The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-02-18
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TWO NEW TAX BILLS
introe uoed by De m ocratic Me m
bers Of Legislature - Garry
Provisions Of Nichols
Iaw--N Notes. -
trrom a stan Correspondent,

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cussed Sheets bill providing. for tho
abandonment of the Ohio canals was
introduced In the house Friday morn.
ing by Representative Painter, Of
Wood Some changes were made in
the original draft of the measure
Instead of authorizing the canal COM
missioners to dispose of the canal
lands, IL provides that their sale shall
be conducted by commission COM
posed of the governor, attorney gen
eral and secretary of state. The abol-
ishment OF the canal commission Is
provided for also.
Two bills with identical provisions
were introduced simultaneously In the
thouse and senate Friday by Represen-
tative Carle of Seneca, and Senator
Decker, of Paulding, which en,body
the Democratic ideas on taxation. The
bills extend the provisions OF the
Nichols law, which now only applies
to telegraph, telephone, express and
sleeping car companies, to electric
light gas, natural gas, pipe line, water
works, street railways, messenger
companies, interurban and steam rail-
way companies.
AN UNFAIR ADJUSTMENT.
A circular has been prepared for the
benefit of the legislators showing the
taxes by counties for the Ohio State
university, at Columbus, proposed to
| be raised by bill, at the rate of Pit
attendance at the institution from
each county in the state, as shown by
the latest annual report of the trus-
tees of the university. In the table
no record is made of the large sum
received from the interest on the ir-
reducible debt, from the general gov.
ernment under the Morrell law, or ito
fees from students. Franklin county,
under the bill, Is to contribute ST.
44S.74 in taxes to the institution.
This county has the largest number
of studentsT4O3. Stark county, lhas
but 20 students at the institution and
is called upon to pay $s,53393 for its
support. About the same inequality
prevails in the relation of the ma
jority of the other counties of the
state with Franklin county, and the
pleas is put forward that this county
is made the direct beneficiary Of the
bill
STARKS ENVIABLE RECORD.
The board of managers of the pen.
itentiary has granted paroles to five
prisoners, one OF these being August
Hahn, who was sent from Stark coun.
t yto serve three years for having
burglars tools in his possession
James Wilson, who was sentenced to
the Mansfield reformatory from Stark
county for burglary and larceny, has
been transferred from that institution
to the penitentiary. John Popp was
received at the penitentiary yesterday
from Stark county. Stark has the ma
jority of the counties beaten to n fin
ish in the matter of the number of
prisoners delivered at the peniten-
tiary during the past two weeks.
1t has been practically decided that
the Mckinley memorial for Columbus
will take the form of an arch or gate
way, which will probably be erected
at the main entrance to the grounds
of the state capitol. The memorial
will be surrounded by bronze statute
or bust OF the lamented president
Artists have been invited to submit
designs for the memorial. The me.
mortal fund has not reached the pro-
portions expected in consequence OF
which 1t was necessary to change the
plans of the committee with respect
to the character of the memorial.
READY FOR A FIGHT.
The fraternal insurance companies
of the state are preparing to make q
fight against the Cole excise bill which
provides for tax for these companies
L. Il. Sisler, of Akron. grand treasi
urer of the Knights of Maccabees., has
engaged rooms at the Chittenden in
this city. where representatives OF the
fraternal companies will meet soon
and outline some plan to resist the
passage Of the bill. The claim is made
by DIR. Sisler that the plan of taxation
proposed by the bill would have tbs
effect of driving fraternal insurance
companies from the state. N
The official list of representatives t.
the state assembly Of the Rebekal
lodges, which meets at Fipdlay thu
second week in April, has been--se
ceived by Grand Secretary Lyman. O
the Odd Fellows. Alice Pollock, o
North Lawrence, will represent thu
twenty-fifth district at the meeting.
Deputy w. II. Miller, of Massillon
returned home today after attending
a conference of the deputy mine In
spectors of the state at the Office o
Chief Inspector Biddison. n,