The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-08-27
TOO MUCH SALARY
Members Of One Board Are
Said to BE Drawing Four
Times the Laws
Allowance.
From a staff Correspondent.

tlary are allowed ny law SlV per 1ay
for every day they are actually EN-.
ployed in official duties, but they can
not draw over 81 900 in any one year.
1t is charged that members of the
board of managers are in the habit
of drawing the full $1,000. without re.
gard to the number of days put in.
The board meets once a month and is
usually in session one day and part of
an evening, for which the members
have received over $50 each, although
by strict Interpretation of the law
they
ARE NOT ENTITLED
to more than one-fourth this amount,
Other state boards are charged with
the same Irregularities. Suits will be
commenced shortly to test the rights
of boards to draw salary up to the
limit. Among the other boards which
will be attacked are the pardon board
and the Ohio reformatory board. The
proceedings to be brought will be for
the purpose of enjoining the auditors
of state from honoring voucn 2rs
drawn by members of the boards. He
will be asked to abide by q strl .. con-
struction of the law and pay only for
the days actually given in the service
of the state.
The following letter was sent by the
state board of equalization of railroad
property to Mayor Hinkle, who as the
president of the Ohio Municipal league
represents Prof. Bemis and Tom l..
Johnson in this matter:
Referring to your letter of June &
which was duly received by the under
signed and properly acknowledged, we
note that your organization requested
the state board of equalization for rail
roads to grant you a hearing when it
comes to take up the equalization of
the assessments of the railroads of the
state. We also note that you say
the League of Ohio Municipalities at
it's recent annual session in Cleveland
appointed a special committee Df five
members for this purpose, and that
you are the president of the commit.
tee; also that you expect to be able to
present to us such facts as will con-
vince us of the
GROSS IRREGULARITY
and injustice of the railroad assess.
ments, by the board of county audi
tors, and that you expect to be able
to show to us clearly that several hun.
dred million dollars worth of railroad
property escapes taxation. :.
"In confirmation of our former let
ter replying to yours of June 5, we
have to inform you that the state
board of equalization for railroads will
convene in the Office of the auditor OF
state at Columbus. O., Thursday, Sep
tember S. 1901. at 10 o'clock a. m. OF
said day, at which time 1t will afford
us pleasure to grant representative
of your organization an opportunity to
submit in writing any data or infor
nation which may be Of value to this
board In the performance of it's du
ties"
The Retail Grocers' association IL
again after grocers who keep their
places open on Sunday. Two have
been arraigned in police court, both
pleading not guilty and their cases
, going over. It is expected that mum
ber of other cases will be brought fol
Sunday violation.
IIEALTHIEST OHIO CITY.
The census bureau has issued bul
letin showing the mortality statistic.
for the census of last year. IN tn,
; list of 36 cities of a population O
40 900 or over st. Joseph, No., stand,
at the head as the healthiest city il
the country, its death rate being g..
per 1000 of population. Columbu!
stands at the head of Ohio cities, hav
ing death rate of 144 per 1000 of IN
habitahts. Cleveland has q death rat,
of 20.2.
At the recent meeting of the Repub
llcan state executive committee her,
the chairmanship of the literary bu
rau for the campaign was rendered /,
, s. S. Knabenshue, OF the Toledo Blade
!, who was chairman during the las
: state campaign. It is likely tha
, Knabenshue
WILL NOT ACCEPT
!, the place this year, as it is understood,
the Blade management is not incline,
to consent to his undertaking tho worl
of the bureau again. A new man will
have to be chosen for the work
), Chairman Dick is out of the city am
, the question Of chairman vii, N,
= be settled till his return. A selection
: will probably be made Saturday
: Former Attorney General F. s. Nor
nett, when asked about the reply o
United States Attorney General p. {
Knox, to the communication addresses
to him by the Antitrust league, sal
that the matter was handled from tn
other end of the line and he preferre
/. not to discuss it. He intimated tina
! the league would have
SOMETHING FURTHER