The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-08-01
AUDITORS OFFICE, WYANpoT COUNTY, j,
UrpER SANDUsKY, July %, 1867.
, ASSESSOR Of

SIR: You are hereby required to proceed
Immediately to enroll, and return to this
office on or before the 10th of August, 1862.
full list of the persons in your ward or
township subject to military duty under the
constitution and laws of the State of Ohio,
which includes every able bodied wliite
male citizen between the ages of s and 45,
save and except members Of uniform mill
tary companies.
The following is the section of the law re-
lating thereto:
SECTION l. Be it enacted Jy the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
the county auditors of the several counties
this State shall instruct the assessors Of the
several townships and wards of the cities to
perform all the duties required of them by
this act. That it shall be the duty Of the
! township assessors of the several townships,
| and the assessors of the several wards or the
several cities, to prepare list of all persons
subject to military duty, in their respective
wards, townships, or districts save and ex
cept members of uniform volunteers conlpa
nes, at the time of making the annual as
sess nent of the property, in the year ] sci,
and thereafter at each time of taking the
census of white male inhabitants. as provid
ed by law, which list should be deposited in
the auditors Office of the proper county /;
and 1t shall be the duty of such auditor,
annually, on or before the first day of Now
ember, to return an accurate copy of such
records of enrolment to the adjutant gener
al of the State, to be by him filed in his
office, and an abstract of the aggregate mum
Der of persons so returned shall be forward
ed by the adjutant general of the State to
the war department at Washington City, on
or before the first day of January of each
year; and if any assessor shall neglect, OF
from any cause omit to perform his dnties
the other assessors, or either Of them, of the
city, town or ward shall perform such duties
All tavern keepers, keepers OF boarding
houses, persons having boarders in thei'
families, and every master and mistress OF
any dwelling house, shall, upon the applca
ton of any assessor, giving information Of
the names of all persons residing or lodging
in such house liable to be enrolled, and all
other information concerning such persons
as such assessor may demand. If any per
son of whom information is required by any
a SCISSOR, in order to enable HIM to comply
, with the provisions Of this act, shall refuse
to give such information, or shall give false
information, he shall forfeit and ay
more than ten dollars for each offense. An,
person who shall refuse to give his owl
name, proper information, when applied te
by any assessor, or shall give false name O.
information, shall forfeit aud pay a like sum
r Il :. h.,
q competent jurisdiction in the name Of thu
State Of Ohio; and it is Lereby made the
duty Of the assessors to report the names o
all persons who may incur any penalty il
+ this section prescribed, to TIE commandan
; of the brigade in which they reside. Al
, moneys collected under the provisions o
this act shall be paid to the county treasurer
an, 90 to the military fund Of said county
IT. viii b, observed that the law provides
that # any assessor should neglect, or from
anv cause omit to perform his duties: othe
assessors shoald pertoric them.
Tie late day at which the ct was passc'
in 1861, rendered it impossible to eAcent'
the law at that time, it therefore devolye
upon you to discharge that duty.
t Should you not be able to complete th'
work in your township OF ward by the OF
day of August, one or more assistants vii
be appointed. The compensation for as
SCISSORS and assistants will be the same a
that provided for other duties.
8 Blanks will be furnished at this office.
PETER B. BEIDLER,
Auditor Wyandot County.
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