The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-12-15
For the JeffersOnian.
Borough Legislation.

The Sidewalk along the Union School property.
on East Sandusky Street, has been for long time
very much out of repair, and to such an extent as
to require the expenditure of quite large sum OF
money in its reconstruction. The Board of Eduea-
ton of the Union School District were notified by
an order of the Council. to repair said walk This
they omitted TO do. At a recent meeting of the
Council it was argued that the cost of such repair,
whether paid OUT the school fund of said Union
School District, or the Corporation Fund, would,
in any event have to be paid by the same persons,
and that practically, it made no difference out OF
which fund tt was paid.
This kind of mncicipal logic seemed satisfactory
and convincing to q majority of the Council, and
thereupon it ordered the Street Commissioner to
make the repairs at the expense OF the corporation
The wisdom and justice Of this measure may
commend itself to the judgment and intelligence
of our village Council, but to poor benighted tax
payer the reason and the justice of the measure is
not apporent. In our village are two separate and
| independent school districts-the Union School
district, chntaining three-fourths and School Dis
trict No. 9, about one-fourth of city. To the
Union School District Il attached, for school pur
poses, territory outside ofthe corporation Every
scholar attending this brsnch OF the Union school
passes ouer the walk in question. School District
No builds and keeps in repair the sidewalks along
and ABOUT its school property. Tie yEoon school
Unsupported in part by tax on property outside the
corporation School District No. is entirely with
In the corporation. Why should that district then
be taxed, not for their benefit, in any sense, bu
for the benefit Of the Union School District? And
why should the property outside the corporation
but attached to Union School District for schOO
purposes, be exempted from part Of the expense
of keeping up and sustaining the Union School
and thet much of the burden be east upon the en-
tire corporation? Who If there be one Is the mem
Der of Council residing I'm school District Nos wht
allowed measure like this to be passesl without
protest or without dissenting voice. Perhap.
there is no member of the Council residing in thai
district? Ifso is District No. to be thus treated
because she in her nagnanimity, allowed ever
member Of the Council 10 be elected outside he
territorial limits In any event she has certain
rights which cannot be trampled upon with i'm
punity There is no reason why School District No
9, paving about one third of all the Corporation
tax, should be required to pay that proportion o
the expense in building walk along the sehoo
property belonging TO the Union School District
Such Municipal legislation is an outrage upor
the common sense Of every intelligent person
whether a resident Of School District No. 9, or o
the Corporation at large, and Will, or ought, 4
meet his earnest condemnation. Let the Unior
School District with the territory attached thereto
pay the expense of this necessary improvement
and let District No. be exempt from all liability
therefor. No. g.