The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-01-14
Tie poor 6onsc act oTISSI ausi.o,

che erection Of infirmasiee. md >
rate not exceeding one mill Es tie
Support Of thospoof. -.
The set Of 1857 requires tho levy
of sevep.senths Of 1 mill lcf eenerIi
state purposes; Of nine eeutks OF 6
mill for payment Of interest and prin-
,cipai Of the public debt; Of rsses for
county purposes, within vaEious Tim.
its from two to four mile, 10 b de-
termined by the County Commir-
sioners, with liberty to the Com.
niissioners Of counties whose tara
. ldS& ~ opexcee I So 600. 900.
to levy higher ratcs; Of rates for
township purposes. 10 be fixed BY
D Township Trustees, but MOTTO exceed
one mill on the fret $4,000. 900 OF
. valuation, and one fourth Of mill
on :he excess; Of rates not exceeding
Ifour mills, Tor city and vii age pur-
poses, TO be fixed by city aud village
authorities; snl OF rate for city
purposes. not exceeding six mills, 10
he fixed by tho City Council Of Gin.
cinnati.
! The acts of 1858, require the
Auditor OF State to increase the levy
for the payment OF the state debt,
whenever it may be necessary, in
order to make the sinking fund cqsal
IN amount to the requirements Of the
Constitution and the laws, and direct
the levy OF sc ,en-twen'ieths of a mill
in eacl Of the years 1858. 1859, and
1860. to provide means Tor the pay
Incnt Of the loan OF 800. 900, au-
lth"riz 81 by the second Of these acts.
and intended to supply the deficit
created by deialcation.
1t thus appears that the rate Of
taxation for general revenue, sppli-
cable to the support Of the stnte gov.
trnment, in all it's departments, Ex.
ecutive, Legislative and Judicial,
and the payment of the cost OF public
buildings, ami the expenses OF tie
benevolent institutions, 10 less than
half tho scnoral.rate tor schools and
libraries, and but seven-ninths OF
the general rate Tor the public debt;
while it sinks almost to insignifi
cancc in comparison with the local
taxation for county, township, city,
village and school district purposes.
| Ii wonld contribute much to
clearer understanding OF our reve.
mo system by those entrusted with
its administration, as well as by the
people at large, if oil rates of tax.
alton were prescribed by single law,
and not by SO many as at present:
and | respectfully recommend the ex.
pediency of such an enactment to
your consideration.
The receipts Of the fiscal year
1853, from taxation, tolls, convicts'
earnings, and all other sources OF
revenue, properly so called, in.
Guiding the premium on tho TEN ora.
ry loan, we're S2,931, ,756 II. The
receipt, from sales OF school and
ministerial lands AMI tho principal
OF the temporary loan, and the
amount of July interest not called
for in New York. and, therefore. re.
turned tn the Treasury, all OF which
items constitute hrm rather than rev.
cnue--were 1896 0G5 Az. The to-
tai receipts, therefore, were SO 75S,.
I'll 81, The disbursrn nts were
SO 5l5 45S II, to which should be
~'Id4d thu "yr"ss Of the dcialcation
over former apparent balance. which
was Sl7 lib S5 making a total of
SO 532 COZ 62. The balance in tho
treasury, therefore, ut the commence
'nent ot tn" present tiscal Year, was
S226.llS 95.
The levIes Of each year produce
he recripts OF the mkt year. Tie
receipts and Disbursements Of the
current year, therefore, can at pres
ent be only estimated; the levies
only. which were made in part un-
der the acts Of the last. and in part
andsr the acrs of prec ading sessions,
are certain. The taxes paid, and to
he paid into tho treasury during tho
current year arise from these levi,s.
Referring you to former commune.
cations for information relating to
Icrmer years. shall state summsri-
ly the amount OF taxable values, and
OF tax's levied 10 1853. The total
number OF Acres liste for taxation
Was 25,29s 96S. The valuation OF
these lands was Sk37 ,ls3.l32; that
of town and city lots, SI53.1 1O2 s15;
that Of chattles, $3.50 5l4,0S4;-
nisking the aggregate valuation Of
All taxable property, SS40, 800, ,03l.
The taxes leviel tor general state
purposes were, Tor sinking fund, 1I,-
IO47 902; for general state purposes.
1887 2l6; for Common Schools, 81, :.
259 ,092; tor District School Libra.
ries, s3 92o; in all, ~, ,97s. 122.-
; The levies for county purp 'ses were,
tor county expenses, 81 130, 939; for
bridges, 1851 ,9sS; for the poor.
, S222,47l; for building, 1920 95i,
Ter roads, $3.50, ,435; for railroads,
1902 ,43p; in all, s2 2,S49,220. The
4 levies for township, city, and othe,
L local purp 'ses, were, for township
}. expenses, s2s4 ,05l; for schools an
( schooi-hou.es. 81 43S .sl1; FOR city
!. town. and other special taxes, u,
, 633 SIG; making "a total for town
| ship and city taxes of 80 $50 CTS; (
e which add for drllnquencies an,
r torfeitures, 1912 $50; making the as
II sregate OF cou ty and other local ts1
le Us, So 77S,52s.
Ut A slight degree OF attention 3
ie these facts will correct the conimol
ID notion that the addition to existin,
OF taxation OF n new levy Of some frsc