The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-02-13
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Deducted Cor errors
$4,000
r. A. HIGGINS.
Received payment,


Comparing your figures of the account for printing
the delinquent list OF 1859, with the correc, account
as given above, aud we find no similarity what
ever. They do not agree in any particular, and
you evidently mean something different from What
your language conveys. For particulars relating
to price ETC. for the publication of delinquent list,
the reader will examine Swans Revised Statute
Page ~.
After speaking of your examination Of the ae-
count rendered by Mr.. Higgins, YOU say "a more
startling fraud or series OF frauds, was never per
petratcd in our county,"-and ask, "Nhy then
was the hard earned money of cur already tax
burdcned people, wrung from their pockets, etc.
" Was it to accumulate a fund for the establish
ment and support, Of the lying slanderous sheet,
now used by Higgins, and his cOnfedcrates, "a
blackcn the character of our people, and disgrace
our county,?
This last sentence contains an insnuation, which
you could not consistently believe, with your
knowledge OF the facts, and in will merely
say that | do not now, and never have, owned one
dime S interest in the Independent office.
never have suggested, dictated or written, one
sentence for said paper, excepting one or two local
notices. relating to the Wood County Agricultural
Society. You next change back in yeur terms
from list, to tax duplicate, and charge that the
tax dUpica.s of 1899, AS published in the Perrys:
burg Jeu nal, contained but eighty squares" and
that " MIR. Higgins charged, and Mr.. Ross paid
him, {, r one hundred ami three squares"
The facts are, the tax duplicate contained MOI q
than two thousand squares and Mr. Ross " never
paid Mr. Higgins, any one else, one cent fOI
publishing it and the editor of the Journal can
lot find in the State of Ohio, Auditor that ever
4, i pay for publishing the tax duplicate.
We viii now proceed to give the explanation, and
facts, which We hope will fully satisfy you "Ci
this seemingly inexpcable conduct" of ours.
On the first Monday of Dec. 1859, Mr.. Higgins
presented his account against the county to that
date amounting in all, to S3O9,25, and among the
other charges, was for publishing, for Treasur-
er Graham, the Abstract of Duplicate and rates OF
taxation. amounting to SlSl,G5, which is undoubt-
edly the item, referred to by you, in your article.
The following is copy OF said charge, in the ac-
count, as be ascertained by examining Voucher
| No. 1857 on file in the Auditors office.
Nov. 10, 1859 To abstract of Duplicate six weeks
1898 lines, SlSl, CT
For full information relating to this abstract and
rate of taxation, ycu can consult Swans Revised
Statute Page l0l7,a when you will find that the
County Treasurer mot county Auditor as stated by
! YOU is required to have said abstract published
The length of time it is required to b. published is
six weeks and price ,chatscer is fixed il the act
1t follows then, as Il matter Of course when the
price is not fixed by law, that the County Commis
sioncrs the only persons 'rto can oilor, account:
| Of this natnrc.
| On the eth of Dec 1859, you will find the fol
| lowing entry on thr county Commissioners journal
"E, A. Higgins, presented his account for print
| ing to date, amounting To scoops, which was ex
amined, and allowed, and the Auditor instructed t
| draw an order" ETC.
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