Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-06-21

til duties of In such township ward, who
shall thereupon take the necessary oath fohce give
the same bond, perform the same dutes be entitled
to the fees, and subject TO the same liabilities as
| in case Of ass"ss"rs elected by the people.
Sec. 3. Every such assessor, previous to entering
upon the duties of his office, shall give bond with two
or more freehold suretes, to the acceptance Of the
township trustees or proper authorities of amy cy or
incorporated village payable TO the Suite Of OHIO,
and conditioned for the faithful and impartial dIs'
charge of the duties Of his office according to laws
and shall take and subscribe oath Of once, which
shall be iudurscd on such bond and the bond so III
dorscd shall be deposited with the township treasn-
rer or town or city treasurcr the case may bo In
case of an appointment by the auditor, the bono may
be approved 10y the auditor tbs township trustees
or authorities of any city, town or village.
Soc. t. Each nssessorus aforesaid shall! during snch
of all the white male Inhabitants above the ago OF
Itwenty-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 list OF the names of said INHABITANTS ana
return til" same To the eork of the court Of common
pleas or before the third Monday of May OF the
year wherein such enumeration is taken
SEC. 5 II shall be the duty of each township nsscs
sor. at the Time of taking lists of property for taxa
tiOn in each year, to require each person ~ their
several townships to make statement specifying the
number of acres they may have had in wheat, rye
barley, corn, buckwheat, oats and meadow, and the
quantity of each produced in cHcn preceding year:
ana said asscssOrs hereby required to make re-
turn of the aforesaid statement TO the county auditor
of their respective counties at the time of returning
the lists OF property fortaXaton.
See. q. Each assessor aforesaid shall make list
and valuation of all taxa BILE property in his township
I
law of this state and discharge all such other duties
ms shall from time to time be imposed upon him by
! law.
Sec. = Assessors in cities of the first class shall be
paid out o; the county trea sury, two dollars and fifty
cents per day. aud ali other two dollars por
day, for the time during which they shall be ncces
sarily engaged in the performance of thcir dutics
each assessor shall make out account In detail,
giving the date of euch day in which he shall have
been thus engaged, and shall verify the by his
oath, which the county auditor is hereby authorized
TO administer; and If the auditor shall he satisfied
that SUE account is correct he shall draw his warran
on the county treasurer for the amount thereof; but
in no shall such order be drawn until the asses
shall have filed with the auditor his list of assess
ments, accurately made out, and added up the state
mcuts returned 10 him, and the books which tho
original assessments were entered.
Sec. g. The act entitled ian act to create the office
of township assessor,n passed March 20, lS4l, unG
which took effect April Isl and August ISL ls4I and
section one OF an act regulating the mode of taking
the enumeration of the white male inhabitants above
the OF w!nty years. passed january 10, 1897
be and the snIne is hereby repealed Provided, that
the repeal of the aforesaid acts shall in wise eec
any liabilities of rights accruiug under them.
Secs his net shall take effect from and after its
passage. -
| WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
MARTIN WELKER,