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Washington Telegraph
Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas
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In Salem, Ohio, the Columbiana County treasurer, refused payment of taxes on the bank's capital, entered the Salem Bank with an armed posse to seize funds, but was driven out by the directors after protesting the assessment.
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The Treasurer of Columbiana co., Ohio having recently called upon the Salem Bank for taxes assessed, several times, and being refused on the ground that the tax was levied on the capital instead of the profits, entered the bank with a posse, armed with guns, revolvers and sledges, for the purpose of breaking open the vault and seizing the requisite funds. At this state of the affray an armistice was declared for the purpose of calling the directors together, that they might decide whether they would or would not pay the tax so assessed. The directors met and protested against paying, and by means of guns, crowbars, &c., drove the tax-gathering party out of the bank.
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Salem Ohio
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tax-gathering party driven out of the bank; no casualties mentioned.
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The Treasurer of Columbiana co., Ohio, after repeated refusals to pay taxes assessed on the capital instead of profits, entered the Salem Bank with an armed posse using guns, revolvers, and sledges to break open the vault and seize funds. An armistice was declared to consult the directors, who protested and used guns and crowbars to drive out the tax party.