The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-05-02
COLUMBUS CORRESPONDENTS
s. CoIrMBUs, o, April 20. 1871

bonds at notless than ninety per cent Of
their .marketyalue has passed the Senate
and is underconsderatio in the House:
If this bill becomes a law it will cause
railroads to pay about two and half
times more taxes than they pay now. As
the law now i. the market value Of the
bonds and stocks Of efraiIrcais in Ohio are
over $500 600, 900, the appraised value for
taxation about $4,000, 900, and the net
yearly earnings of the roads is about Sl5-
100000. Thus it will be seen that there is
a clear profit to the roads annually of
nearlyone third of the whole of their
taxed valuation
Another evil attending railroa Is is the
excessive charge for way freight and pas
sengers. Take for instance: Stock and
produce is shipped through from Chicago
and other points West to the seaboard
cities for the same price that it is shipped
from large cities in Ohio, and for less
price than it is shipped from small sta
tions This, it is plain to be seen, is in
furious to the producing portion of Ohio
With the high price Of lands in this State
and the cheapncss of lands West our pro-
ducers can not come into competition
with Western products in Eastern mar
kets, Nothing has been so damaging TO
the farming and grazing interest asthis
system of HIGH local freehts; several
bills have been introduced to correct this
evil, and one has been passed which will
give partial relief anG is in substance as
follows: ......
1T shall bc unlawful to charge or re
ceive for transportation, for any distance
within this State, a larger sum than is
charged or received by the same corpora
ton for the transportation in the same di-
!, recton, of freight of the same class OF
kind, for any equal or greater distance
over the same railroad and connecting
lines of railroads. The penalty is for.
feiture of double the amount of the over
charge but in no case shall the forfeiture
be less than S25. 4rr
The bill to amend section SO of the
code of civil procedure has become :
law The provisions of this act is thai
the maker Of q negotiable note can bt
only sued at the place of his residence
This will prevent the patent right swim
, dlers from TAXI g notes, then endorsing
; them and suffering themselves to be sued
with the maker Of the note at tsuch dis
tance from where the maker resides thai
it is cheaper for the maker to pay the not,
than to appear and defend.
A bill has become law that require
sheriffs at the expiration of their office t
. settle with County Commissioners ant
pay over all moneys in their hands; alsc
y bill providing penalty of from $500 t.
$500 against Clerks of the Court of Com
/, mon Pleas for not making reports of fine
| and unclaimed costs.
! There is about 10000 acres of unsol,
land in the State belonging to the Vir
ginia Military District This land wa
several years ago ceded to the State o
: Ohio. 1t is the refuse of that district an,
: most of it has been occupied by ''squat
q ters." An act has been passed transfer
ring it to the Ohio Agricultural Colleg
: fund, ana the Trustees are authorized t,
t dispose of it for that purpose.
: The bill TO receive from the Unite,
h States the retrocession of the Soldiers
= Home at Dayton failed to pass. The oh
ject Of this bill was to enable the Reput
! licans to carry Montgomery County i
t the coming campaign The Suprem
e Court having decided that this propert
! belonged to theUnited States, and the in
mates are not legal voters of the State 0
OHIO. A bill, proposed by the Demo
Gratis, to allow hem to vote for the cand
dates at the place of their residence, simi
t lar to what was known as the soldiers vc
ting law. share the same fate
+ Last winter, BY an act Of the Lcsisla
ture the perqnisltes of the Secretary o
States Office were required to be certifie
+ into the State Treasury. This took fror
: the present incumbent (Gcn: Sherwood
n all that he was receiving except his salary
: $1,000 His friends few weeks ago in
5 troduced into the House a bill to restor
the perquisites to him again, and SUE
: ceeded in getting it through A few day
t ago it came up in the Senate and was dc
1 feated by aparty vote. Yesterday, Will
!, considering the appropriation bill, hi
1 friends thought they would try tactics an
e get it through by attaching it as a
: amendment to the appropriation bill.
e bill cannot pass without constitutions
majority of all the members elected; a
r amendment can be adopted hy a plural
ty. He thought if he could once get
!, into the appropriation bill lie was safe,fo
: to defeat him the appropriation bill woul
have to be defeated This propose
r amendment created quite discussion
Two or three Democrats joined his side
but the good sense of an equal number G
Republicans turned on him. He wa
present during the discussion. Whe
Is the vote was taken it was against him, ,an
| .iC WSilt OuU vi ltIC SCiitttC SudluDCl VII
S blisters raised equal to those raised O
a him last fall when he Travelled across nea
the border Of our county Gin q Monro
County wagon, drawn by Monroe Count
horses, with nothing but the half sheet Q
The Spirit Of Democracy for cushion t
sit on
e A new school bill was introduced in til
D House some time ago. Those who ha
j charge of it claimed its provisions wcr
, about the same Is the present school law
but that its object was to simplify th
present law. Yesterday it was undercon
sideration. The principal object Of
was to make no distinction in regard t.
e race or color; but to compel colored chill
. dren to be received into white schools
The bill was defeated in the House.
| The committee to investigate the char
ges Of poor quality of food at the Blin'
Asylum, have completed their examina
ton of'witnesses and the facts are: ther
has been neglect on the Dart of the off