Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31

wall aQOrnmCnt. IL cannot De Sa1u
that the scnool board does not mani
fest any interest in the school be-
cause II does, furnishing box of
cheap crayon and three erasers. No
dictionaries or desk books are pro-
vided for the teacher. There Is no
call bell, and when the pupi'S are to
be assembled at the close OF any In
termission, .be teacher stands in the
door and in sceptorian tones yells.
"Booksl books!" or else attracts their
attention by beating on the side of
the building with a club.
Many Different Ballots.
City voters throughout Ohio will
have to wade through Veritable
maze of ballots on election day. Few
of the electors in the larger towns
will be able to escape into the cleo
tion booths without carrying half
dozen or so different ballots with
them. For this excessive number the
initiated law and amendments to the
constitution of the state, together
with the statutes requiring the cleo
ton of the judiciary and the boards
Of education on non-partisan ballots
are responsible. After being given
his city ballot, the city voter also will
be rendered separate ballot con-
tanning names of candidates for board
of education, still another separate
ballot with the names of candidates
for justice of the peace lin most
cities), and in addition to these he
will receive separate ballot con-
tanning the initiated law proposed for
the prevention of the shipment of
| liquor into dry territory, and finally
he will receive the ballot carrying the
| five amendments proposed for the
| Ohio constitution. Thus the very
| least number of ballots the city voter
will carry into the voting booth will
be five. But in most cities there are
local bond issues or other local ques-
tions to be decided, and those will
necessarily go on separate ballot.
Then, should it so happen that the
supreme court might overrule the sec
retary of state and find in favor of the
Equity association in the associations
last effort to have the Warnes and
Fitzpatrick laws submitted to the peo-
pie, still another ballot will be re-
quired for the reason that every COM
munity then will have to have candi-
dates for quadrennial appraisers, who
now are not proposed to be voted for
in view of the feeling that the Warnes
law, which does away with quadren-
nial appraisements, will stand.
Auditor Suggests Change.
There is need of systematic equali-
zation of salaries paid state en-
ployes. need of revision of amounts
: of bonds required from officials,
contends State Auditor Donahey in
statement just issued. Donahey con-
tends no institution with salary roll
of $3,775,00O annually would pretend
to run for a minute on the unequal
1 basis indicated in Ohio affairs. He
wants the salary list and compensa.
; tion modernized SO equal pay will be
n given for equal labor.
He will use in his annual report the
r complete state payroll, showing each
l. individual, salary drawn, with duties
given, bond required and term o
service. He thinks the showing will
7, interest taxpayers.
n Applies to All Banks.
J. The opinion of the Franklin count!
e court of appeals IN the case brough
d to construe the Thomas banking &C
r, shows that the court holds the act t.
IS. apply to banks Incorporated befor
d the enactment of the act as well a
g banks incorporated since. This ru
h. ing upholds an opinion given by Al
p torney General Hogan and also tn
,r Franklin county common pleas court
Had the holding been to the col
trary, the powers of the state bankin
er department would have been mate
al rally lessened. The decision wa
le given in case brought in the Franl
Mt lin county common pleas court by tn
er American Trust & Savings Bank G.
r. of GAINESVILLE against Frank e. Ba:
.'s ter, former state bank suEN intenden
ne to prevent him from enforcing an o
RS der against the bank to maintain
Is per cent reserve on all deposit
other than trust funds. The compan
maintained that banks incorporate
~. before the enactment of the law wei
sl not required to maintain such +
serve, contending that express pr
-. The company was in existence whe
~ ~ this law went into effect. Before Il
~ suit was brought It had been pr
.i viously held by the courts that banl
9u' Incorporated prior to the passage
iu the act could not be compelled to
~ crease their capital stock to Il
~ amount made necessary Of banks
GO corporated after its passage. To ha
M o held that such banks could not be /
% quired to maintain the reserve spe
10 fed by the act would have been ia
@ tamount to rendering the act inop'
as' 10 ative against banks incorporated
IN 1i- fore It's enactment and would have
,, zen prived depositors of needed sa
Iie guards. Shortly after assuming offi'
'ns Attorney General Hogan ruled tn
do the Thomas act applied in all its ref
w w'ne Iatory features, except the provisi
la as to capital stock. in toto, to
aIe banks incorporated before the %;