American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-01-13
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ffiFNt,
ment Hss rendered. The number Of .snits
infolaiag serioas eoitroieisy Of law Or
fact hOFss hoWevtF. a,smaIl proportion 10
the swhOle, Much the lsrgeE nnmber were
prosecuted lor fbe, collection Of claims,
and IL is isestiDaied tbatiRine -tenlhsl in a.
mount Of the debts unsecured by mortgage
or otlieFNises which class e6nsiilutt ditbres
;Gourths Of ine i,gles was recovered or is
recoverable Tbis estimate II At all feIia-
bls Indicates plsinly the gTouDds on which
che high credit Ofihe business men rs well
as Of the State Of Ohio, .is sestsbEshed.--
The whole debt OF her people public, aud
private, as took OCCASION 10 show last
year is hardly equal in AMOUNT 10 one fifth
Of the properly in the State, and the loss
by individual failure in pa ayment. ii ,Lly
two and s-hslf per centol the debt. The
rate Of COMMERCIAL hazard in credits, is.
therefore. comparatively Insignificant tiu|
Such is the social condition oflhe Siates
contemplated in some of its most ,impOr
tantand interesting aspects. The sketch
is necessarily imPetfsct. for the materisls
are inadequate. 1t may not shpEeSeFs be
sltogether without value. while slhe pro
vision judiciOusly made by. you aud the
breeding General Assembly for moro
ample c0lleetion.of setistieal informslion
lwilfsupply. beFeal,e r. the means OF more
certain and more useful eowp1risions and
deductions. than are possible now.rassa -
20 Passing from these general views to
other topics OF rsfhsps ftore Immediate
concern permit me. toliRyits yoar atten-s
ttion,s in the first place, 10 sour financial
condition. s,s 81 nd ,a5issahsg ha sl8sos.
! gd The Consultation reqaires ulai all prop
leri}. Of whatever description and by
WhomsoeTer held; shah be listed fors taxa,
ltion at its true yalue.a,f Tie rR-vsfues Of
the States che cPunlies, the Townships.
the Cities, The gVtllsgss, and, the School
\ Districts. are raised by sIatss lsEied il for
4 Stse purposes on he whole eprepe fsy hsi
Iteds and il, for local parposess on the
property listed Wilhinrlhe proper territorial
Flinlils. The school Avs Of various years,
but particularly as 1853 and j s54; the
road and bridge lars Of 1854. and other
1 yeaFssAhe poor bouse aet,of S3I; one act
of l857;two of 1853. aud sone lO;hes
acts otless importance, prescribe tie rates
hof taxation-ss ssassssss ssl ssss lee.ssa
1 u The School acts direct the slegys of aOne
mill and sixstnths on each dollar ofiyalus
alton throughout the State, for genera!
school and Library purposes and of vsri-
Pcus rates 10 be fixed BY the local auihorir
lies for local PURPOSES sueh as the ueou-
structien fschool HOUSES and the pur,
cha Sc OF sites. .sssres brs Ii te3 slsis,
The Road and Bridge. ulAEs authorize
rates, fors the objects indicaled by iLeirsli-
Edas, vary ing from the twenty 9Th of q mill
TO nine ahda half mills. 10 be determined by
the Gounty Commissioners and an saddl,
'ftiousi rate,inot ogef5six mills, 10 be leyied
i by the County Auditor, ON property adj
joining roads within certain limits OH tie
petition, Of The property holde,s. .ras sSg
The poor house sot Of 1881, authorizes
the levy by the County Commissioners of
ban indi6nat' rate for the erection Of lnfirm-
aries. and rate not exceeding one mill for
the support OF the poor. esasasaa IA =
~ The act OF 1857. requires The levy, ,oisse-
ven-tsnlbs ola mill for general State put;
, pGrposes; of-nihs-teulhs OF d mill, Tor pay:
maht Of interest and principal Of the public
debt; Of rates for county purposes, within
various limits from two 10 four mills, to,be
! determined BY the County Commissioners,
with liberty t9the Commissioners Of Conn,
i lies whose taxable values does not exceed
i So, ,000. 600. to levy higher rates., Of rates
i for township puiposes,to be fixed by Town
Eship Trustees, but not TO exceed one, mill
on the first SO, 100000 OF valuation, one
fourth Of mill on the excess; of rates not
four mills. for ! City and Village
u purposes, 70 be fixed by City and Village
authorities; and Of rate fer City purposes,
not exceeding six mills, to be fxed by the
City Council Of Cincinnati. ~ -
j. The acts Of 1858. rsauire the Additdr Of
State to. increase the leYy Tor the payment
of the State Debt, whenever il may le me-
cessary, in order to make tie Sinking Fund
equal in amount to the Requirements, of lhe
\ rtConstitItion and the laws, and direct tie
klevy OF seven; ;twentieths, of a mill in each
of the years 1883. 1883 and 1860, to pro
fIvide meaps fof the payment Of the loan Of
, 800, ,0O0. authorized BY The SO ond of these
acts. and intended to- supply, the de6cit
created by defalcation, . .,s,e -i... -,
i ItlhEs appears that the rate Of taxation
. for General Revenue applicable to the sup
port Of the State Government, in all It's De-
pariments. Executive. Legislative and Ju-
dicial, and the payment Of The cost Of, Pub
lie Buildings aud the expenses of the Be;
4 ineyclept Institutions, is less than half lhe