Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-04-20
Anil NJ.

hENATR-Ihe loint resoiuuoh 10 iA'V' " ~
mitting Railroad iron free Of duty for three
years. was indefinitely POstPOned-yeas 10 nays
Ia. ~ A
Bill to amend the act defining the powers
&c. Of the Board Of public works, was read
the second time and referred to the committee
Of the whole.
The bill to authorize Ohio City to improve
the old Outlet,of the CuyahOga river, so as to
make il 3 harbOr, was read the third time, and
pAssed-95 toI. 4iie--s It..
Bill to regulate the fees Of justices OF the
peace and cOnstables, was passed. Itincreases
! theirfees IN certain cases t 4. "u-iH'i.-
Bin allowing the County Commissioners 10
gil the vancancy in the Office of County Treas
in case Of resignation, or from other causes,
passed. ...
/ Mr. Foote offered resolution for the ap.
pointment Of commission to examine into the
causes which have produced our State dsbt,
and to devise the best plan for paying off the
same.
HoUsE-The House started eff at The be-
ginning on the proposed tax law Of Mr.. Nc
Kenze. The FIRST question being on the prop
Osilion to exempt 5000 from taxation, it was
lost.
The other amendment, proposing to exempt
$50 from.taxatiOn, then being before the House
the debate again commenced with great zeal
Mr.. Baker defended the bill. He thought
all exemptions wrong. He also thought the
decision Of the Supreme Coun Just the thing,
and defe nded the principle with one of his pc
culiar speeches.
Dr. Ross replied, and defended his democ-
racY, &C., from the attacks of Mckenzie Ba-
ker and others. The Doctor was eloquent on
Bibles and Hymn Books.
The House then voted on the $50 exempt.
ion amendment, and 1t was adopted-yeas 48,
nays SS. Sothe House agreed to exempt So
from taxation. 'r .rf
Mr.. Pain offered an amendment proving
!. that owners of stock, &c., may show them to
the Assessor, who shall assess its value instead
S of swearing to it themselves. ,......
Mr. Gest opposed the amendment. The
a constitution provides tina! assessments should
e be made by uniform rule, and he thought TIL
o dividing the duty, as provided by the amend
ment, would not make such a rule. Again
the principle was wrong, The owner knew
the value better than any body else. In ever!
J. case, the assessor puts the property lower thar
tho owner knows to be its true value. 1t wa
, used to evade the due proportion Of taxation
The debate was continued by Messrs. Val
/ Hook, Mckenzie, Tyler, Pain and others, ant
1t was finally passed-yeas 81, nays "a.
j. Mr.. Langdon proposed an amendment, tn
d effect of which was to place Brokers and StOc
Is ljobbers on the same footing with banks so ia
as listing their property for taxationi' concern
d ed The amendment was adopted. m
- An amendment was adopted, giving Prose
" cutting Attorneys 10 per cent on penalty Q
e from $1,000 $1,000, to be collected from thos
a who should put their property out of the
+ hands for the purpose Of evading their taxa
tion. ...,.,
Mr.. McCan moved to amend by adding to
o section, providing that growing crops in th
ground, shall be exempt from taxation "
Mr.. Gest and others contendet that such al
exemption would be unconstitutional, Grow
.e ing crops were personally liable to levy an
h sale as such and were not in the list Of en'
l. merated articles. & saN
On motion of Judge Pruden the HOu
struck out the clause requiring the auditors 1
m omit all returns where the entire tax upC
,e them would not amount to Twenty-Five cents,
m The assessors were allowed till the thil
, Monday of May to make their returus to Il
county auditors. l '.a. tu
Of The House then ordered the bill to be e.
rs crossed, and read the third time on Friday
this week. .a..f.a,