Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-07-14

ship officer bill, Which. recently passed
both branches ofthe General Assembly,
and is now awaiting the action of the
Governor
All township officers after the year
| 1870 qualify On or before the list of July
(they are allowed until the 1st of August
this Year, by taking the oaths of Office be-
fore the judge Of the county or circuit
court, in term time or in vacation, and
where bond is required must, at the
time of qualification. give such bond,
with securities to be approved by the
Judge, which 6ond must be recorded in
the county court.
SUPERVISORS.
Supervisors give bond in a penalty of
not less than $500 the first year, and not
less than $1,000 afterwards, ard meet
annually on the first Monday in Deem
Der, and may have special meetings. At
their annual meeting they audit accounts
oe the county, settle with the county
treasurer and county officers, regulate and
equalize the valuation Of property, lay the
county levy, and apporton the same
among the townships allow accounts
against the county, and issue warrants
for the same; and represent generally
the county in all matters of county bust
ness and appeals in certain cases are
allowed from the Board to the county
court. The clerk of the county court is
&c o6fcio clerk of the Board, and signs all
| county warrants; and compensation is al
lowed him for his services. The super
vsors receive each a per diem of two dol
lars and mileage for necessary travel.
TOWNSHIP BOARD.
The supervisor, assessor, and commits
sioner Of roads, in each township constl-
tu.e the Township Board, which perform
The same duties for the township as to all
levies. township property, and settling
with township officers, which the Board
of Supervisors performs for the county,
and receive the same per diem, but no
mileage. Appeals may be taken from the
decision of the Township Board in mat
ters of account. The annual meeting of
the Township Board is held the last Sat
urday in July, and special meetings
may be held.
TOWNSHIP CLERK.
Tho township clerk is charged with
the custody and preservation of the town
ship records, is er oGicio clerk Of the
township board and treasurer of the town
ship, and gives bond in q penalty of not
less than 81 coo, settles with the town
ship collector for township levies, and is
paid partly in fees of Office, partly in per
dien,, and partly in commissions.
oyERsEERs OF THE POOR.
Ovcrscers of the poor are required to
bond in penalty Of not less thar $500
to take charge Of all paupers IN their
township, to prevent begging, to send to
the place of general reception for the
poor, al persons legally cl'argeablc upon
the township, except that with the con
sent of the township supervisor and the
county superintendent of the poor they
may support at the township expense
paupers in the township. in which case
they shall take charge and dlsburse the
township fund provided for that purpose
Their duties IN other respects are very
much the same as heretofore.
JUSTICES OF TIE PEACE AND CoNsTABLEs.
The duties, compensation, and powers
of justice of the peace and censtahlos are
very much the same as heretofore, except
that for each warrant tried by justice
he IS entitled to the sum of fifty cents, to
be paid by the plaintiff and taxed in the
cost Constable's bond not less than
$4,000.
! ASSESSORS.
Township assessors have the same
movers and duties as heretofore devolycd
upon the commissioner of the revenue,
except that his jurisdiction. Is limited to
the township, and be receives for his conf
pensation . per cent. nn the amount of
| taxes assessed by him, the fees Of Office,
and 10 cents each for deaths and births
registered by hlm-being exactly the
same compensation paid commissioners of
the revenue for the same services. He
makes out an additional copy Of the laud
and property-book for the township, and
furnishes to the county treasurer the copy
here tofore furnished to the sheriff. He
commences his assessments on the LIST Of
February and finishes by the 1st Of April
He may baye an assistant
COLLECTOR.
Township collector gives bond in q
penalty Of not less then s., 600, nor less in
any case than double the amount to pass
through his hands. He receives on the
LIST Of September from the treasurer all
taxes and levies then unpaid in his town
ship, and from the clerk Of the township
all township levies, and proceeds at once
to collect the same by levy or otherwise
and for this purpose has all the powers
heretofore vested in sheriffs for his collec-
ton of taxes, and must return his taxes,
and levies, and insolvent list, to the treas
urer by the 1st of December to the town
ship clerk by the 31st OF December. He
! receives for his compensation five per
centum on the revenue and county levy
collected by him, and not less than five
nor more than ten pr ct2.ll. on the town
| ship levy collected BY him. In his set
Element for township ievies he may pay
in township warrants as money if not
shaved by him.
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