OHIO. 



politician and author, born May 26, 1806; died 

 November 28, 1876. In 1836 he published, 

 under the nom de plume Montanus, his largest 

 \vm-k, "Vorzeit," in eight volumes. In his 

 "Geschichte des deutschen Volks," he advo- 

 cated the unity of Germany under the leader- 

 ship of Prussia. 



OHIO. The following is a brief summary 

 of the present financial condition of the State : 



On the 15th day of November, 1875, the public 

 debt was..... $7,949,92018 



The redemptions during the year were Loan 

 of 1875... 1,465.414 82 



Outstanding November 15, 1876 $6,464,505 80 



Of the amount outstanding on the 15th of No- 

 vember, 1875, the sum of $1 1.8(15 had ceased 

 to draw Interest, the holders thereof having 

 been notified to surrender their stock for re- 

 demption, so that the interest-bearing funded 



debt of the State is $6,472,640 80 



A reduction during the past year of 1,477,279 82 



The funded debt is divided as follows : 



Foreign debt, so called, payable in New York 



City $6,482.840 80 



Domestic debt, payable in Columbus 1,665 00 



The taxes levied in 1876, collectible in 1877, 

 are: 



State taxes 



County and local 



Delinquencies and forfeitures . 



$4,64.<B064 



8,H4,8ft98 



1,443,9 M 



Total $29,965,18588 



The taxable valuations in Ohio, as shown by 

 the grand duplicate of 1876, are: 



Real estate in cities, towns, and villages $871,848,098 00 



Real estate not in cities, towns, or villages. . 704,940,269 00 

 Personal property 520,681,599 00 



Total $1,597,469,966 00 



Which is a decrease from the grand dupli- 

 cateof!875of 1,105,89600 



This decrease arises as follows : 



On personal property $14,979,219 09 



Increase in the value of real 



estate in cities, towns, and 



villages $5,816,877 00 



Increase in the value of real 



estate not in cities, towns, 



or villages 8,056,94600 



Total increase 



18.878,828 00 



Net decrease,.as above $1,105,S96 00 



Total $6,484,505 30 



The local indebtedness of the State is as 

 follows : 



September 1, 1875. September 1, 1876. 



Debts of counties $8,044,578 90 $2.984,099 48 



Debts of townships, including 

 debts incurred by boards of 

 education, other than for 

 separate school districts.... 222,97118 229,72488 



Debts of cities, first and sec- 

 ond class 20,250,722 11 80,510,508 68 



Debts of incorporated vil- 

 lages 981,86264 1,074,06905 



Debts of school districts (spe- 

 cial) 1,507,95848 1,814,58157 



Totals $25,957,58S 21 $86,059,978 56 



The amount of reimbursable debt, therefore, 

 is: 



State $6,434,505 80 



Local 86,059,978 56 



Total $42,544,4S8 86 



Irreducible debt (consisting of school, college, 

 and other trust lunds) 4,207,716 90 



Aggregate public debts in Ohio (State, 

 local, and trust funds) $46,752,200 76 



The local indebtedness in this statement is 

 reckoned to September 1, 1876, and the State 

 debt to November 15, 1876. 



The balance in the State Treasury on the 15th 

 of November, 1S75, was $1,429,778 52 



The receipta from all sources for the fiscal year 

 ending November 15, 1876, were 6,159,667 96 



Total amount of funds In the Treasury 



tor the year $6,5S9,44 48 



The disbursements for all purposes during the 

 year have been 6,008,617 44 



Balance In the Treasury, November 18, 

 176 $585,82904 



The taxes levied in 1875, collectible in 1876, 

 were: 



State taxes $4.948.995 19 



County and local 28,008.976 18 



Delinquencies and forfeitures 940,211 00 



Total $28,898,182 87 



From the foregoing statement it appears that 

 the State debt was reduced during the year 

 almost one and a half million dollars, and 

 that the indebtedness of counties, townships, 

 and school districts was reduced over $300,- 

 000. But cities of the first and second class, 

 and incorporated villages, have increased their 

 indebtedness more than $10,000,000 since the 

 close of the fiscal year 1875. 



The State School Commissioner complains 

 of the neglect to furnish him with complete 

 returns in all cases, thus rendering his statis- 

 tics imperfect. The following is a summary 

 of the leading facts shown by the reports re- 

 ceived : 



Number of youth of school age in the State in 



September, 1S75 1,017,72 



Number of school districts in the State 1,963 



Number of sub-districts in township districts. 13,627 

 Estimated value of school-houses, including 



grout.ds $20,969,557 



Number of teacners actually employed 22,S46 



Number of pupils enrolled in the schools 722,968 



Average number of pupils in daily attendance 447,189 

 Total of receipts, including balance on hand 



September 1, 1875 $12.205,1518 44 



Total of expenditures $8,462,757 61 



The Board of State Charities report that the 

 aggregate numbers under public care or re- 

 straint in the State are as follows : 



In charitable and benevolent institutions. 

 In penal and reformatory institutions 



12,548 



16.960 



Making a total of 29,508 



The ratio of taxation for the maintenance 

 of these classes is one and six-hundredths .of 

 one mill (1-nnr) on each dollar of taxable prop- 

 erty in the State ; so that the citizen paying 

 taxes on one thousand dollars' worth of prop- 

 erty pays ten cents and six mills for the sup- 

 port of charitable, penal, and reformatory in- 

 stitutions, State, county, and city. This aggre- 

 gate is reached, for the most part, by returns 

 of actual numbers from State and county insti- 

 tutions. As a few counties failed to make full 



