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... the early history of West Virginia there was considerable public clamor for the enactment of a severance tax ; but the astute lobbyists of that day prevented any such demand from being voiced in either house of the legislature .
... the early history of West Virginia there was considerable public clamor for the enactment of a severance tax ; but the astute lobbyists of that day prevented any such demand from being voiced in either house of the legislature .
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The next official utterance on the severance tax was in the 1921 message of Governor John J. Cornwell to the legislature , in which he said : " It is a lamentable fact that our natural resources , coal , oil , gas , timber , and ...
The next official utterance on the severance tax was in the 1921 message of Governor John J. Cornwell to the legislature , in which he said : " It is a lamentable fact that our natural resources , coal , oil , gas , timber , and ...
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... containing about 35,000,000 acres , for the sum of $ 500,000 . The grant was obtained by fraud and the bribery of the legislature . These facts becoming known , the next legislature , MARSHALL AND THE CONSTITUTION 141.
... containing about 35,000,000 acres , for the sum of $ 500,000 . The grant was obtained by fraud and the bribery of the legislature . These facts becoming known , the next legislature , MARSHALL AND THE CONSTITUTION 141.
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Contents
Chapter Page 1 A Babe in the Political Woods | 5 |
Impeachment of the State Auditor | 12 |
A Bid for Graft Payments | 23 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Lost Tales of Appalachia |
| Author | Howard Burton Lee |
| Publisher | McClain Print. Company, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2006 |
| ISBN | 0870121936, 9780870121937 |
| Length | 206 pages |
| Subjects | › Law / General |
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