Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-19
The Township Treasures Relief
Acts.

The Legislature has enacted laws fo
the relief ofthe Treasurers of Ridgeville
Freedom, Napoleon, Flatrock and Har
rison townships, who had deposited the
public funds with the bank of Sheffield
4 Norton. The following is the act re.
lating to Napoleon township-the othel
acts being precisely the same, with the
exception of name and amount:
WHEREAS, David ]. Humphrey, as
the treasurer of Napoleon township,
Henry county, being a township not
provided with "gOod fire and burglar
proof safe," under the provisions of Sec
tion 1913 of the revised statutes of Ohio,
deposited the township, school, and
other funds belonging to said township,
for the year 1888, in the bank of Shelf
field & Norton, at Napoleon, in the said
county, to the aggregate amount of 50,
559.03; and
WHEREAS, The said bank did, on the
10th day of October, 1883, make an as
signment. and has paid upon its depos-
its but the sum of twenty-five per cent
um thereof; and
WHEREAS, A large amount of the
assets Of said bank are in litigation, and
will be attended with much delay in
the collection thereof, and large
amount of said assets consists of real
estate, and will also require much time
to convert into money; therefore,
SECTION l. Bet enacted blythe Gen
eral assembly of the State of Ohio,
That the trustees of Napoleon township,
Henry county, Ohio, are hereby author
lied to settle, compromise with, and re-
lease David ]. Humphrey and his Of
ficial sureties, on their official bond, as
treasurer of said township, from the
payment of 81 ,6S9.32, belonging to the
township and school funds of said town.
ship, upon the assignment, transfer, and
delivery by the said David J. Hum
phrey to said trustees, of the certificate
Of deposit issued to him for the said
funds by the said Sheffield & Norton;
provided, that the said trustees shall
submit said proposition, to so release,
to the qualified electors of said town
ship, at the first general spring election,
hereafter to be held in said township,
and two-thirds OF said electors voting
yes upon the said proposition shall de-
clare in favor of said release.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of said
trustees to provide a special ballot-box
for such ballots, and the form of the
ballot shall be as follows: "For release
Yes" "For release-No;" and the
said trustees shall make due return of |
the result of said election to the auditor
Of said Henry county, who shall file the
same in his office.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
1t will be noticed that it will require
majority of two-thirds of those voting
o give effect to the laws.
In our opinion this vote should be
.iven. Sec. 1913 of the revised statutes
provides:
SEC. 1913. In any township in which
here isnot provided a good fire and
urglar proof safe, in which to keep the
unds belonging to said township, the
reasurer or person intrusted with funds
f the same, may, by and with the con-
ent of the trustees, deposit the funds
elonging to said township in some
ank or other safe place, subject to the {
rider OF the treasurer making the de-
osit. [64v. IS, 81 ,
In none of these have any safes been ,
rovided, and the treasurers, acting un- .
er the authority of the trustees, depos- ,
ed in the bank. These acts simply 9
ropose that the townships shall take
lie place of the treasurers and wait on
lie settlement of the bank. Of course, t
lould there be any eventual loss, the v
will be compelled to stand it. C
nd why, under the circumstances, o
lould it not do it? The treasurers have h
IMPLY done that which any man, under u
e circumstances, would have done \
fact that which they were compelled F
do, and they certainly should not G.
ffer.