Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-11
BY AUTmORGTY.
Z AN ACT
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vrty in this State, aud for levying taxes
thcmon according 10 it's liur value in
money, lassed and took effect April
18Th, A. d.. 1863. .a FY
EEcTIox I. Be Il eaactsd 6y the General
AssemJ y Of The State Of Ohio. That the
sixteenth section of an act entitled {" An
act for the assessment and taxation Of all
property In this State. and for levying
taxes thereon according to it's true value
in money" passed April 10. 1859, be and
it Is hereby amended so rs to read as fol-
lows: See. l6. That when any person
shall commence any business in any coun-
ty after the day preceding the second Mon
day Of April in any year, the average value
Of whose personal property employed in
such business shall not have been previ-
ously entered OH the assessors list for tax
alton in said county, such person shall re-
port to the auditor Of the county the prob
able average value of the personal prop
erty 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 the county
sum which shall bear such proportion
~ tho levy for all purposes, on the aver
tage, so employed, as the time from the
day on which he shall commence such bu-
siness, as aforesaid, to the day preceding
the second Monday of April next sue
ceeding, shall bear TO one year. Provi-
jed that if the person So listing his capi-
tai shall present bona fide receipt from
the treasurer of any county in this State,
in which such capital had been previously
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 receipt from pay
ing taxes again on such capital.
Sec. 2. That original section number
seventeen of the act aforesaid, be amended
so as to read as follows: Sec. II. That
when any person shall commence or en-
gage in the business of dealing in stocks
Of any description, or in buying or shaw
ing any kind Of bills of exchange, checks,
drafts, bank notes, promissory notes, or
other kind Of writing obligatory, as men,
toned in the fifteenth section of this act,
aitar the day preceding the second Mon
day in April, in any year, the average
value Of whose personal property intended
to be 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 probable average value Of
the personal 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
treasury 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 dav on
which he shall commence or engage i'm
such business, us aforesaid, to the day
preceding the second Monday in April
next succeeding shall bear to one year.
Sec. 3. That the original section eiyh-
teer of the act aforesaid, be SO amended
as to read as follows: S,c. 10. 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 before required, he
shall forfeit aud pay double the amount re-
quired to be paid by the two preceding
sections, to be ascertained, as near rs may
be, ny tho testimony of Witnesses, and re-
covered before any justice Of the peace,
or in the court of common pleas, by civil
action, in the name of the county treas
urer, for the use Of the county. and pro-
cess issued out of the court Of common
pleas, in such action, shall be directed Ia
the proper officer, and may be served IN
any countyin this State. {
Sec. 4. That original section thirty
two of the act aforesaid be SO amended as
to read as follows: Sec. SO. Assessors
in cities Of the first class shall be paid
out of the county treasury, two dollars
and fifty cents per day; and all other as
SCISSORS two dollars per day, for the time
which they shall be necessarily engaged in
the performance Of their duties; each asses
sor shall make out an account in detail,
giving the date Of each day in which he
shall have been thus engaged, and shall
verify the same by his oath; which the
county auditor IS hereby authorized TO ad-
minister, and if the auditor shall be salts
fled that such accounrsis correct, he shall
draw an order on the county treasurer for
the amount thereof; but in no ca. shall
such order be drawn until the assessor
shall have filod with the auditor his list of
assessments, accurately made out, and ad :
ded up the statements returned to him,
and the books on which the original as
sessments we're entered.
Sec. s. That origiHal sections sixteen,
seventeen, eighteen, and thirty-two Of the
act aforesaid, be and they are hereby re-
pealed. s,>-
Sec. s. This act shall fake effect on
itspassage. 49, a
! WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House Of Representative
4 {H8 MARTIN WELKER, laa II
+ Presidsntsf the Senate.
i April II, 1853.