The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-05-12
RAVENNA, THURSDAY, MAY IL, 1859.

millions or any lesser sum Of such taxable
property to any rate not exceeding FIVE mill.
on the dollar, and may set apart any portion
OF the proceeds Of such tax not necessary in
their opinion to defray other county expen.
ses for the current year for the erection OF
county buildings, and the amount go sci
apart shall be denominated the public
} building fund, and shall be paid OH,
on the order OF the commissioners
} There shall be levied for township purposes.
other than for road, bridge, for the support
, Oh .ne poor and common school purposes,
ana for the purpose OF paying the interest or
PrlncIpal OF any debt or debts owing, such
rate OF tax on any amount of the taxable
property In the township as entered and val.
, ued on the grand list, as the trustees of the
} township shall certify to the county auditor
10 De necessary, not exceeding one-half OF
one mill on each dollar of such valuation
not more than two hundred thousand dolars,
ana not exceeding one.fourth OF one mill on
each dollar OF such valuation over two hun.
dred thousand dollars. But the total amount
OF taxes hereafter levied in any one year by
the constituted authorities of any city or
incorporated village, except the city of Gin
clnnati, for all purposes other than for the
payment OF interest on the debts of such
city or incorporated village, and for the pay.
mont OF the principal OF such debts, or parts
thereof as may fall due within the then cur.
rent or next succeeding year, shall not ex-
ceed hve mills, and in the city of Cincinnati
SIX and half mills on each dollar of the
assessed value of the taxable property in
such city or Incorporated village: Provided,
the aforesaid limitation shall not be con.
strued as prohibiting assessments on proper.
ty adjacent to local improvements made in
any city or Incorporated village for the pur-
pose OF paying the cost thereof and the dam
ages occasioned thereby: and provided fur.
ther' that nothing in this section shall be
construed to prevent the county commission
ers' township trustees, or corporate authori-
ties OF any city or village from levying any
tax which by any special law they shall be
authorized to levy.
Sec. 30. The competent authorities OF
any county, city or township, that shal have
subscribed to the capital stock of any rail
} road company, and shall have issued its
bonds or other securities. for the payment of
, such suocrlptlon, may, at any time within
, hVe years next before the principal of such
bonds or other securities, shall be payable,
II the market price of the stock OF such
railroad company be less than seventy per
} cent. on Its par value, levy, or cause to be
, leVied' annually, on the taxable property oi
sucn county, city, or township, such tax no,
, exceeding one mill on the dollar, as will be
sufficient to balance the discount on the rail-
ROAD stock held by such county, city, OF
! township by the time such bonds may be.
+ come due; and the proceeds of all such
! taxes shall form, with such stock, sinking
fund.- and shall be invested in the purchase
t of the bonds issued by such county, city, OIL
township, or in other safe and productive
J securities, and shall be applied to the pay
} ment of the bonds so issued, and to no othel
} use or purpose whatever.
Sec. 81. 1t shall be unlawful for thu
3 corporate authorities of any county, town
ship, city, or village, unless specially unt
Y expressly authorized by some act OF tht
n general assembly, to contract any debt, O
r incur any pecunary liability for the pay
+ ment of either the principal or interest O
q which during the then current year or an
3 subsequent year, it will be necessary Il
levy on the taxable property of such county
township, city, or village a higher rate o
} tax than the maximum rate prescribed By
r this act.
Sec. 80. Every contract made in contra
ventlon OF the provisions of the foregoing
section, shall be utterly null and void in re-
/ gard to any obligation thereby imposed on thu
2 corporation on behalf of which such conlrac
] purports to have been made but every com
o missioner, officer, agent, trustee, or membe
e OF any municipal corporation that shall have
3 made, or participated in making, or author
r lied the making of any such contract shal
be held to be individually liable for it's per
r torrance and every commissioner, trustee
} directors, member OF any city or viItag,
! council, or other officer or agent of any sucI
municipal corporation who shall have beer
r present when any such unlawful contrac
r was made, or authorized to be made, shal
be deemed to have made, or to have parti
cipated in making,or to have authorized the
! ma king the same, as the case NAV be, uni lesl
! he shall, if present, have dissented there
! from or cause to be entered, such dissent OF
r the records Of such municipal corporation
. or of it's councils, trustees, or other officer!
j, or agents. .-r. ..
Sec. SO. Whenever greater amount
t tax shall be necessary in any county thar
d the foregoing rates will respectively afford
for the purpose of erecting public buildings
T or paying for such building already erected
? or for the payment of any debt already con
s tracted for county purposes, the commission
d ers may add to the rate of taxation for sucI
r county, not exceeding fly per centum
b which additional tax shall be exclusively an
proPriated to the purposes for which il wa
raised. as.t Fl: q..-.a.a.. -.-.
: Sec. 81. The commissioners of any
3 county that has foati ng debt in county or
! ders, (and the amount authorized by presen
3 existing laws to be levied for county purpos
es, be insufficient to defray the expenses o
such county and pay the interest on thei
: debt0 may, if they deem it just and right
levy sufficient amount to pay the interes
on their debt; which tax, when collected
! shall be applied to paying the interest OF
: the county debt, and no other purpose.
NONRESIDENT PERSONAL TAX.
Sec. IS. Hereafter, il shall be the dut,
of the several county treasurers of this state
} in making return Of their delinquent list o
. personal property to the auditor of thei
! county, to note on the margin of said return
; the county and state to which any such de
linquent taxpayer may have removed to, 0
reside in, with the date of his removal, i
| he shall be able to ascertain such fact.
fl Sec. Sc. 1t shall be the duty of the sev
! eral county treasurers in this state, immedi
: ately after their settlement with their coun
, ty auditor, to make out and forward to tn,
county treasurer OF the county to which an,
auch dnlinnupnt tav. mn " or NAV hnvo ropo 90,