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Show West Virginia Must Pay 82,303.92901 Old Virginia Debt Controversy of Long Standing Finally Deeded by U. S. Supreme Court Washington, Juno 14. Tho su promo court today decided tho long I standing Virginia West Vlrgln'a debt taso holding West Virginia should pay $12,393,929 as Its net share of the V rglnla dt lt at the t'mo of the par ' titlon of the slates. ' Tho report of tho lato Charles V. Mttlefleld ai special mnstor, was up held In ill particulars, except on" I minor finding. The court held thai West Virginia was entitled to Its Sihnro of the onsets arls ng from tho original principal debt nnd fixed that amount at $2,900,000. West Virginia Is required by the court to pay ?8,-, 17S.000 In Interest computed at 3 per cent from 1S01 to dnte and 1 per cent from 1SC1 to 1891. Tho controversy hns been ono of tho most prolonged over boforo tho supremo court. The court for yenrs delayed entering a final Judgment In hopes of an am'cablo adjustment of tho dlsputo. Iloforo the separation of West Virginia Vir-ginia from Virginia, Virginia had a state debt of $33,000,000 Incurred mn'nly ns tho result of an ambitious scheme to provide tannl and slack water navigation nlong tho courses of tho St Jnmcs and Kanawha rivers riv-ers with tho hopo of making a navigable, navi-gable, waterway from Illchmond to tho Ohio nnd Mississippi; an clnbor-oto clnbor-oto project of macadam zed roads; then of railroading. In 1900, tho commonwealth of Virginia Vir-ginia asked nnd gained tho permission permis-sion of tho supremo court to bring a suit before that tribunal to compel . West Virginia to pay an cfiu'tnblo ' share of the debt, acting partly it has been said, nt tho instance of holders of bonds Virginia had Issued to cover cov-er tho indebtedness. In 1911 tho supremo court announced announc-ed that West Vlrgln'n's shnro of the principal debt should bo determined by tho ration of tho wealth of tho two states. It was fixed a $7,182,507.19 In 1913, Virginia asked for n final Judgment, Judg-ment, which would includo Interest on the prlntlpnl debt. West V rglnla then raised n claim to a share of tho assets growing out of tho Investments of tho $33,000,000 which Is nllowed. |