The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-01-18
The School HOase War,

The contest which has caused much
excitement and no little i'll feeling
among the citizens of Ravenna in re-
gard to the erection of new High
School building on Bowery street, has
found its way into court, and, it is ex-
pected, will soon be judicially decided.
A number of citizens opposed to the
school house project have brought suit
against the Board of Education and
the Auditor and Treasurer and prayed
for an injunction to restfain them
from further proceedings in levying or
collecting any tax to pay for the new
school building, which is already in
process of construction. The follow
ing petition filed in the case will fully
explain the grounds upon which the
plaintiffs base their claim:
FORAGE CousTr' ss: Common ON Pleas. Pleas. u
PETITION.
Alex .nder Topping, Enos P. Brainerd, Newell D.
Clark. Willis strickland. Isaac Phelps, George
SD er, william A Holcomb. Silas Crocker Peter
drus r Bald win, Lyman s. Ward, Nelson Low.
land, Miletus s. CLARK; c. A: Pitkin, Nelson Con-
verse, ROYAL Taylor. James Bacon. z r. Deming,
David Mcintosh, W. Il. Alcorn, q l.. Drake, and
The EtDa BLOCK Company. Plaintiffs,
against
Wiber A. Jonkins, Treasurer of Portage County.
Ohio; Legrand A. DIN. Auditor Of Portage Conn
ty, Obio; The Board OF Education Of R.venna Vii
age School DtetricL in R4venna Township, Pur-
tge GuunVy, OElo, Defendants.
The iad pIainutf, ray that hey 5ave common
A1 -it rlI rt.,L h.Ia
il, th,L Iney are each oWuers of properly n aaI
TX payers Of the Ravenna School District which
g village district Oh the Incorporated Viii gs of
RaVenna IN SAID county and Stase, ondsr the pro.
VlsIODs Sec. eSS of Ihe Revised Statutes of
Ohio that the Board of ;Ucation OF said Village
District did On or about the 3rd Monday in Aprit.
4. Il, Iis2 m+ke levy OF t*X;s OF ,2J two mllls
escn dirar upon the valuation Of tine tax4ble prop.
erty IN said viageGstrlcJ annually to pay for tho
er. clo1 and construction # Iew school building
to be High Scnco Building IN said Village, and
to be used Tor tue parpose of carrying Oh th rein
Hign school anG Grammar School, and to be bnilL
st actual and estimated cost of more than $l7
900 to pay Bonds Issued therefor; that said LAX
81 levied wss certified ny AID Boarl of Education
10 the Auditor OF said County, and by him placed
upon ne tx duplc4te, and assessed upon al the
ta q able properly In said Village School Dietrct,
ana is placed in the hands of the Treasurer of sad
County for collection as other taxes, and the said
Treasurer Ia proceeding to collect the same in vio
latton OF the rights OF each Of said plaintiff; that
said levy is to be- TWO C9 mills on the dollar each
Year until the whole cost Of constructing said
school BUILDING is paid, to- wit: the sum OF SI7-
1907 that the purpose of defrayiug tue expenses
vi said building II has b. said Board been deter
mined that the issuing of Bonds Ia necessary; that
tor the raising OF said expense the levy OF said tax
OF two (2) mills on the dollar is and will be neces
sary, that the question Of levying Tor said
purpose has never been submitted to the voters Of
said Village school District, nor voted upon by
them as quired by the laws Of Ohio, and that the
whole OF tie taxes levied - Aforesaid. for the
year A. d. 1884, and for each year thereafter, for
said purpose illegal and without any authority
| or validity in law.
said plaintiffs further say that Legrand A. Olin La
Auditor Of said County, and said Wilbur A. Jen-
kins is the Treasurer of said County Of Portage
and ate Of Ohio.
Said plaintiffs therefore pray that a temporary
order OF il Junction be granted restraining said
Treasurer OF said County OF Portage from the COL
lection of said taxes against either OF said plain
t,ffs SO levied by said Board of Education by him
self or by others that the said Board OF Education
be restrained from making or Certifying any fur
iher levies to the Auditor OF said County for said
purpose of paying the costs of construction OF said
new school Building on Kent lot go called, or to
pay any bonds Issued therefor, and that the Audi
tor of said County of Portage be restrained from
placing on the Tax Duplicate as against either of
said plaintiffs any other further levy for said
purpose, or purposes ss hereinb sfore set forth
that on final hearing said Injunction be made per-
petual and for such other and further relief as
equity may require.
By W. B. THOMAS,
j. H NICHOLS, and
TUFTLE b FILLIUS,
far