The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-08-18

President Of the senate.
April @ 1859.
mo. 1877 AN ACT
To provide for the election Of township |
Assessors, and to prescribe their du-
ties.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly Of the State of Ohio, |
That in each township, town or ward, |
in this State forming an election district, |
there shall be elected, on the first Mon |
day of April annually, by the qualified |
electors of such township, town or ward |
forming an election district, one asses
sor for such township, town Or ward, or
part of a township not included in any
other election district
Section 2. Each township assessor
shall give bond and take the prescribed
oath Of Office on or before the first Mon
day 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 county, on OF before the third
Monday in April in each year, he shall
consider such Office vacant; or if there
should be a failure to elect by the peo-
pie, or shall be at any time or from any
cause, a vacancy in the Office Of asses
sor, or if the assessor Of any township or
ward, having qualified, shah not have
proceeded to the discharge Of the third
Monday of April in each year, the coun-
ty auditor shall forthwith appoint one or
more suitable persons, residents of the
county, to discharge the duties Of asses
sors in such township or ward, who shall
thereupon take the necessary oath Of Of
fee, give the same bond, perform the
same duties, be entitled to the same fees,
and subject to the same liabilities as in
case Of assessors elected by the people.
| Section 3. Every such assessor, pre-
vious to entering upon the duties Of his
Office, shall give bond, with two or more
freehold sureties, to the acceptance of
the township trustees or proper authori-
! ties of any city or incorporated village,
payable to the State Of Ohio, and con-
| ditioued for the faithful and impartial
discharge Of the duties of his Office ac-
cording to law; and shall take and sub
scribe an oath Of Office, which shall be
indorsed on such bond, and the bond so
indorsed shall be deposited with the
/ township treasurer or town or city treas
urer, as the case may be. In case of an
appointment by the auditor, the bond
may be approved by the auditor or the
township trustees or authorities Of any
city, town or village.
Section d. Each assessor as aforesaid
shall, during such year as is now re-
quired by law, take an enumeration Of
all the white male inhabitants above the
age of twenty-one years whose usual
place Of residence shall be in any family
in his township, and who are residents
of his township, town or ward, on the
day preceding the second Monday Of
April, and shall make out a list of the
names of said inhabitants, and return
the same to the clerk of the court of
common pleas on or before the third
Monday Of May Of the year wherein
such enumeration is taken.
Section 5. It shall be tho duty of
each township assessor, at the time Of
taking lists Of property for taxation in
each year, to require each person in
their several townships to make a state
ment specifying the number Of acres
they may have had in wheat, rye, bar.
Iley, corn, buckwheat, oats and meadow
and the quantity Of each produced in
each preceding year; and said assessors
arc hereby required to make a return Of
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for taxation.
Section 6. Each assessor as aforesaid
shall make list and valuation Of al
taxable property in his township, ward
or district, now or hereafter taxable by
any law Of this State, and discharge al
such other duties as shall from time {,
time be imposed upon him by law.
Section z. Assessors 10 cities Of the
6rst class shall be paid out Of the coun
ty treasury, two dollars and fifty cents
per day, and all other assessors two dol
lars per day, for the time during which
they shall be necessarily engaged in th,
performance Of their duties each asses
Bor shall make out an account ia detail
giving the date Of each day in whiol
he shall have been thus engaged, anC
shall verify the same by his oath, whiol
the county auditor is hereby authorize,
to administer aud if the auditor shal
be satisfied that such account is correo
be shall draw his warrant on the count,