The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

ton on the corporation taxing board,
the attorney general is also a power
| in still another way. 'Che law Great
ing local boards of tax review, passed
| in May, 1902, provides that such
boards may be appointed, upon re-
quest of county auditors, for any city
in Ohio. According to statute, cities
are those municipal corporations hav-
ing 5000 or more population in Ohio,
There are 20 of them in the state,
and 60 have boards of review. There
are three members of each board,
appointed by the attorney general,
auditor of the state and treasurer of
state The salaries of the board
members are fixed by county commits
sioncrs, but the maximum, which is
paid in Toledo, is $3.50 a month.
! edward VI. Fullington, nominee
for auditor of state, is chief deputy
under w. u. Guilbert. Guilbert ad-
yocated his nomination The retir-
ing auditor is one of Walter Browns
political allies and will be reckoned
factor in the contest for the toga
VI ptHblOI FDldhtI utAl
3 The salary of the auditor of state
Is $4,000 a year. He appoints four
teen office clerks, whose aggregate
annual salary, including an allowance
to the department of $1,000 for tray-
cling expenses, Is $26,250.
This is all that appears on the
appropriation budget, but just little
scratching of the surface shows that
the half has not been told. Under
the jurisdiction of the auditor Of state
is the bureau of inspection and uni
form accounting AS nearly as can
be ascertained, there are thirty-seven
travelling inspectors constantly. Their
salary is S. day, and their hotel
bills and travelling expenses are paid.
No state appropriation is made to
compensate them, because their time
and expenses are charged against the
counties, townships, villages and
cities whose books they inspect. Incl
dentally, this corps of travelling in
spectors, included in which is Frank
l.. Baird, of Toledo, does much pol
itical missionary work
! For treasurer of state, the nom
inee is Charles C. Green, of Column
bus. He is now first deputy under
Treasurer w. S. McKinnon, who,
with Walter Brown and George b.
Cox, Joined in the fight for his nom
ination. Only twice during the en-
tire convention proceedings did Cox
vote his 96 delegates solid. Once
was for j G Obermeyre, the Cincln-
natl candidate for clerk of the SUI
preme court. The other time was for
Green for treasurer.
THE state treasurer has control OF
the depositing of the five million sur
plus in the state treasury. A recent
investigation showed that the largest
deposit Is with the Cincinnati Trust
company, Of which Cox is president.
The amount Of that deposit is $780,
900. and 1t is cheap money. The
Cox bank gets it for 1-2 per cent.
Another deposit of $4,000 Is with
the First National Bank OF Cincln-
natl. Cox is also Interested in that
financial institution
1.-THE salary of the treasurer of
state is $4,000 year. He appoints
first assistant or cashier at $3,4O0,
two bookkeepers, two watchmen and
a correspondence clerk His patron
age I'm jobs Is not large, but he
wields a mighty Influence with the
bankers whose institutions are en-
titled to receive state money.
For secretary Of state the con-
vention renominated Col Carmf A.
Thompson, Of IrontOn. Politically,