The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-04-09

Ihe gross amount of moneys ewing 10 such per
son, company or firm
First: The amount Of debts owing by such
person, company or firm, bearing interest, 10 any
person. company, firm or corporation, other than
obligations given for the purpose Of efeciing IN
suTances:
Seconds Moneys owing to any person or per
sons out Of this State, for the purchase Of lands
within this State which is listed for taxation:
Third: Money due from persons believed to
be insolrent, and which moneys are not otherwise
adequately secured, may be omitted, in making
such statement, TO the amount believed not to be
collectable.
SEC. 6. If any person, company or firm shall
refuse or neglect 10 make any statement requi-
red of him or them by the provisions OF this aci,
or shall refuse 10 verify the same by oath or atr-
nation as hereinbefore required, the Assessor
shall proceed TO make out, from the best evI-
dence in his power to obtain, a statement oil the
amount of money at interest, or capital in traae,
of the person, company or firm that may have
so refused or neglected TO make such statement.
SEC. g. Each Assessor shall, at the time he
is required TO make return TO the County Audi
tor Of other property assessed or listed by him,
make return of the statements of money at in
terest and capital in trade, obtained or made out
Iby him as required by this act; and the County
Auditor shall deduct from the amount Of money
LAT interest and capital in trade as stated and yc
rifed by the owners thereof, fifty per centum,
and The remaining fifty per centum he shall en-
ter upon the grand list for taxation, other pro-
perty; but from the amounts stated and returned
by the Assessor, in cases where the owner or ow-
ners shall have refused or neglected 10 make the
statement required by this act, the Auditor shall
make no deduction, but shall enter the whole
amount on the grand list for taxation.
SEC. 10. 1t lis hereby declared to be the true
intent and meaning of the first section of the
act entitled "an act pointing out the mode of le-
lvying taxes," passed March Id, 1881, that so
much Of said section as makes pleasure carria-
ges subject TO taxation, includes carriages, ba-
rouches, buggies, dearborns, and all other car
riages or wagons intended for the transportation
of persons, or as family or pleasure carriages or
buggies; provided, that no such vehicle shall be
listed for taxation if the same shall be of less va
lue than forty dollars.
SEC. ii. In every county where the Asses,
sos shall have taken the list of taxable property
before the first Monday in April of the present
4 year, the Assessors shall proceed to obtain the
statements and perform the duties required Of
them by this act, between that day and the first
Monday in June next, and make return to the
County Auditor, on or before the last named day
and for each year after the present year, they
shall perform the duties required of them by this
act, at the same time they are required to asses.
other property in their respective townships.
\ Sec l2 Each Assessor in whose township
lcy, or ward, any stage owner shall reside, or ii
!, whose township, city, or ward, any stlge compa
ny shall keep or have its principal Office or place
Iof keeping its accounts, shall at the same time
, he is required to demand statements Of money
at interest, and of capital in trade, also demand
lof every such owner, or in case of a company, o
some member Of such company, a written state
: ment Of the value Of all the stage coaches ant
other vehicles within this State in which passen
= gers are conveyed, and Of all the horses ant
harnesses within this State, belonging to sucl
stage owner, OF stage company, as the case may
be, and every such stage owner, or member 0
any stage company, of whom such statomen
I shall have been demanded, shall, within twenty
days after such demand, make out, attest OH oatl
or affirmation, before a Justice of the Peace
and deliver TO such Assessor, the statement here
in before required which shall set forth the true
r cash value according to the best judgment ant
, belief of the person making and attestng tn,
] same; and if any such stage owner, or membe
: of stage company, shall neglect or refuse {,
make out and attest statement as hereinbefor
: required every such person shall forfeit and pa
: the sum of one hundred dollars, which shall b.
recovered in an action for debt, before any cour
(, of competent jurisdiction, in the name and 70
! the use Of the State; and in every such case O
e refusal, the Assessor snail proceed TO make ou
from the best evidence he may be able TO oh
: tain, a statement of the value of the proper
g above specified belonging 10 the person or com
pany so refusing, and for that purpose such As
, SCISSOR may summon before any Justice of th
: Peace, every such stage owner, or any membe
: of any stage company, and any clerk or agent c
+ such owner or company, and examine every-suc
b person so summoned on oath, touching the amour
and value of such property; and every person s
S Summoned, who shall fail 10 attend, or who sha
+ refuse to answer on oath or affirmation any ques
y tion which may be put to him by such Assesso
II or by his order, shall forfeit and pay the sum {
l. one hundred dollars, TO be recovered and apple
8 as above in this section provided and every sue
n statement shall be returned TO the County Aud
!, tor as in case of other statements referred 10
t this act, and the amount thereof shall be entei
e ed on tax duplicate in separate column, an
It the Auditor shall assess thereon tax three
e fourths of one per centum, which shall be appl
It ed solely to State and Canal purposes, and an
, tax otherwise charged on the coaches and otl
e er vehicles, horses and harnesses of any stag
J, owner OF company, that shall make out and a
test on oath the statement in this section requ
y red, shall be RENTED, on producing TO the Coul
], ty Treasurer on whose duplicate such tax is cha
It ged a certificate from the assessor TO whom sue
n statement was delivered, setting forth such fac
is which certificate such Assessor is hereby auth
IT rzed and required to make out and deliver
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