Republican
administration collected from this
source $G65.II4.56 In the last
I four years of Democratic admin
istration they collected SIS,
712.44.
Notice under the head of Iii
cense Taxes on Charters When
the Republican party came in
power $7o!o65.oo was the amount
collected from this source. We
at once revised our corporation
laws and made them up to date,
and collected in 1917 S42o.q45.4o.
or about $4,000 more than the
last Democratic administration.
We are receiving about $4,000
from automobile taxes.
Notice This item. sale of
Books" wv. Va Reports, Codes.
etc.). S4,736.6I under Governor
Glasscock's administration: un-
der Governor MacCorkle's adj
ministration, nothing. And they
had books to sell and under the
same law that governs us today.
Notice again item. Tax on
Seal S2,7o5.o7. We had the
same law when the Democrats
were in power, but nothing re-
ported for the last year Of Gov
ernor MacCorkle's administra-
ton, Previous 10 that. there had
been some money that went into
the State treasury from this
source
Collateral Inheritance Tax.
Notice this item. In seventeen
wears There was cb1let-,cd L,. five