Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-07-06
mo. 1887 AN ACT
To provide for the election of Township Assess
ors, and to prescribe their duties.

To provide for the election of Township Assess
ors, and to prescribe their duties.
sreTIoSl. Be 1t enacted By the General .7sssmGi,
or thu State Of Ohio. That in each township. town OF
ward, in this state. forming an election district, there
rhajl be elected, on the first Monday OF April annually
By the qualified electors OF such township. town OF
ward forming an election district, one assessor for suck
township, town or ward. or part Of a township not in
eluded in any other election district.
Src.e. Each Township assessor shall give bond and
take the prescribed oath Of Office on or before the FIRST
Monday after his election. and the township clerk shall
notify the county auditor thereof; and If the county
auditor shall receive no notice Of the qualification Of
the assessor. in any township. ward or city IN his coun
~, on or before the third Monday in April in each
year, be shall consider such Office vacant; or IL there
should be q failure TO elect by the people, or shall be
81 any time, or from any cause. = vacancy IL. the ohce
OF assessor.O or IL the assessor Of any township or ward,
having qualified. shall not have proceeded 10 the dis
charge of the duties OF his ofice before the third Mon.
day Of April in each year, the county auditor shall
forthwith appoint one or more suitable persons, resi-
dents OF the county. to discharge the duties Of assessor
the Necessary oath of Office. give the same lond. PER.
form the same duties, be entitled TO the same fees, and
subject to the same liabilities, as il case Of assessors
elected BY the people.
SEC. 3. Every such assessor, previous to entering
pPon the duties of his Office. shall give bond. with two
or more freehold sureties. to the acceptance OF the
township trustees or proper authorities of any city or
Incorporated village. payable to the State Of Ohio, and
conditioned for the faithfsl and impartial discharge of
the duties Of his Office according to Law; and shall take
and subscribe an oath OF Office. which shall he Endorsed
on such bond, and the bond so Endorsed shall be de-
posted with the township treasurer, or town or city
treasurer as the case may be- In case of an appoint
nent hy the sudito-, the bond may he approved by the
auditor or the tovcship trustees or authorities of aRy
city, town or village.
{ SIC 4. Each assessor as aforesaid shall, during
euch year as is now required by law, take an enumer-
alton Of all the white male inhabitants above the age
Of tuenty-one years. whose usual place of residence
sha11 be in any family in his township and who are
Tesidents OF his township, town or wari on the day
preceding the second Monday of April. and shall make
out a list OF the names of said inhabitants, and return
or before the third Monday of May OF the ear wherein
such enumeration is taken.
SEC s. 1t shall be the duty OF each township assess
or, at the time of taking Isis of property for taxation
in each year. to require each person in their several
townships to make a statement specifying the number
of acres they may have had in wheat. rye, barley. corn,
buckwheat. oats and meadow, and the quantity Of each
PRODUCES in each preceding year; and said assessors
are hereby required to make a return of the aforesaid
statement to the county auditor Of their respective
counties at the time of returning the lists Of property
src,6. Each assessor az aforesaid shall make a list
and valuation OF all taxable property in his township,
ward or district. now or hereafter taxable by any law
OF This state, and discharge all such ether duties as
shall from time to time he imposed upon him by law.
stc-7. Assessors in cities OF the frst class shall he
paid out OF the coucty treasury. two dollars and fifty
cents per day. and an other assessors two dollars per
day, for the time during which they shall he necessa-
rily engaged in the performance OF their duties; each
assessor shall make out an account in detail, giving
the date OF each day in which he shall have teen thus
engaged, and shall verify the same by his oalh. which
the county auditor is hereby authorized to administer;
sndif the auditor shall be satisfied that such account
fs'correct. be shall draw his warrant OF the county
treasurer for The amount thereof; but in no case shall
such order be drawn uatil the assessor shall have filed
with the auditor his list of assessments accurately
made or, and sdded NJ the statements returned to
him. and the books on which the or ,;inal assessments
were entered.
SEC. 4. The act entitled San act TO create the Office
Of township ASSESSOR passed March 20, 1871, and
which took eject April list and August lst, 1871, aud
section one of an act regulating the mode OF taking the
enumeration of the White --alp Inhabitants ahave the
age Of twenty -one years. passed January 10, le2z, be
and The same is hereby repealed provided, that the
repeal Of the aforesaid arts shall in no wise saect any
liabilities sccruing under them.
SEC, 9. This act shall take effect from ard after its
passage.
go WILLIAM 3. WOODS.
Speaker Of the House Of Representative.
MARTIN WELKER.
April 1, 1859. President Of the Senate.