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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The members of the Board of Supervisors heard a long list of ways Rappahannock will be adversely impacted by amendments to the state budget proposed by Gov. George Allen.
The county has been able to get state funds for prisoners kept in the county jail awaiting trial. The cost of providing these funds to localities has been a growing and unpredictable cost to the state.
Gov. Allen has proposed that the amount of funds allocated to this* purpose be cut and fixed, so that once they run eut, localities will no longer be able to collect.
To offset this cut the state is proposing that the court system be beefed up so no one remains in jail awaiting trial for more than 60 days. Sheriff John Henry Woodward and Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke noted Rappahannock only has term days every other month. They said it will probably be impossible to hold trials within 60 days of arrest.
County Administrator John McCarthy said the governor’s amendments also call for a cut of 30 percent in the state's contribution to
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