Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-01
The Truthful (?) Twins
and the Napoleon Riv-
er Bridge Bonds /!

EDITOR NoBTHwEsT:-The Henry County
Signal and its twin the Advocate, tell their
readers that the County Commissioners itle-
galIy stole the money from other funds to
pay the Napoleon river bridge bonds. These
papers know that very few voters in our
county are supplied with law books, and
think that many of them will believe their
lies rather than to go to the trouble Of inves-
tigating the facts.
To show how barefaced these papers lie for
political purposes, we will quote section S76
of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, which reads
! as follows:
I SEQ. 876. The County Commissioners shall
have power to transfer any unexpended bal
ances of any funds. raised for the purpose of
erecting public buildings, remaining in the
| treasury of their respective counties, to any
other fund, or to any other purpose for which
| money is needed by such county; and in case
| there is fund in such treasury that has been
levied and collected for special purpose,
and such fund, or part thereof, will not be
needed for such purpose until after the time
fixed by law for the next payment Of taxes,
exhausted, the Commissioners may transfer
such special fund as is exhausted, and reim-
burse such special fund ont OF the taxes lew
led for such other fund, as soon as the same
are collected.
There were $4,000 6per cent. interest bear
ing Napoleon river bridge bonds issued dur
ing the time from April 8th, 1879, to July 9th.
1879. These bonds were dated April LIST, 1879,
and became due on April 1st 1889. These
bonds have all been redeemed according TO
the bond register is the County Auditors Of
fee. pages 1, 2 and 8, as follows:
$1,000 on May 15, 1888, by order 1896.
$4,000 on October le. 1885, by order $3.50.
| 5000 on October /, 1886, by order 1924.
| $4,000 on October q, 1886, by order 1871.
$4,000 on July 20, 1883, by orders 1925,
1927 and 1923.
| By sometimes borrowing from other funds
and paying these bonds before due, the coun-
/ ty has saved over $4,000 in interest. This is
called bad finansiering by the unveracious
twins. In the attempt to make the people
believe that there will not be money enough
| in the county treasury to pay the interest on
out landing bonds, the twin editors of the
SYgnat and Advocate produce a good many
figures and arguments which show that their
brains are in a deplorable condition Of ignor-
ance in regard to the understanding Of public
finances. The order books in the county
auditors office show that the money received
1 for the various county bonds was certified in
to the following county funds: The 100000
for court house bonds dated May l8, 1880, in
to the county building fund; the $3.50 for
court house bonds dated February ., 1881, into
county building fund. OF the $4,000 re-
ceiyed for court house and bridge bonds $780,
\ 600 were certified into the building fund (see
orders 492 April 10, 1882, 493 april IT, 1882
and 499 May i, 1892 and $4,000 were certi-
fed into the county bridge fund (see order
!, 500 May 2, 1892 These funds having re-
ceived the benefits Of the foregoing bond
sales, and the county commissioners having
made the tar levies for the funds partly for
: the purpose Of paying the interest coupons
when due, the interest must be paid accord
inely in compliance with tho provisions q y
sections S74 and s1S Of me hevisea s.asa'ss y. 9
ohio ne s,nKns lanu IN u 1870 hoaSs a.
tne puIposoVA payais m . ~