Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-05-26

ims that any such REPORT is made to the Gov
.rnor, or if such report reports sheud be made
more than Two months previous to the time when
he General Assembly is TO meet, at either u
egular session, or at an adjourned called ses
lion thereof, then, and in that case, it shall be
Of the Official duties Of the Governor to cause
my such report or reports to be published in at
east two newspapers of general circulation, pub
ished ut the seat OF government anj in at least
.wo such papers published in each of the cities
,t Cincinusti and Cleveland.
See. 10. This act shall take effect and be in
iorce from anu after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,.
MARTIN WELkER,
President OF the Senate.
April ., 1859.
[ No. 1875 AN ACT
assessors and to prescribe their duties.
Section /. 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 ehall be
elected, on the first Monday of April annual
", by the qualified electurs Of such town
ship, town or ward forming an election
district, one assessor for such township,
town or ward, or part of township not in
cluded in any other election district.
Sec. .. 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 il
the county auditor shall receive 10 notice
of the qua lification of the assessor, in any
township, ward Or city in his county. on or
before the third Monday in April in each
year, he shall consider such Office vacant;
or if there should be failure TO elect by
the people, CT shall be at any time or from
any cause, vacancy in the office of assess
or, or if the assessor of any township or
ward, having qualified, shall not have pro-
ceeded to the discharge of the duties of his
Office before The third Monday pf April in
each year, the county auditor shall forth
with appoint one or more suitable persons,
residents of the county, TO discharge the
duties of assessor in such township or ward
v no shall thereupOn take the necessary
oath of office, give the same bond, perform
the sane duties. be entitled to the same
fees. and subject TO the same liabilities as
in ease of assessors elected by the people.
Sec. B. Every such assessor. previous te
entering upon the duties of his Offioe shall
give bond, v ith two or more freehold sure
ties, 10 the acceptance OF the township
trustees or proper authorities of any city or
Incorporated village, pay able tn the State oi
Ohio, and conditioned for the faithful and
impartial discharge OF the duties of his Office
according to law; and shall take and sub.
scribe an oath o vffice, which shall be in.
dorsed OF. such bond, and the bond so in.
dorsed shall be deposited with the township
treasurer or town or city treasurer, as the
case may be. Ia case OF an appointment by
The auditor, the bond may be approved 5y
the auditor or the township trustees oil
authorities of any city, town or village.
Sec 4. Each assessor as aforesaid shill
during such year as is now required by Law
take an enumeration OF all the white male
inhabitants above the age of twenty-one
yeurs whose usual place of residence shall
be in any family in his township, end who
are residents of his township, town or ward
on the day preceding the second Monday o
April, and shall make out list OF the name.
of said inhabitants, and return the same to
the clerk of the court of common pleas on
or before The third Monda, of May Of the
wear wherein such enumeration is taken.
I, eh,I1 ha ho Iutp ~ a.oh
ship ass,ssor. at the time of taking lists oi
property for taxation in each year, to re-
quire each person in their several town.
ships 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 produced
in each preceding year; and said assessors
are hereby required to make a return of the
sfuresaid statement to the county auditor o
their respective counties at the time Of re-
turning the lists OF property for taxr ton.
Sec q. Each assessor as sluresaid shai
make list and valuation of all taxable
property in his township, ward or district
now CT hereafter taxable by any law of thi.
State, and discharge all such other dutie:
as shall IRON time to time be imposed upor
him by law.
Sec I. Assessors in cities o. the first clas:
shal. he paid out nf the county treasury
two dollars and fifty cents per day, and al
other assessors two dollars per day, for the
time during which :hey shall be necessarily
engaged in the performance of their duties
each assessor shall make ou, an account il
detail. giving the date Of each day in which
he shall have been thus eng aged, aad shal
verify the same by his oath, which the
county auditor is hereby authorized to aG-
minister; and ifihe auditor shall be satisfied
that such account is correct he shall draw
his warrant on the county treasurer isr the
amount thereof; bat in no case shall such
order be drawn until the assessor shall have
filed with the auditor his list OF assessments
accurately made out, and added up the stO,.
ments returned to him, aud the books on
which the original assessments we're euter
ed
Sec. =. The set entitled 'aL act 10 ere ATE
the office pi township assessor passeC
NJ arch 20, Is4l, and which took effect Apri
lot and August lst, is4, and section one
o! on sclregulaling the mode of taxing The
enum mcratien OF the white male inh1btsnts
above the age OF twenty-one years, passed
January 10, 1927, be and the same is here.