American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-05-05

ASCERTAIN lhe SeVeTal liens ana value OF such
personal properly, moneys, credits. invest
menis in bonds, stocks, join. stock companies,
or otherwise, il the Assessor shall be unable 10
obtain positive, eyideDte Of the items and val
ue Of such property, moneys and credits, be
shall return such articles and values as, fTom
| general reputation and his own knowledge OF
tacis aud circumstances, he believes 10 be
coTEeet list Of the ARTICLES aad zFsins Di saet
| property, moneys, credits, investments in
bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or Other
Wlse, that such person would be by this act
| fequired 10 Tist.
Sec. 20. Each township assessor shall, on
or before the third MonGay Of May annually,
make out and deliver 10 the auditor Of his
county, IN tabular form and alphabetical or
der,a list or listsof the names the several per
sons, companies or cofporatIons,in in whose mare
| any personal pTOpTty, moneys, credits. invest
ments in bonds, stocks, OF joint stock compan.
les or otherwise, shall have been listed in his
township, and be shall enter Sc paTately 10 sp-
pirate columns, opposite each name, the ag
gregate value ofthe several species OF person.
al property enumerated in the seventh section
OF this act, as atiesled by the person required
to list the same, or as determined BY the asses
sor making separate lists Of persons residing
out of an incorporated town, and Of persons
who are residents Of an Incorporated town; the
the colaWs shall be accurately added up, and
in every case where any person whose daiy il
IS TO list any personal property, moneys cred
its, investments in Bonds, stocks, Joint
stock companies, or Otherwise, for taxation,
shall have refused or neglected TO list the
same when called on for that purpose by the as
SCISSOR, or to take and subscribe an oath or af
firInation, in regard TO the truth Of his stale
ments Of personal property, moneys, credits,
Investments in bonds, stocks, joint stock com
paniec, or otherwise, Of any part thereof,
when required by the assessor, the assessor
shall enter opposite the name Of such person
in an appropriate column, the words 'refused
10 list" or refused to swear." and 10 every
case where any person required TO list prop
eTty for taxation shall have been absent oT un-
able from sickness to list the same, the asses
soT shall enter opposite the name Of such per-
SOW. II an appropriate column, the word "ab-
sent" or "sick."
Sec. 81. Each township assessor shall, al
the time he is required by this act 10 make his
return Of taxable property to the county audi
tor, also deliver 10 him all the statements OF
property which Ire shall have received from
persons required to list the same, arranged in
alphabetical order, and the auditor shall care
fully preserve the same in his Office for one
year.
Sec. %. Each township assessor shall, an
nuallY, at the time Of taking list Of personal
property, also take list Of all real property
Stuate in his township, that shall have be
come subject TO taxation since the last previ-
Gus listing of property therein, with the value
, thereof estimated agreeably to the rules pre.
scribed thereof by the ninth section OF this act
and Of all the new buildings or other structures
OF any Kind Of over one hundred dollars in
value, the value OF which shall not have beeH
previously added to, or included to the valua-
T ton of the land on which such structures have
BEEN erected; and shall make return 10 the
county auditor thereof, at the same time he il
required by this act TO make bis return ofper
sonal property, in which return he shall SCI
forth the tract or lot OF real property on which
r each OF such structures shall have been erected
the kind of structures so erected, and the tfu,
value added to such parcel Of real property, b!
: the erection thereof; and the additional sun
} which it is believed the land ON which tn,
structure is erected would sell for at privat,
: sale, in consequence thereof shall lie conSid
| cred the value Of such new structure; and il
! case Of destruction by fire, food. or otherwise
or any building or structure ofany kind, owe
one hundred dollars in value which shall have
been erected previous to the last valuation o
the land on which the same shall have stood
or the value of which shall have been added
/ to any former valuation Of such land, the as
Y esssnr shall determine, as near as practicable
+ no " much less such land would sell for at pTi
} vate sale in consequence OF such destruction
2 and make return thereof TO the county au
ditor, as in this section provided.
Sec 2S' Each township assessor shail tak
aad subscribe an oath winch shall be admins
Tered oy the auditor or magistrate, and certi
! ned oy the ofhcer administering the same, AM
attached TO the return which be Is required Il
make TO the county audltor' IN the following
torn
- assessor iof - township
the county OF 40 Soiemh'y sweat
that the value oi all personal property moneys
creu,ts' investments, IN ponds stocks' JON
STOCK companies or otherwise, OF winch
statement has been made to me by the person
} required Dy this act TOT the assessment and tax
atlon OF all property in this slate, according tt
true value to list the same, is truly returned, al
set forth in such statement; that IN every case
} where, by law, have been rsquied 10 aScer
tain the items and vau 'ot the personal property
moneys, credits, Investments IN bonds, stocAs
JOINT stock companies, OF otherwise, of any
J person, company, or corporation, have dlll
! gently, and by the best means IN my power
endeavored to ascertain the same; and that
] as verify believe, full list with the value
I thereof, estimated by the rules prescribed By
said act, is set forth in the annexed TetuTn;tha
in no case, have knowingly omitted to de
I mand OF any person OF whom by said act,
was required to make such demand, state
ment OF the description and value OF persona
I property, or OF the amount Of moneys, credits
investments, in bonds, stocks, joint stock com
J Panies. OF otherwise. which he was required tt