Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-06-17
lection, the Office shall be considered va

ihlluto 10 give Donu, OF lr0In any oJner cause,
the county commissioners Of the proper
county shall appoint some suitable person
to fill such vacancy; and tho person so ap-
pointed shall give bond, and take and sub
scribe an oath or affirmation, as required in
the second section Of this act, and shall hold
bis Office until the next annual election to
be held in such county, and until his success
sor shall be elected and qualified.
Sec. Z. When any county auditor, hav-
ing no deputy, shall be unable, by reason Of
sickness, to perform the duties Of his office,
within the time specified BY law for their
performance, or when both the auditor and
his deputy shall bo so disabled by sickness
or otherwise, the county commissioners Of
the proper county shall appoint some suit
able person to do and perform the duties Of
county auditor during such disability, and
may require of the person so appointed, such
bond aud security, for the faithful discharge
Of the duties of tho appointment as they
shall deem expodient
Sec. 8. No Judge of the supreme court,
or OF the court Of common pleas, or clerk Of
either Of said courts, county commissioner,
county recorder county surveyor or county
treasurer, shall be- Oligable to the Office Of
county auditor.
Sec. o. The county auditors and their
deputies are hereby authorized TO admins
ter any oath or affirmation rendered neces-
sary to tho performance of any of the duties
Of their respective offices.
Sec. 10. The county auditor shall BY
virtue of his office, be clerk to the board Of
county commissioners Of his county, aud
shall keep an accurate record of their corpo-
rate proccedings,and shall carefully preserve
all the documents, books, records, maps, and
other papers, required to be deposited or
kept in his office.
Sec. IL. Each county auditor, on going
out of Office, shall deliver up to his success
sor in Office all the moneys, books, records,
maps, documents, papers, vouchers, and
other property in his hands belonging to
the county; and in case of the death of any
county auditor, his personal representative
shall in like manner, deliver up all such
books, moneys, records, maps, documents
and other property.
Sec. IL. The county auditor shall keep
an accurate account current with the treas
urer of his county; and when any person
shall deposit with the auditor any receipt
given by the treasurer for any money paid
into the treasury, the auditor shall file such
receipt in his Office, and shall charge the
treasurer with the amount thereof
Sec. Is. No claim against the county
shall be paid otherwise than upon tho allow
ance of the county commissioners upon tho
warrant Of the county auditor, except in
those cases in which the amount due is fixed
by law, or is is authorized to be fixed by
some other person or tribunal, in which cas-
es tho same shall be paid upon the warrant
of the county auditor, upon the proper GER
tifcate of the person or tribunal allowing
the same; provided, that no public money
shall be disbursed by the county commits
sioners, or any Of them, but the same shall
be disbursed by the county treasurer upon
the warrant of the county auditor specifying
the name of the party entitled to tho same,
on what account, and upon whose allowance,
if not fixed by law; and all such orders shall
be progressively numbered, and the number,
date and amount of each, and the name OF
the person to whom payable and the pur-
pose for which drawn, shall at the time Of
issuing the same, be entered in book to be
kept by the auditor for that purpose.
Sec. IA. Tho county auditor shall annu.
ally, on or before the fifteenth day of April
make out and deliver to the assessor, a
schedule of all lands and town lots within
his county which are found, from his know.
ledge, or from the certificate of the auditor
Of state, TO have become subject to taxation,
and which had not been appraised for that
purpose, directing such assessor to assess the
same and make return thereof to him on OF
before the third Monday of May next ensu.
ing.
Sec. Is. When an alteration of any list
entered on the grand levy may become nee
essary, by reason of the partition of any tract
Of land or town lot, the county auditor, on
receiving information thereof, shall transfer
to the several parties in partition tho por-
tion set apart to him, her or them, particu-
larly describing the parts SO transferred and
shall apportion and transfer the valuation
of such land or town lot to the several par
ties in such proportion to their respective
interests therein, previous to such partition.
Sec. l6. When any county auditor shall
be satisfied that the transfer Of any land or
town lot, or any part thereof has become
necessary, BY reason of sale thereof, or any
part thereof, for taxes, sale by sheriff or
other officer, by virtue Of an execution, order
Of court, or decree in ehancery, or by reason
Of devise or decent, be shall make such
transfer; and in such case, if part only Of
the tract OF land or town lot shall be trans
ferred, the proportion of the valuation to be
transferred Herewith shall bo AsesrtaiBsd by
the assessor; and for that purpose the auditor
shall furnish the assessor with list of such
lands and town lots, at the time specified in
the fourteenth section of this act for deliver
ing the schedule therein named.
Sec. IL. When the transfer of any land
or town lot, or any part thereof, shall become
necessary by reason of sale or conveyance
by Decd and such conveyance shall be for the
entire tract or lot, or part thereof, as charged
on the duplicate, such transfer shall be made
by tho county auditor upon presentation of
such decd, by the purchaser or his agent; I;
and in case such conveyance shall be for
less than the whole tract or lot or part
thereof, as charged on the duplicate,
said county auditor shall transfer the