Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-18


of the payment OF 50 much money into the
State treasury, and shall, on the delivery
hereof to the comptroller of the treasury
be credited 10 tie county lreasurer. IN his,
settlement with said comptroller, and
charged By the comptroller to the treasurer
Of State on account Of moneys Belonging
to the sinking fund. s
Sec. II. The treasurer's Office shall
be kept open for the receipt Of taxes from
the time, of til. delivery Of the duplicate
TO the treasurer until tho final delinquent
list Is made up IN August.
Sec. i2. County treasurers hereafter
elected shall take possession Of their ofh-
ces on the first Monday Of September next
after their election, and shall hold :he same
for two years from and after said first
Monday of September, and until their suc-
cessors aie elected and qualified; and II
amy person elected. to said office shall fail
to give bond and take an oath of office, as
prescribed by law, on or before the first
Monday of September next afterhis elec-
ton, his Office shall be held.to be vacant.
Sec. I3. Ifone-half of any tax charged
against any lands or town lots, shall not
be- paid on or before the twentieth day of
December in each year, or collected by
distress or otherwise, as hereinbefore
specified, the same shall be charged on the
duplicate with thirty per cent penalty, and
interest, and with said penalty and inter-
est, shall be payable on or before the TWEEN
tieth day Of June next succeeding, and II
not then paid. together with the one-half
of said original tax due on or before said
twentieth day of June, the same penalty
and interest shall be charged on said last
half of such tax, and the whole together
shall constitute the delinquen tax on
such lands or town lots to be dealt with
and collected in the manner prescribed by
law. And if such delinquent taxes and
penalty, together with the one-half of the
taxes charged on such real estate for the
current year, shall not be paid on or be-
fore the twentieth day of December in
each year, the said delinquent taxes and
the whole Of the taxes for the current
year shall be due and shall be collected by
the sale of such real estate in the manner
prescribed by law, and in case the first
half Of any such tax shall be paid on or
before the twentieth day of December as
herein provided, but the last half thereof
falling due on or before the twentieth day
of June in any year shall not be paid on
or before said last named day, then and
in that case the same penalty shall attach
to said unpaid half of such tax, and the
same shall be treated as delinquent tax as
herein provided.
Sec. IA. The auditor shall annually,
during the month of August, make out
and record in book to be provided for
that purpose, list of all lands and town
lots returned delinquent by the treasurer
at tho preceding settlements, describing
said lsnds and town lots in said list, as the
same are described OH the tax duplicate
and charging thereon the taxes delinquent
for the year next preceding, with the in,
terest and penalty, as provided in the pre-
ceding sections of this net, also the taxes
of the current year, and shall certify the
correctness thereof, the date at which the
same was recorded, and sign the same Of
ficially.
Sec. Is. The county auditor shall, an
nually. on or before the first day of oclo
Der, denver 10 tIle County treasurer IiIc uu
plicate Of taxes now required by law t'
be made out.
Sec. l6. Nothing in this act containe,
shall prevent the sale OF land for taxes
heretofore delinquent, on the second Mon
day of January, 1859, agreeably to th'
laws now in force prescribing the dutie
of county auditors.
Sec. II. Section twenty-nine of tn
act prescribing the duties of county audi
tors; sections three and twen,y-three o
the act prescribing the duties of count,
treasurers, passed March l2, 1881 sec
tions two, three and FIVE. of the act t
amend the aforesaid act, passed january 8
f 1916 and section one of the act relatin,
, to the duties of county treasurers, passe'
March 2, 1916, are hereby repealed.
J Sec. 10. This act shall take effect AM
be in force from and after the first day {
September next.
r WILLIAM B. WOODS,
; Speaker of the House Of RepreSentativet
|, MARTIN WELKER,
3 President9 tile Senate.
. April l2, 1853.