Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-04
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property in this STATE; and for levy ing
taxes thereon, according to its true value
in money!" passed April l3, 1852.
Section /. Be il enacted By the General
AsSemJ q Of The State ef Ohio, That sec
ton twenty-five Of an act entitled an act
Cor the assessment and taxation of all
property in this State, and levying taxes
thereon according to its true value in
money, be amended SO as to read rs fol-
lows: Sec. 25. The assessment of all
personal properly, moneys and credits, in
vestments in bonds, stock, joint stock
com panics or otherwise, and the valuation
of all lands and lots, and new structures
which have not previously been valued and
placed on the duplicate, shall be made be-
tween the second Monday Of April and the
third Monday of May annually, and the
assessor of each township, shall on or be-
fore the first Monday Of May annually
leave with each person resident in his
township, of full age, and not married
woman or insane person, or at the office,
usual place Of residence or business of such
persons, written or printed notice, re-
quiring such person to make out for such
assessor, n statement Of the property which
by this act, he is required to list, accom-
panied with printed forms in blank of the
statement required of such persons; and
the assessor shall, at the time he delivers
such notice and blank forms, receive from
such persons the statement of his or her
personal property, moneys, credits, in
vcstments in bonds, stocks, joint stock
companies or otherwise, verified by his
o,,nl, chnn
further time 10 make out such statement,
in which case he shall call for such state
ment before the third Monday of May.
Sec. 2. That section twenty-eight be
amended so as to read as follows: Sec.
90. Each township assessor shall, on or
before the third Monday of May, annually.
make out and deliver to the auditor of his
county, in tabular form and alphabetical
order, list or lists of the names of the
several persons, companies or corpora
tions, in whose name any personal
property, moneys, credits, investments III
bonds, stock or joint stock companies OF
otherwise, shall have been listed in his
township, and he shall enter separately i'll
appropriate column, opposite each name,
the aggregate value of the several species
Of personal property enumerated in the
seventh section Of this act, as attested by
the person required to list the same, or as
determined by the assessor, making sepa-
rate lists of persons re ,iding out of an in
corporated' town, and of persons who are
residents of any incorporated town; the
columns shall beaccurately added up, and
in every case where any person whose
duty it is to list any personal property,
moneys, credits, investments i'll bonds,
stocks, joint stock companies, or other
wise, for taxation, shall have refused to
list the same when called OH for that pur-
pose by the assessor, or take and subscribe
an oath or affirmation, in regard TO the
truth of his statements of personal prop
crty, moneys, credits, investments In
bonds, stocks, joint stock companies OF
otherwise, Or any part thereof, when re-
quired by the assessor, the assessor shall
enter opposite the name of such persons III
an appropriate column, the words, ere
fused TO list," or refused to swear
and in every case where any person re-
quircd to list property for taxation shall
have been absent or unable from sickness
20 list the same, the assessor shall enter
opposite the name of such person, in Al
appropriate column, the word "absent,' y
or "sick."
Sec. 3. That section sixty be amended
SO as to read rs follows: Sec. 60. There
shall be an annual county board for the
equalization Of the real and personal prop
erty, and moneys and credits in each coun
ty, exclusive of the city of Cincinnati, to
be composed Of the county commissioners
and county auditor, who shall meet fol
that plrptse at the auditors office in eacl
county, exclusive of the city Of Cincinnati
TO be composed of .he county commission
ers and county anditor, who shall meet fol
that purpose at the auditors Office III eacl
county ON the first Wednesday after the
third Monday of May annually. Sale
board shall have the power to hear COM
plants, and to equalize the valuation o
all real and personal property, moneys and
credits, within the county, and shall b'
governed by the rules prescribed in the
fifty-third section of this act, for the gov
ernment of county boards for the equali
za'ion of real property; Provided, tina
said board shall moi reduce the value
of the real property of the county below
Cne aggregate value lneTcol, MS HAeu oO
the S;ate board Of equalization, nor below
its aggregate value on the duplicate of the
preceding year, to which shall be added
the value of all new entries and new struc
lures, over the value of those destroyed
AS returned by the several township as
SCISSORS for the current year.
See. L. That sections twenty five
twenty-eight and sixty of ~aid act be, aDd
the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect anC
be in force from and after its passage
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of tile House Of RepreSentatives s
MARTIN WELKER,
President Of the Senate.
April 9, 1858.
l hereby cer.ify that the foregoing actt
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