The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
Special csIumbu, corr.,Dond.n,.

- toned Gov. Willis to recon
mend restoration of the old pol
tax law requiring citizens be
tween 21 and IS years of age to worl
two days annually upon the publ,
roads, or pay SO annually into thu
county treasury in lieu of such work
They also ask that the money derived
from automobile licenses be paid di
rectly into the county treasury, anC
that one-fourth Of the saloon licens,
tax be expended on the roads in tn,
county. The automobile license
money is paid directly into the state
treasury and then is apportioned ou
over the state for road improvement
The movement for these proposed
changes began in Concord township
Ross county, where an organization
has been perfected to push the move
ment Amos Fisher of Frankfort is
the president. The proposed plan will
meet with considerable opposition.
viii Revise Rules.
Secretary Stouffer of the state
board Of agriculture has appointed g
committee to revise the rules govern
ing the testing and handling of tuber
cular cattle. Under the present rules
5000 is the maximum value that may
be placed upon condemned cattle and
the compensation granted is one-hali
Of the amount plus the carcass if il
is marketable. Cattle owners want the
maximum raised.
important to County Commissioners.
A ruling of more than ordinary in.
terest to county commissioners all
over the state has been handed down
by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Ford of Franklin county, and will
probably be followed by similar action
in many other counties of the state.
In response to a request for informa-
ton from the city engineering depart
ment, Ford ruled that the county COM
missioners may issue bonds for the
reconstruction of bridges and ap-
the flood of 1913, without submitting
the budget for such expenditures to
a vote of the people. He held that
these bonds will not be subject to the
limitations of the Smith l per cent
law. The ruling is based on the Sny-
der act and has single limitation
This lies in the fact that, according
to Ford funds raised in this manner
must be expended solely on bridges
erected upon state and county roads.
AS most Of the bridges affected by the
floods devastation are on such roads,
the widespread Importance of the
ruling is evident.
Will Stop Shipments.
The railroads of Ohio have come
forward with a measure of correction
which will no doubt play an important
part in alleviating the coal famine
from which Ohio is suffering. The
railroads have announced that coal
dealers who have made it a practice
to hoard up large supplies of coal and
who are still adding to their boards
will be summarily dealt with. They
will be refused additional shipments
until they have let go of the coal they
have on hand Hundreds Of cars of
coal are held on tracks by dealers
who are said to be seeking exorbitant
prices of consumers. The railroad au-
thorities say that they do not coun-
tenance such a Squeeze" policy and
that under their own policy, cars will
be withdrawn from a dealer who is
already overloaded and will be given
to other shippers who are in real
need.
State Lien Is Inferior.
In ruling to the state tax commits
sion, Attorney General Turner holds
that the lien of the state for fran
chise or excise taxes created under
section 5506 of the general code, is
inferior to the lien of mortgage
given by the grantor of the corpora
tion of utility or by some other mort
gagor or lienor in the chain of title
prior to the acquisition of the prop
erty by the corporation or utility
Such lien is also inferior to that of
a purchase money mortgage given by
the corporation. In ruling to State
Bank Superintendent Harry T. Hall,
1t is held that safe deposit companies
are not authorized to exercise trust
powers. Neither can they issue par
ticipating certificates" emitting the
holders to participate in the interest
and principal collected from the Sc
curities.
VIII Administer Oath.
Although no announcement has
been officially made yet, 1t is under
stood that Chief Justice Hugh L.
Nichols of the Ohio supreme court will
administer the oath to Gov-elect
James M. Cox when he is inducted
into office for a second time on the
second Monday in January. The cere-
monies will probably be held in the
rotunda of the capitol.
Not Foot and Mouth Disease.
Stockmen of the state will learn
with pleasure that the cattle disease
which has broken out in the west is
not the foot and mouth disease, as at
first feared, but is an ailment which
will disappear within two weeks and
Is not serious. Information to this
effect has been received by the state
board of agriculture. AS a result the
emabrgo placed on cattle shipments
from the west to Ohio will be at once
lifted. Stockmen who have held up
exhibits Of prize cattle for the big |
national show at Chicago will now
send them forward.
No Opposition.
The state board Of agriculture will
have no opposition this year in con-
Quoting the corn boys tour TO Wash
ington, Dec. 4. J. r. Clarke, in charge
of that contest. announced. Clarke was
advised that T. P. Riddle of Lima, or
ganizer of the Ohio Travel society,