Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-03-25

be, the number of acres taken from each sec
tion, lot, tract or survey, included in such
parcel.
SEC. 81, Eaca district assessor shall
take and subscribe an oath, which shall
be certified by the magistrate adminls-
tering the same, and attached to the re-
turn which he is requirid to make to the
county auditor, in the following form:
81, assessor for the
district, in the county OF
do solemnly swear that
the return to which this is attached cons
tains correct description Of each par
eel ofreal property within said district,
as far rs have been able to ascertain
the same, and that the value attached to
each parcel in said return is as | verify
believe, the full value thereof, estimat
ed agreeably to the rules prescribed
therefor In the sac, for levying taxes on
all the property of this state according to
its true value" .,,
POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWNSHIP ASSES
SIC. %. In each lewnship in this state,
! in which is situated any city, OF incorpo-l
rated town, which, is divided into wards,
lthere shaiths alesled ,oasthe 6rssscAana
day Of April. annually, by the qualified
electors Of such township one. assessor
for each ward Of such city or town; and
for all purposes in listing and valu-
ing property for taxation, and assessing
and collecting taxos, every such ward
and remaining part oc a township shall
be held to be township, and whenever
used in this act, shall be held to, and ex.
tend to and mean ward and such re-
naming part Of township
SEC. 29. Each township assessor shall
give bond and take the prescribed oath
Of Office within ten days after his election,
and the township clerk shall forthwith
notify the county auditor thereof; and iC
after the expiration Of fifteen days from
the time Of such election, the county
auditor shall have received no notice of
the qualification of the assessor in any
one Of the townships in his county, he
shall consider such Office vacant, and
shall notify the county treasurer and
county recorder thereof, and said audit>
or, recorder and treasurer, or any two
Of them, shall Immediately proceed to
fill such vacancy by the appointment of
some competent citizen Of such township:
Provided, any such can be found who
will accept and perform the duties of
said office; and if not, by the appoint
ment Of some competent and suitable
citizen Of the county, who shall, in either
case, give bond and take the required
oath of Office within five days after such
appointments; and if any vacancy shall
thereafter occur, or if any township as
SCISSOR shall neglect or refuse to perform
the duties Of his Office, such Office shall
be considered vacant, and the county
auditor, treasurer and recorder, or any
two Of them, shall, on coming to knowi.
edge thereof Immediately proceed to fill
such vacancy.
SEC. 80. The assessor of each town.
ship shall, on or before the tenth day of
May, annually. leave with each person
resident IN his township, of full age, not
married woman, or insane person, or
at the office, usual place of residence or
business OF such person d written or
printed notice, requiring said person,
within ten days from the time oc leaving
such notice, to make out and hold in
readiness for such assessor, a statement
Of the property which by this act he is
required to list, accompanied by printed
forms, in blank, of the statements re-
quired Of such person.
SEC. 81. Each township assessor shall,
before the tenth day of June, annually
call upon each person in his township
with whom he is required to leave no.
tice, for The statement which such per-
son is required by this act to make out,
unless he shall have previously made
out and delivered the same; and he shall
require Of each Of such persons to take
and subscribe on such statement an oath
10 the truth thereof, in such form as
the auditor Of state shall prescribe, which
oath the assessor is hereby authorized
and required to administer; and he shall
also, for the year eighteen hundred and
forty six, ascertain and return to the
county auditor, the value and descrip-
lion Of ali new structures, and of all
that may have been destroyed,
as township assessors are required 10 this
act TO do, annually, thereafter; and each
county auditor shall correct, accofdingl
p such Tetsrns the val aIQatioa VI reall
psopessJ ~ eQujjfsd d b this act, and |
sssess laxss thereon fof tlle year Aeighs[
cen hundred and forty SIX, according 10
such corrected valuation. - ' '''s
SEC. 80. In every case where any
person shall refuso to make, out and de-
liver to the township assessor a state
nent of personal property, moneys and
credits, as provided by this act and shall
refuse to take and subscribe an oath as
% the truth Of such statements, or any
part thereof which he is by this act re-.
4uired to verify by his oath, the asses.
sor shall, in every such case, proceed
% aSCertain the numhar nc caach dasor;.,