The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-01-14

II our schools. school houses sor libtories
4 Who docs not know that This expcndiA
E;ure is merothan reimbursed in the On,
hanccd valuc Of PROPERTY. and tltcauet
4 montcd powerof the peof3lc? M taxi
alton for these and similar PURPOSES, tho
i proceeds being honestly and economi-
caIly applied, The people chcerfully con :
sent ifley murmur, and Justly mur,
mur, when their burdens are augmented
beyond the pryportion. of -bcaeats>by,im
provide nee, waste or,'pcculation, For
tho prevention of these evils the people
must look to County Commission crs,
Township Trustees, Boards of Educa.
ton, anil City and Village Councils,
4 more than to the General Assembly. 1t
cannot be too deeply impressed upon
itlie public mind that the discretion com.
United to these local authorities, how
ever limited and guarded must bc ne.
cessarily large, and that, in respect to
the imposition offlr the largest proper
tion Of taxes, thoy constitute the real
legislatures. Too much care cannot be
exercised in The choice of citizens to fill
these important positions.
TO ensure the safest and most bcnef-
cial workings of our financial system it
seems desirable that assessment, levy,
collection and disbursement be brought
as closely together lis possible. | can
soc no good reason why assessments may
not be made and equaized, lcvies de-
termined and duplicates prepared DUR
ing tho last quarter Of each fiscal year.
This would bring levies into close prox
unity to collections and ensure tho most
exact proportion possible between val
Iuos and taxes. Nor do | perceive why
County Trcasurors collecting revenue
for tho State should not be required to
report their collections at brief inter
walls, in tho same manner us tho collec-
tors on the canals, and hold them sub,
lject to tho draft of the Comptroller, or
why their final settlements with the
State Treasurer should be delayed TO
the late day now designated by law.
/ Each years income should, as nearly
as is practicable, pay each yoar's sexpcn-
Sos, and no money should remain in the
Treasury except what IS needed for cur
ront disbursements. The act passed at
I your late session, provided for the semi
annual collection Of taxes was, in my
Judgment, wise step IN the right dircc
}tien, and I am glad to know, has givcn
| gen erall satisfaction in Its practical oper
alton. The net authorizinr drafts by the
COMPTROLLER upon the County Treasur-
ers, for the taxes collected in December
Just past, in orderto their application to
payment of the interest due on the first
of the current month, was another step
towards the same end. Justly obnoxious
to censure Us wa, the practice of collect.
Ing from the County Treasurors by sim.
liar drafts, in advance of their re, ,tuIar
settlements, large sums to be added to
large balances already in the Treasury or
]. to supply tho place of large balances
fraud out of question that our so fest fu.
ture policy will be to pay our January
interest from December and our July in.
tercst from June collections. As far as
possible also, the expenses of the first
two quarters of each fiscal year should
be betrayed from the former, and those off
tho two last quarters from the latter col.
leetions. recommend such legislation
as maybe doomed no, ossaly to give prac-
teal effect to these suggestions by pros
viding for the prompt payment into the
State Treasury of the States proportion
of taxes as soon as collected, and requir
ing earlier settlements by the County
Treasurers with the State Treasurer
Such legislation would enable the Audi
tor of State to Law before the Genoral
Assembly, at an early day in each scs
sion. a statement of the actnal receints
from taxes in December. and the estima
| tod ,o,o;nts in Tuno os ,yoll of thn,,,.