The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-11-16
State Board of EQUALIZATION.

We promised the readers of The States.
man a daily account of the proceedings Of
This body. We have ascertsined that
nothing Of interest will iranspire for some
days, and are allowed until The first of
December 10 do go. As was remarked 10
us BY a member Of the Board. "the meeting
took place about a month loo soon on thai
account. The fault is in The law.
The Board has been IN Committee of
the whole. since lis organization. We
extract from The Journal a list of those
present and ihe proceedings at the Tuesday
session.
PreSenf--Andcrson of Hamilton; An.
derson, Adams, Pike, Scioto and Jackson;
Bacon, Clarke Champaign and Madison;
Brown, Hamilton; Bruke, Carroll and
SIarke; Converse, Ashisbula, Lake and
Geauga; Coulter. Ashland and RichIand /;
'Cramer, Trumbull and Mahoning; Cul.
berson, Muskingum and Perry; Dixon,
Jefferson and Culumbiana; Frees, Seneca,
Crawford and Wyandol; ~llaines, Ham.
illon; House, Lawrence, Gallla, Meigs and
Vinlon; Hulse, franklin and Pickaway ;
lhrig, Wayne and Holmes; Jameson, Bel.
mont and Harrison; Kelly, Washington
and Morgan; Mcfarland, Knox and NJ ".
row; Mcclure, Preble and Montgomery;
Mercer, Guernsey and Mouroe; Morgan,
Auditor, lex olicis;) Payne, Cuyahoga;
Powell, Clermont and Brown; Reed, Por,
tage and Summit; Roberts. Coshoclon ant
Tuscarawas; Roller, Hancock, Wood
Lucas, Fulton, Henry & Putnam; Runkle
Logan, Union, Marion and Hardin; Sey.
mour, Ross and Highland; Smith, Green
Clinton and Fayclle; Waters, Mercer, Au.
glaize, Allen, Van Vert, Pauldiug, Def
ance and Williams; Wesllake, Miami, Dark
and Shelby; WILDER, Huron, Erie, Sandus
Ky and Otta wa;W Wilson, Delaware and Lick
ing; Welling, Medina and Lorain; White
Athens, Hooking and Fairfield ; Mr.. Pres
ident, Butler.
Mr., Payne, from Cuyahoga, offered The
following resolution:
ReSotDe0, That the Auditor Of State be
requested 10 call upon The several Audit
0rs oil counties 10 prepare and forward to
his Office, as soon as practicable, for thu
use OF this body, border maps 6rlheir re
spectlve counties, exhibiting The dilleren
parcels or tracts of land on said count,
lines with The proprietors names, togelhe
with the value per acre, as assessed by tn,
district assessor, and e%quallzed by III
County Board Of Equalization.
A discussion here arose as 10 the hes
mode Of rating the valuation of property
throughout the State, Mr.. Payne, Of Cuya
hoga, and Mr.. Ihrig, of Wayne, palticipa
ting. The gentleman from Wayne mad
the suggestion of taking the whole amour
OF property in the State and dividing il By
The number of counties. BY this arrange
ment, it was insisted that a basis would b,
established to rate the value Of properly in
each county; for, by ascerlaining the val
he of the border lands, as assessed by III,
County boards Of Equalization, a conclu,
sion as 10 whether that valuation wa
equitable or not, as regarded all property,
would be arrived at.
The question now being upon the adop
lion Of the resolution, 1t was carried--yea.
%, nays 8.
Mr.. Payne, Of Cnyahoga, suggested III
importance Of furnishing maps for the US
of the Board, and offered a resolution t
that effect, which was adopted.
An abstract Of The taxable property il
the State, with The exception Of the coun
ties 'bG'Pike, Lucas and Mahoning, wa.
presented by Mr.. Morgan, aud on motion
was laid on the table.
A resolution was offered to employ
boy, and was adopted,
And Ihereupun, on motion, The Boar
adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon.