The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-01

Gates OF the amendment that the bond
issue can be taken care Of, or par
TALLY taken care of by automobile
licenses. The amendment itself pro-
vidcs that the legislature shall pro-
vide for the collecting OF an annual
state tax sufficient to pay annual In
terest on such debt and the principal
thereof within and not exceeding
thirty years, and they cannot appro-
pirate any money realized from any
other source for this purpose except
from taxation upon property. AS the
law now Is, all money realized from
automobile licenses and otner licenses
Is used for road purposes alone and
even II this fund coul be withdrawn
for the purpose for which it Is now
used and applied towards the payment
OF this bond issue and interest, then
there would have to be an additional
licenses money for the purpose OF
county levy made to take care of the
deficiency caused from the use of this,
license money for the purpose OF TAX
ing care OF the bond issue, but, as
said before, the cannot use 1T for that
purpose.
I'm the year 1888 there Was ex-
! pended by the State Road Commits
sion money realized from licenses and
the United States Government for road
purposes Three Hundred Sixty-one
Thousand One Hundred Sixty-lVe
and 39-l0O Dollars, or this amount
Two Hundred Sixty-one Thousand
Three Hundred Seventy and O6-lOo
Dollars was distributed among some
of the counties for road purposes and
the balance, Ninety-nine Thousand
Seven HundredNinety-five and 33-loe
Dollars, was used by the State Road
Commission in taking care OF ex-
penses. In other words. to expend for
road purposes Three Hundred Sixty
one Thousand One Hundred Sixty
tive and 39-100 Dollars what Ia It
going to cost to expend Fifty MILLION
Dollars\ II handled and managed by
this commission? But this Is not the
worst feature. The amendment pro-
yides that this fund must be under the
control and supervision OF sucn OIL
GERS and agencies as may be pre-
scribed by law. In other words, 1t Is
left to the legislature to determine the
officers and agencies who shall use
and control this large fund Tor road
purposes. 1t will become, as almost
every such fund does become, what
might be termed q corrupt fund. Mem
bers of the legislature will be elected
on pledges that they will secure as
much as possible Of this fund to be ex-
pended in their respective counties;
According to the calculation mace oy
Mr. + A. Dover, who Is chief AUDITOR
nd accountant in the state tax COM
missioner's office. 1t will take eisnty-
eight million seven. hundred and nfty
Thousand dollars to take care OF lhis
loan, Of which amount thirty-elgnt mn,
lion seven hundred and fifty Thousand
dollars Is interest alone Ian,
situation: The Pan Handle counties
pay, according to calculation MADE
about one-eighth Of all the taxes OIL the
state and would have TO pay ABOUT
eleven million dollars OF this loan' IN
Guiding interest, and under this amend,
n,ent The pan Handle counties would
NOT get any part Of this loan, except
nerhaps Hancock county. for the reason
that II Is to be used to construct roaos
between county seats. There Is a Eoou
road between the county seat ol .nat
shall and Ohio counties. Ohio county
- onstructed a road to the Brooke
county eas ST line and Brooke county has voted
a bond isue Of eight hundred thousand SAM,
dollars and Is constructing a roaa iIotn
the Ohio county line TO the hahcofh
county cu line. through Wellsburs', the
Some of the advocates OF this me, meas =
nort of this money could be used IN
refunding to counties that have al,
rata share Of this fund; T l,,oI is S S6s4
80 This money must be used In the
construction OF roads hereafter TO be
made or improved and not one do oirsaG GI
con structed by the different counties Oh
Il am not opposed to good roads out
In fact have always been no LAxor ".