OHIO. 



655 



to thus apply them, but it would have been a felony Brought forward $4.300,000 00 



to refuse to do so. Now, whatever enactment, con- -Loan payable July 1, 1888, bearing 4 per cent 



stitutional or legislative, impairs the obligation of the r ^erest. ..... 



contract with tie bondholders, that is, abrogates or Canal loan ' not beann & interest _ 



lessens the means of its enforcement, is void. There- Total funded debt $4 901 665 00 



fore, the new Constitution, as to that contract, is to be 



treated as though it never existed. . . . The local debts at the same time were as 



No reason in law. therefore, any .more than in mor- follow : 



als, can be given why the mandates of the act of 1874 TIM* of nmintw <* An 907 <u 



and the constitutional amendment of that year should gK J Sgfjfo andVecond dassY.YYY.Y SPSS 



not be carried out. There is nothing in the fact that Debts of incorporated villages 1,811,330 33 



the defendants are officers of the State. The books Debts of townships 605,715 24 



are full of cases where executive and administrative Debts of separate (special) school districts 1,339,414 58 

 officers of a State have been required by the judiciary 



to do certain acts, or been enjoined from doing them. Total local debts $45,766,351 22 



And it has not been deemed an answer to the pro- Net increase in above local debts from last 



ceedmg that the State was interested in the contro- JQ ^ $ lj652j 2o0.4T. This increase is as fol- 

 lows: 



There could be no doubt, Justice Field added, increase in cS" 68 ^ ill SB 



that, but for the "debt ordinance " in the Con- increase in vmages !.'.'! !.....'...!.'.'.'.'....'!.... 255,'si2 37 



stitution of 1879, a mandamus or other compul- increase in townships '. 148,307 64 



sory process could have been issued by the Total $i,7s1~678 50 



courts of Louisiana, under the code of proce- Deduct decrease ia school districts 'l2y,42S 03 



dure of that State, to compel officers of the Leavin net increase ag above il^o^r" 



State and of the Board of Liquidation to exe- 

 cute the provisions of the act of 1874, and of The balances in the Treasury to the credit of 

 the constitutional amendment of that year. the several funds at the close of the fiscal year 

 But, independently of the code, the constitu- 1881 were as follow : 



tional amendment of 1874 expressly gave the m n k e in al re Q fund ^KJI 



courts of the State jurisdiction to issue such sta^common-schooifim'd !! "'.'..' .'!.".' .'.'!. ".'.'. 8S&2 19 

 compulsory process by the clause which de- 

 clares that, to secure the levy, collection, and The^Spts'intoine treasury during ihe'year * 

 payment stipulated, " the judicial power shall from all sources amounted to $5,768,975 11 



beexercised when necessary," and that means, Tota i receipts, including balances j^gTtt 



Said Justice Field, "such power as properly Disbursements for same period 5;630,'21929 



belongs to "judicial tribunals to enforce the 



performance by public officers of duties im- ^S^ ffi"* ?* T *^' ^ $64017693 



posed upon them by law." In the opinion of . , 



Justice Field, this means of enforcing the con- /he above balance is to the credit of the 



tract which was given by the State when the following funds, to wit : 



contract was made could not afterward be General f fund ^13.356 29 



taken away by the State, as it was by the Con- state^om^on-schooi fund! .'!!!.". .Y !! .Y !!.'!.' I 17*927 94 

 stitution of 1879, without impairing the obli- 

 gation of the contract in violation of the Fed- 3tal ' |640 ' 1T6 



eral Constitution. TAXATION. The value of all the taxable 



OHIO. The State officers for the year were real estate and personal property in Ohio, ac- 



as follow : Governor, Charles Foster, of Seneca cording to the consolidated tax duplicate for 



County; Lieutenant-Governor, R. G. Richards, 1882, is as follows: 



of Jefferson County ; Attorney-General, G. K. Real estate in cities towns, and villages $413,999.976 00 



Nash, Of Franklin County; Treasurer, Joseph Restate not in towns, cities, and villages. 702.6S1 .679 



Turney, of Cuyahoga County. Chattel property jas,229,079 



FINANCES. On the 15th day of November, Total taxable values for 1SS2 $1,634,910,734 oo 



1881, the public funded debt of the State was Net increase in the valuation, as compared ~ 



$5,201,665. During the year there was paid withissi $47,703,13500 



the loan payable July 1, 1882 bearing 4 per The taxes for the figcal 1888 levied 



cent interest $300 000 On the 15th day of the foregoing basis of $1,634,910,734, are 



November, 1882, the public funded debt of the a f u ow . 



State was $4901,665. This sum consists of Generalreve ; uefund(1Aofamni) $2,285,53747 



the tollo Wing loans : Sinking fund (* mill).. 818,299 70 



Common-school fund (1 mill) 1,633,911 00 



Loan payable after December 31, 1886, bearing 



6 per cent interest $2,400,000 00 Total for State purposes (2 T % mills) $4,735,748 17 



Loan payable July 1, 1883, bearing 4 per cent County expenses $2.5<54.913 74 



interest 825,00000 The poor 762.13987 



Loan payable July 1, 1884, bearing 4 per cent Brideres 1,570.440 26 



interest 350,000 00 Buildings 737.48!) 94 



Loan payable July 1, 1885, bearing 4 per cent Eoads 1,086,383 68 



interest 350,00000 Payment of debts 693,40935 



Loan payable July 1, 1886, bearing 4 per cent 



interest 375.000 00 Total for county purposes. . . $7,884,776 84 



Loan payable July 1. 1S87, bearing 4 per cent , . ,, 



interest 500,000 oo Local taxation as follows: 



