The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-10-17
RESOLUTION
Action Taken at Noble County Meeting
OF Township Trustees and Clerks
Held At Caldwell Ohio

l. In 1888, the Ohio General Assembly
enacted legislation diverting lc of the
existing &c Gas Tax from highway rev.
enue to meet the emergency in the
school foundation program; said diver
sion was generally approved because 1t
represented that, the lc tax would be
restored to the highway revenues when
the emergency had passed. Since 1899,
this revenue has no longer been ear
marked for school. but has been placed
in the general fund of the state treasury.
.. There is real need for additional
revenue for the improvement of roads
and streets. Hundreds of miles of roads
and streets throughout the state were
neglected curing the war period. This
neglect is not only a costly expense, but
the cost of such work will be greatly
increased by the increased cost of labor
and materials. In other words, cost of
road and street construction and main
tenance has increased the same as other
lines of business.
8. Practically all road and street work
is now paid for out of revenue received
from the gasoline and auto tag revenue
OHIO for the past several years has con-
Quoted its road and street building pro-
gram on a pay-as-you-go basis. Very
little revenue is now received from
property assessments. Unless the rev.
enucs aCCruing from the gasoline and
tag tax are car-maTked for roads and
streets. it is going to be a difficult task
for the various political subdivisions to
plan a postwar program OF any Conse-
QuenCC.
J. In order to meet requirements of
this augmented highway program, addi-
tOnal revenues will be required if the
program is TO be prosecuted on a pay
as-yOu-gO basis. 1t is generally con-
sidcred that such a highway program
will provide the most efficient medium
of employment during the transition
period from the postwar economy to
the pcacetime economy and that, in
addition hereto, lasting and permanent
benefits will accrue to the people of
Noble county and to the state OF Ohio
by virtue of such program
5. In view OF the fact that townships
do not receive any revenue from the
motor vehicle tags and only receive
small portion of the gasoline tax rev.
enue. we desire to remind our leglsla-
tive representatives that township trust
ces throughout the state are responsible
for more than 10000 miles OF roads
which is one-haH OF all of Ohio's road
mileage and that we receive only 834
percent of the gas tax revenue, which
amounts to less than 100000 per town
ship.
Therefore. be it resolved that in con-
SideratiOn of the above statement of
facts and in view of the benefits of the
citizens of Noble county. we respectfully
petition you, as representing Noble
county in the forthcoming session OF the
Ohio General Assembly TO use your pest
efforts in endeaVOring to have leglsla-
ton enacted that will return the one
and one-half of liquid fuel tax for the
use of constructing and maintaining
this tax for roads and streets does not
mean any additional tax upon the
motorist, since he IS now paying &c
gasoline tax. one-fOurth of which is dis
guised as so-called liquid fuel" tax.
1t would be used for its proper purpose,
namely, the construction. maintenance
and repair of highways and streets.
II. E. SULLIVAN.
President.
RAY SHRIVER,
Secretary.