The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-04-30

\ Although The Legislature hns adjourn
cd, after passing quite aupmber of law'
in which the people Of tbis county arc
more or less interested, there seems te
be no disposition on the part of those
having charge of rne patter to have
these laws published, in order that the
people may know what they are. and be
enabled toregulster their conduct accord
ingly. QSof. no rre
About the close Of the Session there
were some changes made in the law reg
dlating Assessments and Taxation; aand'
believing that Che people of thisi county
particularly assessors-are directly in
terested in the matter, we have conclu.
ded to give them synopsis Of those
amendments. with the hope that our
county officials viii soon make an effort to
inform themselves as to their duties in
the premises, and publich such laws as the
people are interested in. 4. rr
The amendments made 10 the act Of
April f3, ,a1852, entitled can act for the
assessment and taxation Of all property
in this State, and for levying taxes there
on, according to its true value in money" "
by tae act Of April -, 1873, are as fol.
lows: in .4aWaf t5l9 W. l10r
Sec. so amends Sec. 25 Of said act,
as to extend the time allowed Assessors
for listing property, by changing the Pc
riod within which such listing is to be
made, from "between the second Mon
day of April and the second Monday OF
May" to "between the second Monday
Of April and the third Monday of May"
Sec. So amends section 70 Of same
act as to require the returns Of Assessors
to be made to the County Auditors, con
or before the third Monday Of May in
stead Of ION or before the sectnd Monday
of May" as heretofore.
Sec. 8. amends Section 80 of same act
by changing the time Of the meeting Of
the County Board Of Equalization from
"the second Wednesday of May" to t e
"FirstW ednesday after the third Monday
Of May" -
The Act Of the present session, amend
ing the 18th, 10th, 18th and Esd Sections
of the Tax Law Of April 10. 1859, chan
ges those sections as follows: .u o.
In Sec. 10. the Second Monday Of
April" is substituted for the "6rst day
of June" and "first day of May" wher-
ever they occur in the section; and in the
proviso the word merchants" twice oc
curing is stricken out. t....t
In Sec. II. the "second Monday Of
April' is substituted wherever other
dates occur; and the words "intended to
be" arc inserted between the words "pro
perty" and "employed'in the 9Th line of
said section. ...
Sec. l8. as amended, changes the pen
atty. from, "two per cent, on the value"
to "double the amount required to be
paid by the two preceding sections" and
provides for its recovery by civil action,
before any Justice Of the Peace, cor in the
Court Of Common Pleas" and that ''pro
cess may be served in any County in the
State"
Sec. 80. is so amended as to provide,
that Assessors shall receive TWO DOL
LARS per day under the same restric-,
tions as in the original section.
The Auditor Of State, in his instructions
to County Auditors, SAYS that the law
the enrollmentfor Militia pur-
poses Of all persons liable to Militia duty,
by the Assessors at the time Of listing
the property of individuals, &C., is still in
force, and must be carried out.