M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-01-17
" directed. wOuII always Be success

deu 10 preclude alt amendments to oui
nx Jaw. On the contrary, tits admit
tel That ssyIsl might be made which
Fsnder them more Efficient. The as
Sessments and valuations Of persona
properSesPeCiSlly ,snoulG be acce lera
ted, 50 that titlle luny property roU!,
be listed twice, There no resSop VII!
By proser subdivisions. II could no
be done wi;hin Sfew days, Thes woul,
nut increase The expense. The phrase
cloEy of tSe tax law might also be made
moIrGshniie in many instances. Th'
Word credits should be so qaliied al
TO Include oDiy snch Outstanding dues
a. have assumed q definite shope smd
value. Thus squaliEing and periectine
ourtsK laws, and regulating the taxes
themselves. BY imposing proper res.
lsinis on the authorities that levy and
Repend them, We shall have true pub
liuecOnomy, light expenditures, and a
wise distribution OF the same, toRethe:
with faithful application ni the Peo'
PIES money to the frugal purposes OF d
dsniocra,ic government.
lniimsiely connected with the tax
laws is The custody Of the public money
be tween its collection snd disbursement
The money collected Upou the grand
,iuplirate in one year is not disbursed
mill the rear following, so hat much
OF our public revenue remains one yea'
md more i'm the State and county Treas
eSs.tVss Isslfs uS'O S.ss-..- sa---s- 49,.
which require early Bttention' OuI
te,enue officers have thus been temp
tep TO use the public funds for purposes
al private emolumeni. The peniciou:
influences that must necessarily flow
from such msfessanCe. TO say nothing
of tbe danger 70 which the public treas
ufe is exposed, are too obvious Tor com
Inenl.
Nor would il change the mltter by depos'
iting the public funds with banks. The btsl
treasures Of free and intelligent people are
their own pockets, aud no government has
any right TO depri'e its members ol 'hei
means ore moment sooner OF ionss! lheH Is
unsvoiiab lynecessury for the public service
From these considerations. | would respect
mly ,ngoest Tint our assessments, valuations
and everything connected with the making
Np Of the grand Duplicate Gnd the subsequent
COLLECTION OF snG .e,tmues I " 5;,ts Sos,,a as a1
" M, "'"s ,.Ess wv Within ,Es the s same year Ahet
careful deliberolon can see no unsurmount.
able obstacle to such an arrangement;-Th
stceIeration OF assessments Is as already suS
ges'eu, u,f,aFo py o.ne. ,io ,,ai Ng ,bs n,an5
dnnI ic"ts beinp mid by he day and the am.
mount Of work. it is easily seen that Tie
expenses OF arrelebrated action would not
6e sr1'et 'hsn al present, It, N i addition 10
". W instead @ M Of annually % as Ihey are now. m ther
would be far less severely lelt by the people
Their present roIlfctin occurring al the very
peH,d when money. is most NEEDED lor Tue
p'"uss anu ,'Jnis'"m ,",;ns ",'S ai If, sys"r.
,he most strinrent laws should at once be
passed against the private Use Of the revenues
Of the state which no well organized Gov
e'nme"' "''' permit 'o' inou''"''
Several oi the appear cases IN REL
erehce 20 the question o' oaIiA A s'A"''o"
are sun feholng oe'ore Tue 0"P,e"e
Court OF the United states | nave
no omrlal ln'ormall2n as 10 Tie u"e
when tlnaI decision may oe expected
Two cases. the rlqua Dra'cn DanN'
vs. the treasurer ol MIAMI county,
ana the Ohlo Lie insurance ana rus'
COMPANY vs. Tue treasurer OF ilam'
li'oh county, lhEoI'ing Tue tis"' VI 'ne
S'a'e 10 YAK DahSS' were ,''1u ~ VIC
supreme oohrt OF the C'i'eu . S'",eS n a:
Tue may 'erm' 1901 ueoise H. / Us"
anu II. T. oPa'ulng aPped''"s SS n 'ou"
sci On 'he part o' 'he ola". H ne He
e'Sioh was against 'ne S'd'e III ''ie ~, II, ~
case, and lor II IN the secohd. tie
Court wasnot unanimous IN ellher de.
clsion. The cases are boIh reported
at length IN the 18Th Yolume oil How.
ards Reports.
cSnno! disguise the humiliation !
ieeI al seeing the sovereign o'a'e o'
OHIO auaigned and placed OH trial be-
tore That tribunal by certain corpora.
tions within her own boundaries, be-
cause, in an hour oil misplaced conf.
deuce, she bestowed upon them undue
privileges and exemptions. She has
violated no contract with these corpo :
s,Icns, while they have scarcely made
an slf,Il to accomplish the purposes Tor
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