Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-09-19

was appropriated for the republican legis-
lature. At other times they have read the
appropriation of s36,5OO and not the $780,
600, telling their hearers that the republi.
can Legislature cost s27, 900 more than the.
democratic of 1854. They uso the one or
the other statement according to their e.
innate of the gulibilfty of their hearers.
SALARIES OF OFFICERS.
1t has been repeatedly asserted by these
Buchanan stumpers, as well as in the coli
umns of the Democratic Messenger, that.
the republican Legislature increased the sale
aries of officers, which is a gross falsebood.
l have no recollection of any proposition be-
ing made by any member 10 raise salaries,
except the bill introduced into the senate BY
Judge Matthews democratic senator from
Hamilton county, increasing the salaries,of
the Judges. This bill according to my rec,
objection passed the senate, by ono majority;
every democratic senator present at the
time, voting for it, and a majority Of the re-
publican senators, including myself against
it. 1t did not pass the house where the re-
Ipublicans had a large majority. A law was
passed however, regulating the salaries Of
county officers, providing that all fees re.
lceised by them over a certain sum, should
be paid into the county treasury, for the use
of the county. By this law the officers
hereafter elected, can receive no more than
the following sums;
Auditor tor------.-$1, 1,O5o
Treasurer $50
Clerk k---------1 1,O5O
Sheriff ,l50
Recorder -- $50
Mr.. Clark, for the year ending June Ist,
1856, charged over $1,000 being nearly
double what he could receive under the law
of last winter. This law, if it does nothing
more, takes away all inducement from eoun-
ty officers, to charge the people doing busi.
ness with them too much fees; for whatev-
ler they receive more than the above amounts
must be paid into the county treasury.
TAXES.
1t has been enormously charged by the
Buchanan speakers, and in the Messenger.
that the republican Legislature, had increas-
ed the taxes. The truth is, that the aggre-
gate rate of taxes for state purposes is pre-
eisely the same as it was last year, and
Is mills on the dollar, but would have been
considerably reduced, if the democrats IN
office during the last year, had not enor-
mously exceeded the appropriations made
by the last democratic Legislature. The re-
publican Legislature appropriated to pay the
deficiencies and liabilities of the state, in-
Cured by the democratic ofice-holders, and
left unpaid by them, the enormous sum Of
something over sSsO,OOo, which I wiz
prove before I close; whilst the appropria-
tions for 1856, including general assembly,
public works, state house, asylums, and all
other purposes, amount to only little over
s89O,OOO. Only about $4,000 more than
was required to pay up the deficiencies and
liabilities of the democratic administration,
after they had expended all former apprO-
priations. The republicans of the legisla-
ture were anxious to reduce the taxes, but Il
could not be done in consequence of this
large debt which had been left for them to
provide for. They however passed law
restricting county commissioners, corpora
tions and school boards in their power Of
taxation, and in many counties and towns
taxes viii be considerably reduced.
The following is statement of the debts
and liabilities left by the democratic admin
istration for the republicans to pay:
State House ---$3Os, ,I25 43
i, Asylums s------------ 148,780 SIS
Public Works--l ls5,34s 26
Penitentiary --- 52,262 go
Taxes enormously y ASSESSED $4,000 90
Miscellaneous items -. $500 90
$7O7,71s Oe
To which add loss by the