The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-10-13
AN ACT

To amend the 10th, 18th, 18th and 32d
sections of an act entitled an act for
the assessment and taxation of all
property in this State, and for leyying
taxes thereon according to its true
value in money, passed and took effect
AP:il l3, A. D., 1852,
SECTION /. Be IL enacted By the Gen
eral assembly 0fthe STATE Of Ohio, That
the sixteenth section of an act entitled
-Un aet for the assessment and taxation of
all property in this State, aud for levy
ing thereon according to its true
value in money!" passed April l3, 1852,
be and it is hereby amended so as to read
as follows: Sec. l6. That when any per,
son shall commence any business in any
county after the day preceding the Sec
ond Monday of April in any year, the
average value of whose e%rsonal proper
ty employed in such business shall not
have been previously entered on the as
SCISSORS list for taxation in said county,
such person shall report to the auditor
of the county the probably average value
of the personal property by him intended
to be employed in such business until
the day preceding the second Monday Of
April thereafter; and shall pay into the
treasury of such county a SUN which
shall bear such proportion to the levy
for all purposes, on the average, so en-
ployed, as the time from the day on
which he shall such business,
as aforesaid, to the day preceding the
second Monday of April next succeed
ing, shall bear to one year.. Provided,
that if the person SO listing his capital
shall present a bona fide receipt from
the treasurer of any county in this state,
in which such capital had been previous
ly listed and taxed for the amount of
the taxes assessed, and by him paid on
the same capital for the same year, then
and in that case it shall be a receipt from
paying taxes again on such capital.
Sec. 2. That original section number
seventeen of the act aforesaid, be amen
ded so as to read as follows: Sec. II.
That when any person shall commence
or engage in the business of dealing in
stocks of any description, or in buying
or shaving any kind of bills of exchange
checks, drafts, bank notes, promissory
notes, or other kind of writing obligl-
tory, as mentioned in the fifteenth sec
tion of this act, after the day preceding
the second Monday in April, in ally
year, the average value of whose personal
property intended to be employed in
such business shall not have been pre-
viously entered On the assessors list for
taxation, in said county, such person
shall report to the auditor of the county
the probable average value of the per-
sonal property by him intended to be
employed in such business until the day
preceding the second Monday in April
thereafter, and shall pay into The treas
ury of such county, a sum which shall
bear the same proportion to the levy for
all purposes, on the average value so
employed, as the time from the day on
which he shall commence or engage in
such business, as aforesaid, to the day
preceding the second Monday in April
next succeeding shall bear to one year.
Sec. 3. That the original section mum
Der eighteen of the act aforesaid, be SO
amended as to read as follows: SEQ. l8.
That if any person shall commence or
engage in any business as aforesaid, and
shall not, within one month thereafter,
report to the county auditor, and make
payment to the county treasurer, as be-
fore required, he shall forfeit and pay
double the amount required to be paid
by the two preceding sections, to be as
certained, as near as may be, by the
testimony of witnesses, and recovered
before any justice of the peace, or in tbs
court of common pleas, by civil action
in tho name of the county IL easurer, fol
the use OF the county, and process issued
out of the court of common pleas, il
such action, shall be di, ected to tht
proper officer, and may be served in any
county in this state.
Sec. 4. That original section thirty
two of the act aforesaid be so amended
as to read as follows: See. 80. Asses
sors in cities of the first class shall b,
paid out of the county treasury, two dol
+ lars and fifty cents per day, and all 9th
er assessors two dollars per day, for thu
time during which they shall be neces
sarily engaged in the performance o
their duties; each assessor shall maxi
out N account in detail, giving the dat,
of each day in which he shall have beer
thus engaged, apd shall verify the sam'
by his oath; which the county auditor ii
hereby authorized to administer, and
the auditor shall be satisfied that sucl
account is correct, he shall draw IN or
der On the county treasurer for tn
amount thereof; but in DO case shall
such order be drawn until the assesso,
shall have fled with the auditor his lis
of assessments, accurately made out ant
added up the statements returned t.
him, and the books on which the origi
nal assessments were entered.
Sec. 5. That original sections sixteen
seventeen, eighteen, and thirty two o
the act aforesaid, be and they are here
, by repealed.
!, Sec. 6. This act shall take effect OF
its passage.
/ WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Reps.
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
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