The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-27
A PROTEST..
A Minority Report Against ApprOpriatInl
Money Not Paid In.

a Minority Report Against ApprOpriating
Money Not Paid In.
To the Honorable City Council, Canton,
Ohio:
WHEREAS, By section 1851 of the Re-
Vised Statutes of Ohio it is provided
that the City Council of any city in the
State of Ohio shall cause to be certified
annually to the County Auditor the per-
centage of taxes levied upon the real
and personal property subject to taxa
tiOn within the corporation, and the
ordinance prescribing the levy shall
specify distinctly each and every pur-
pose for which the levy is made, and the
percentage thereof; and
WHEREAS, By section 2,698 of said
Statutes councils are expressly forbid
den to make appropriations of money
for any of the purposes specified in the
levy are provided in section 1851 ex-
ceeding the amount of taxes and the
revenue from other sources for the cur
rent year received for such purpose; and
WHEREAS, 1t is provided in positive
terms by section 2,702 of said statutes
that no ordinance and resolution or
order for the appropriation or eXpendi-
ture of money shall be passed by the
council of any municipal corporation,
unless the auditor of the corporation,
and If there be no auditor, then the
clerk thereof shall first certify that the
money required to pay the appropriation
or expenditure Is in the treasury to the
credit of the fund from which it is to be
drawn, and not appropriate for any
other purpose, and providing further
that all ordinances, resolutions and
orders entered into or passed contrary to
the provisions of this section shall be
void; and
WHEREAS, At a SESSION of the Council
of Canton held on the 4th day of Dec,
1882, an ordinance was passed apprOpri-
ating $1,000 for opening Bucher street
in said city, when in fact the amount
realized from the levy made for the year
1928 an account of the fund from
which said appTOpr alton was made was
then exhausted; and further, before the
passage of said ordinance the City Clerk
of said city did not certify to the COun-
Gil that the money required to pay such
! appropriation was in the Treasury to
the credit of the fund from which it is
to be drawn. And
WHEREAS, The undersigned cOnstitut-
ing minority of said Council, were
present at the session of said Council at
which said last mentioned ordinance
was passed, and voted against the pas
sage of the same, upon the ground that
the same was in direct cOntrOversiOn of
the aforesaid laws of Ohio; and the ac-
therefore illegal. But Notwithstanding
the opposition of the undersigned, and
their aforesaid negative vote, said Ordi-
nance was passed, and the wrong COM
planned of was cOnsummated; and
WHEREAS, There has been iOr some
time past disposition shown by ma
jOrity of the members of the Council to
make, as the undersigned believe and
charge, silly advice and hasty apprOpria-
tiOns of money, to the detriment, and
contrary to the interests of the body of
tax payers of this city;
THEREFORE, The undersigned, as MEM
bers of said Council, firmly and earnest
ly protest against the action of said
Council in passing the aforesaid Ordi-
nance of appropriation, as being in YiO-
latiOn Of law and of the rights of the
minority of said Council, and also
protest against the unwise and uncOn-
sideTed policy relating to appropriations
which has for some time past character
lied the proceedings of the Council, and
they ask that this, their protest, may be
placed upon the files of the Council, and
made a part of the record Of its proceed
ings.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY T. WARNER.
NJ. BAsT.
j. H. WERNER.
GEORGE REX.
A. ID. COLDREN.