WEST VIRGINIA. 



casual deficiencies of revenue. On Sept. 30, 

 1890, the sums so borrowed and not repaid 

 amounted to $184.511.48. Before the end of the 

 year this debt had been reduced by payments to 

 $101,170, and it is expected that this balance 

 will be wiped out within the next two years. 



The assessed valuation of property in the 

 State for 1890 was $187,165,353, an increase of 

 about $8,000,000 in two years. The value of 

 railroad property for 1890, included in these 

 figures, was $17,237,766.61. an increase of $1,- 

 700,000 in two years. The rate of State taxa- 

 tion is 35 cents on each $100. 



County Debts. The total debt of West Vir- 

 ginia counties for 1890 was $1,023,887, an in- 

 crease of $431,107 in ten years. The bonded 

 debt was $895,162, the floating debt $128,725. 



Population. The following table shows the 

 population of the State by counties, as deter- 

 mined by the national census of 1890, compared 

 with the population for 1880 : 



Legislative Session.- A .s,^ IK | *^ 

 the Legislative Assembly ri 

 Ian. ITi. pursuant tn u call i~u.-.| ; 



in December. Tin- mil sp-< iii,-,l :;': RJ 

 legislation, only a few of which were ooiuid* : 

 The most important duty of tin- M-;. i, . k - to 

 determine the contot.-d election bi U. 



Fleming and Nathan (jolT for th. 

 ernor. Two report- \M-IV pn --iit,-<l \,\ ih. 

 vestigating committee appoint. 1 at il 

 ing session a majority report in 

 Fleming, signed by the Dermx i 

 and a minority report in favor 

 by the Republican members (gee " Annual 

 Cyclopaedia* for 1889, page 824... Elba -live 

 arguments were made before the As-st-mM. 

 support of each report, Gen. (Joff appearing 

 among others in his own behalf. When the vote 

 was taken, the legislators divided on -trict party 

 lines, and by a vote of 43 to 40 Fleming was de- 

 clared elected. 



Growing out of the charges of bribery and 

 fraud made by each party during this contest, 

 an act was passed designed to insure pun i 

 tions. It was made an offense for any candidate. 

 directly or indirectly, to loan, pay, gi 

 promise to loan, pay, or give, any money or other 

 thing of value to any delegate, or to luriii>h >r 

 pay the transportation or expenses of any dele- 

 gate to any convention in order to obtain or in- 

 fluence his vote, or to loan, give, directly or in- 

 directly. or offer or promise to loan or give, any 

 money or anything of value to any elector. f.r 

 the purpose of influencing or retaining hi 

 or to induce him to labor or refrain from lair- 

 ing for such candidate, or to refrain from labor- 

 ing for any other candidate, or for the purpose 

 of unduly influencing voters in any way. It is 

 made an offense for any person to hire at. 

 son to work for the nomination of any pc't>on to 

 office or for the selection of any delegate to be 

 chosen at any party caucus or convention. <>r to 

 hire any person to work at the polls on election 

 day for any candidate. Any use of money b 

 any person, or any promise of money, for tl 

 purpose of influencing the choice of electors or to 

 induce them to remain away from the polls 

 made unlawful. A severe penalty is impc 

 upon unauthorized persons who tamper u 

 way with the ballot boxes during or after any 

 election or with any packages or receptacles < 

 tainine ballots duly cast at any election, or with 

 any tally sheet, poll book, or election return* 

 An Australian ballot bill passed the N-mit,-. but 

 failed in the House. Other acts of theseerioo, 

 which adjourned on Feb. 26, were as f 



Providing that where the line of any 

 panv has been constructed through anv coun 



so constructed 



construce. 



ary betwuc 

 tors. 





The population for 1890 by races is as follows 

 White, 729,262; colored, 33,508; Chinese, 1 

 Indians, 8. 



Fducation. For the school year ending in 

 1890 S following public-a 

 reported by the State Superintendent . 



