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Sec. 20. That each person in ri, State. nav
be allowed 70 hold, exempt from ,,rs,;o, -.
mans saddle and bride, one woman saJEs ssJ
birdie, one loom not exceeding 10 value ,e, al.
ars, all such firearms as are kept Cor ,be g.o ~
The owner, and ell stands Of bees not exeesJ;,s,
IN their aggregate value, as held by Que persons.
the sum OF twenty dollars; and cash on hand not
exceeding twenty-five dollars; and the books Of
used 10 their school or college exercises,
shall be exempt from taxation.
sec, Il; County Commissioners shall no, levy
for school purposes, more than two 6iths offs
mill on the dollar Of the grand Ist.
Sec. s2. County Auditors shall no, DubI;.h :,
the list Of delinquent or forfeited lands .nv ~
eel or lot upon which the taxes due sball No, \,
more than double the cost Of publishing such n.r.
eel or lott but such parcel or lot shall be re,sin.
ed upon the duplicate until the taxes due thereon
shall be more than double The cost Of publishing
the same in the list Of delinquent or forfeited
lands.
Sec. 93. Thatin all cases in which a town.
ship; including an incorporated town or city,
folms but one election district for State officers
there shall be but one Assessor elected for such
township; and where there is more than one
election district in such township, each election
district shall elect one Assessor for such district
| Sec. "a. That the assessor may dispense with
the oath required in the eight section ofthe act
TO which this is an amendment, where the per-
son listing properly, Is conscienuously opposed to
taking such oath; provided the person will sub
scribe the following declaration, or such other as
the Auditor ofStaie may prescribe. 81 do sol.
emnly declare that am religiously and conscien-
tously opposed to the taking Of an oath or affirm.
alton; and that the personal properly, moneys
and credits, and the value thereof, as above spe-
CITED, are fully stated according to the best Of nv
knowledge and belief, and that ! have listed all
the personal property, moneys and credits, subject
to taxation, owned or held by me, and which |
am required by law TO list, as guardian parent,
husband, trustee, executor, administrator, receiv-
er, accounting officer, partner agent, or factor,
as verify believes" and if such statement or de-
caraton, so subscribed, shall be false, then the
person subscribing the same, shall upon indict.
ment and conviction thereof, be subject 10 tho
same punishment as if he had committed perjury.
Sec. rs. This act shall be in force from the
passage thereof, and all the acts and parts of acts
Inconsistent with the provisions thereof arc here.
by repealed.
Sec. 26. 1t shall be the duty Of each town.
ship assessor, while engaged in ascenaining the
taxable properly, by diligent inquiry, annually,
to ascertain the amount of rents reserved in any
leases in fee, for one or more lives, or for q term
of years, exceeding fourteen, and the terms Of
which provide by any contingency for continu-
ance or renewal beyond such number Of years,
and chargeable upon any real properly or laid
within the township, town, or ward, oil which he
is the assessor; which rents shall be assessed 10
the person or persons entitled 10 receive the
same, as personal properly, which is hereby de-
clared 10 be for the purposes OF taxation, under
this act, and the ACT to which this is an amend
menr, at principal sum, the interest Of which at
the legal rate per annum, shall produce sum e.
quail 10 such annual rents, and in case such rents
are payable in any other thing except money,
the value Of annual rents in money shall be ascer-
tained by the assessors, and the same shall be as.
sessed as aforesaid, and taxes shall be charged,
assessed, and collected from any personal prop.
erty, placed upon the grand duplicate, in pursu.
ance 10 the provisions of this section the same as
taxes are charged, assessed and collected on 9th.
er personal properly in the particular township
or ward wherein the same may have been placed
upon the grand duplicate.
Sec. 81. The provisions Of the 6fy.sixth sec.
tlon OF the act to which this is an amendment, so
Tar as they relate to The amount Of tax TO be as.
sessed ortownshippurposes, shall be and they are
hereby extended TO all city and town corporations,
and no greater per centum OF tax shall be levied
on the taxable properly Of such city or town cor.
porae (except to avoid fractions Of less than one.
fifth of a mill than shall be necessary 10 pro.
duce sum equal to the amount which the per
centum of tax, authorized by existing laws regu-
ating the tax 10 be levied on taxable properly as
valued previously to the year l845, would pro.
duce, and five per centum in addition thereto.
Sec. 20. The trustees Of the several townships
in each county, under the restrictions of the fifty
sixth sectono of the actto which this is an amend
ment, and the limitations of thetwenty sixth Sec
ton of the tact prescribing the duties Of super
visors, and relating TO roads and highways" pass
ed March 60, 1887, shall have authority TO de-
termine the amount necessary TO be levied in their
townships, respectively, for road purposes.
Sec. 90. The auditor of state shall Immediate
ly after the passage of this act, prepare and trans
nit to the several county auditors, all such forms
and instructions as shall be necessary TO carry
into effect the provisions of this act.
WILLIAM P. CUTLER,
Speaker of the House Of Representatiues.
EDSON B. OLDS,
Speaker Of the Senate.