The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-03-14

taxes tneIeon Tor the year eighteen hundred and
forty-six, according to such corrected valuation.
Bee. b. In every case where any person shall
refuse TO make out and deliver To the township as
sessora statement OF personal property, moneys
and credits, as provided by this act, or shall refuse
10 take and subscribe oath to the truth of such
statements, or any part thereof which he is by this
/ act required to verify byshis oath, the assessor
shall in every such case, proceed 10 ascertain the
number OF each description Of the several articles
tof Personal propety, enumerated in the ninth Sec
ton OF this act, ,the value thereof the value of the
personal property subject to taxation, other than
enumerated articles, and the value of The moneys
and credits, of which statement shall have been
Withheld as aforesaid, as the case may requires and
10 enable HIM SO to do, he is hereby authorized to
fexarnine, on oath, any person whom he may sup
X pose 10 have knowledge of the amount or value Of
he personal property, moneys or credits which the
person so refusing, was required to list
SEe. 80. II any person who shall be required
the assessor 10 give evidence; as provided in the
afto ceding section, shall refuse to be sworn by the
tsesso-, or having been so sworn, il he shall re.
bstuse to answer such questions the sssessor shall
put to HIM. touching the subject of inquiry, any
justice OF the peace of the county to whom the as
SCISSOR may make application therefor, shall sum.
mon such person to appear before him at such.
time as the assessor shall designate, and answer, on
cath, all pertinent questions which may be put to
Z him by the assessor or his order, tcuchnis, the
samount and value Of the personal property, mon
eyg s5;tcredits which the person required to list
Eic isFe on oath has refused TO list; and eyeEy'
constAe and witness shall be subject to the same
penalties for refusal or neglect to obeyfhe process
urfsuch justice, as they are by lay-subect to, for
n rel sag u y slbe proc ofjuslices Of the peace
~ ciyll ~, cases. and NJ receive tne s1lne ees
,er IKE services in cases. ana Susn lus.ise oi
uie peace shall imme Nia.eiy piGeeeo ~ ene.l
4 vor Of the state Of a 35o, against tho person who
shall have refused ~ make and deliver TO the as
SCISSOR statement OF the property which, by this
act, be was rcquiredto list, or who shall have
fused TO take the prescrbedoatt as to the amount
OF value thereof, aud proceed TO collect. and pay
S,oyer the same as IN civil cases.
Sec. 3i Each township assessor shall, on or
before the tenth day Of June, annually make out
and deliver TO the auditor of hrs county, in tabular
form and alphabetical order, the names of the sew
eral persons, companies, or or.corporalons, in whose
names any personal property, moneys, or credits
shall have been listed in his township, and sepac
ratey ia appropriate columns, opposite each name,
the aggregate value of all articles ofpersonal prop.
erty enumerat ted in the ninth section, the value of
all non-enumerated articles of personal property,
other than the stock OF merchants and manutac-
lures, the value Of merchants and manufactures
stock, land the value of the moneys and credits
listed In the name Of each, as attested on oath by
the person required to list the same, or as deter
mined by the assessor.
Sec. 35. The township assessor shall enter in
column to be provided for that purpose, opposite
each entry of personal property, or of moneys and
credits, in his return, the words "by the owner"
or ''by the ASSESSOR, as the same shall have been
listed and vauedby the person required TO list the
same or BY himself In every case where any per-
son whose duty it is to list any personal property,
moneys, or credits, for axation shall have refused
to take and subscribe the oath required of him by
this act, In regard TO the truth of his statement or
IL regard to the value of personal property, mon
eAs, OF credits, the assessor shall enter the words
"refused to swear and in every case where any
person required to list property for taxation shall
have been absent, or unable, from illness or other-
wise, TO list the same, the shall enter oppo-
site his name the Word ''absent, ''sick," or such
other word as will express the cause of such ina
Y by; and each township assessor shall, on or be-
fore the tenth day of June, annually, make out and
de!verto the auditor of his county, in tabular form
x and alphabetical order, the names OF the several
PERSONS companies, OF corporations, in whose
names any personal property, moneys. oreredits,
shall have been listed, in each township withinhs
district, and separately, in appropriate columns
opposite each name, the aggregate value OF oil ar
tcles of personal property enumerated the ninth
section. the value of all non-enumerated articles OF
alproperty other than the stock OF merchants
ana manuldClureTS, tne Ndluc Oi HuSllHaii'' uhu
manufacturers stock, and the value Of the moneys
and credits listed in the name of each, as attested
oath by the person required to list the same or
4 as determined by the assessor .
Sec. S6. Each township assessor shall, at the
time he is required by this act to make his return
of taxable property TO the county auditor, also de-
liver to him all the statements OF properly which ne
shall have received from persons required to list ths
same, arranged in alphabetical order; and the au-
=; hall llx, Ia nj prne the
Z SEC. 37 Each township assessor shall take
and subscribe an oath, which shall be certified by
the mag strate administering the same, and attach
ed TO the return which he is required 10 make TO
the county auditor, in the following form:
n i, assessor for township, in the
. county of do soleinnly swear. that the
value of all personalpropery moneys, and credits,
OF which statement has been made and attested
BY the oath of the person required by the act tor
levyng taxes on all property in this State accord
ing to its true value to list the same, is truly re-
turned as set forth in such statement; that In eve
nv case where by law have been required to as
certain the amount or value of the personal prop
erty, moneys, or credits, of any person, company,
corporation, have diligently, and by the best
means In my power, endeavod to ascetain the 'rue
amount and value of all such property, moneys,
and credits; and that, as verify believe, the
full value thereof estimated by the rules prescrlb-
ed by said act, is set forth in the annexed return;
Z that in no case have knowingly omitted to de-
mand, of any person of whom by said act i wasre-
M qured to make such demand, statement OF the
description of the amount and value Of personal
property. or of the amount Of moneys and credits
x which he wasrequred to list, or in any way con-
nyed at any violation or evasion of any OF the re-
qurements Of said act, in relation to the list or val
uation of property moneys, or credits ofany kind,
J. for taxation.
TConclusion ne1t treek
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