The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-03-13

Thar THE CoUSry BuuDtSGs snouLD BE
fREorED WITHOUT Cosr To rHE rAx.rAYERs or
WooD CuuNtY This statement was fully
confirmed by tho periysburg correspond
cut of tho Toledo Commercial who, as the
whilom friend OF Bowling Green, aud odi
tor Of its paper, IN possibly better ac'
quainled than ony other man with the pro.
coss 10y which tho majority Of loGG was Oh.
tairod.
In his communication published in the
Commercial Of the 9th lust, referring to
county scat matters, Mr.. lllGGiSs states
" that il was understood and weekly pub
lished in large type at the head of the Bow.
ling Green paper, that in case the friends
Of Bowling Green failed to erect suitable
County buildings, no tax should be levied
for the erection OF such buildings, without
vote Of the people authorizing such levy
With these facts patent TO every man in
this county, and from tho conviction that a
direct vote of the people on the policy Of
taxation, is the only process hy which the
question can bo finally sotlod, we pub
lishcd tho following proposition in the
JorRNAL Of January 81
"That the Commissioners employ com
polcnt Architect io furnish suitable plans
Tor county buildings, ut Bowling Green
with proper specifications and an estimate
of cost When such plans arc provided
let the CitiZons OF Bowling Green state The
amount OF donation they viii guarantee.
II such donation provo adequate to the
erection OF such county buildings az are
contemplated by the enabling at, aud re-.
quircd 10y the growing interests of this
county, that must inevitably end the mat.
ter. II the cost OF such county buildings
provo larger than tho donation rendered
10y tho citizens Of Bowling Green, then let
the Commissioners bring TO vote Of the
people, the question for, or againat, lovy.
ing tax to pay the balance OF costs. Tho
results of that vote would furnish sure in.
dicalious Of what they should do, and would
finally determine this fruitful cause Of
division and sectional strife"
III this proposition wo neither consulted
the interests Of Pcrrysburg nor of Bowling
Green. We merely request tho Commits
sioncrs TO stop litigation, and to remove this
cause Of strife by allowing the constituency
Of this county to determine the question by
their vote, In that pacific effort we have
been disappointed. Two Of the Commits
sionrrs 5. w. Sr. JolIN aud ions RussEtTo
utterly ignore tho right OF the people TO
voto on this question, aud at their session
on March 3, by their individual authority,
they instructed the County Auditor to place
on the Tax Duplicate of this county the
several amounts of $4,000 for Court
house $4,000 for county Offices and
$4,000 for Jail being an aggregate OF S23,-
600 for dclraying the cost of buildings, to
he erected at Bowling Grcon. Against that
act, WALTER DAVIDSON strongly protested.
The law of April /, 1866, authorizes them
not to exceed $4,000 without referring
the matter TO vote OF tho people, yet
these gentlemen, without the least scruplo
on their conscience have presumed to
swell that amount TO $23,000. IL is true
they afterwards reduced the amount TO
$4,000, hut tho facts arc patent to the
world, AS recorded in thcir Journal, that
h have attempted 10 lasten on tho peO.
pie tax for S23 900, aud obstinotely re
fuse to allow the question Of their policy
to be presented to tho popular vote
thus exhibiting bad faith towards the tax
payers OF this county, and manilcsting an
arbitrary stretch of authority utterly at
variance with their official relations tc
tho tax payers of Wood County.