Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-04-01

,tate auditor shall prescribe, complete
list or schedule Of all the taxable prop
erty, and the value thereof, arranged in
The form following, that is to say: h, |
Each separate parcel Of real property
in each township Of his county, other
than town property. shall be contained
in line opposite the name Of the owns
ers, which names shall be arranged in
order. p' ''s''E '-8 '.
Each separate parcel Of real property
in each town, shall be set down in a line
or lines opposite the name ofthe owner
OF owners, arranged in alphabetical Or
der, in each town. a!lg9I-E,5 s.i!
The value Of personal property ofeach
person, company or corporation, within
each township. be arranged in alphabet
ical order, specifying, in separate col
umns, the value of personal property.
other than merchants and manufacture
stock; the value Of merchants and man
ufacturer's stock, and the value Of mon-
sys and credits
SEC. 50. Each county auditor, after
receiving from the auditor Of state, and
from such other officers and authorities
as shall be legally empowered to deter
mine the amount Of taxes to be levied for
the various purposes authorized by law,
statements Of the amounts to be levied.
shall forthwith proceed to determine the
sum or sums to be LEVIED upon each par
eel of real property, moneys and credits
listed in his county, in the name of each
person, company or corporation, which
shall be assessed and set down in three
or more columns, in such manner and
form as the auditor of state shall pre>
scribe: Provided that all taxes levied
for state purposes, and all taxes levied
for county purposes, shall each be set
down in separate column: and provided
also. that each county auditor, in deter
mining the per centum TO be levied for
any purpose or purposes, or any proper
~ entered in his books for taxation,
when the amount SO levied is to set down
in one column, shall assume such per
centum not containing any fractions of
less than one-ffth Of mill, as will pro
duce a gross sum nearest the amount
which he is required to levy for such
purposes, and in extending the sum lev-
led on any parcel or amount Of property,
money or credits, he shall carry out NO
fraction of cent. but in any case when
such fraction is greater than half cent
it shall be carried out one cent.
SEC. SO. In assessing taxes for the
year one thousand eight hundred and
forty-six, the county auditor shall as
sumo as the value Of all personal proper.
ty and of money and credits, one.hals
the value, as returned by the assessors,
under the provisions Of this act. for the
year one thousand eight hundred and
foity-six. including such additions as he
shall have made thereto; in obedience to
ito requirements, and upen such assum-
ed value, and upon the whole value Of
real property, as the same now stands
upon the lists Of taxable property he
shall assess an equal per centum Of
taxes. ,. ..t.,.... ..... ... ..
SEC. 81. For the year one thousand
eight hundred and forty-seyen. and for
each succeeding year, each county aud-
ltor, for every purpose for which he is
required to assess taxes, shall assess an
equal per centu,n Of tax on all real and
personal property, and moneys and cred.
its sabject 10 such tax, agreeably to the
value thereof, as determined and equal
lied under the provisions Of this act.
DUTY OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN RE-
GARD TO TAX FOR COUNTY PURPOSES.
Sec. 55. The county commission
Of each county shall, at their June ses>
sion, annually, determine on the amount
to be raised Iinstead Of the per centum
to be assessed as heretofore) for ordi.
nary county purposes, for bridges, for
public buildings. and for the support OF
the poor, and also the sum to be raised
for road purposes, not exceeding in a.
mount, for either Of these purposes,
the sum which, Ewith] the per centum,
they are, by existing laws. authorized
to assess on the taxable property oftheir
county, now entered on the list or du-
piicate, will produce: Provided, the
county commissioners Of the counties of
Ashsabula, TrumbulI, Portage, Geauga,
Lake, Cuyahoga, Loraln. Summit, Me-
dina, Ottawa, Monroe, Belmont, Huron,
and Eric. shall, at their meeting on the
first Monday Of March, 10 each year,
determine the amount Of road tax to be
levied for that year, and the same shall
be assessed upon the duplicate of props
erty ofthe preceding year. and said tax
shall be expended upon the road in the
manner pointed out by the law now reg
uiating road taxes in said counties.
DUTY or TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, AS TO LEV.
YING TAX FOR TOWNSHIP PURPOSES.
SEc. SO. 81 The trustees ofthe several
townships in each county shall, on OF
before the fifteenth day Of June, anuual-
Iy, determine the amount necessary to
be raised in their eirtownships, respective.
ly, fpr the various purposes for which
they are authorized by the second sec>