The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-24
REAL ESTATE REATSTSSMENT.
An Act that the People OF West TirGiuiH
VIII Read With Interest.

VIII Read With Interest.
The bill known MS House bill number
80, passed the Senate yesterday. It pro.
yidcs for the re.asscssment OF the value OF
all real estate within this State, and reads
us follows;
II rmortdCy tie Ltgi'tatwe Of TFta ETr-
gnU:
SEc. !. The Auditor shall appoint one
commissioner for each assessment district
in the several counties OF this State, who
Siait bca resident frCelOider OF such dis-
trict. aEd whose duty it shall be to reasse >
the value OF Nll real estate therein.
SIC . Each commissioner so appointed
shall, within thirty days aftcs he is notified
OF his appointment, execute bond, with
surety, in the penalty OF three thousand
dollars, conditioned fOr the faithful perfor.
mancc OF lis duties, to be approved by the
County Court or tue president thereof, or
BY circuit Judge, and shall take an oAth
to support the Constitution OF the United
States. and the Constitution OF this State,
and that he will faithfully discharge the
duties OF his office to the best OF his skill
and Judgment. The said bond and o..th
shall he filed in the office OF the Clerk OF
the County Comt who shall certify copy
thereof within ten days after il is so filed,
TO the Auditor, and also furnish the Audi.
Tor the pOstoilice address OF the Commiss.
ioRCr.
1.-THE said commissioner SO appointed,
shall iail to qualify and give bond, as here
in required within the time prescribed, or
III case he shall die or resign before com
pICting his re.vaiuatiOn, or the Office be-
come otherwise vacant, u successor Shal! be
immediately appointed by the Auditor,
who shall at once give bond, and qualify,
and enter upon the duties OF his office.
SIC. 3, The Auditor shall, rs soon us
possible, cause 10 be provided for each
commissioner three books, similar in form
10 the gSseSsOrS' land book, with such
rNaNgcs as the nNture Of tho work requires,
and shall also furnish each commissioner
with instructions, prescribing in detail the
Manncr III which they are to arrive at
proper valuations Of the real estate, and the
iNaMner OF making up their books and
SEc' !, Each commissioner 20 appointed
Nh" qualified shall, on tho first day Of
april IN ttlc year one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty.two or MS soon thereafter
us practicabi", after receiving the books
and instructions to be furnished by the
Auditor us aforesaid, proceed to examine
~ person, all the tracts Of laud and town
lots, with the buildings andimproyements
thereon, within his district, and shall, upon
examination, and in accordance with his
said instructions ascertain and asses the
Lair cash value thereof and in such assess.
ment the minerals underlying tho surface
shall be considered in0scertainine the value
Of such land, in current money; and
when mineral or coal privilege or interest
ishcld by u party, or parties, exclusive OF
the surface, the same shall be assessed sep.
aatCly, TO such party or parties, ut its
cash market value. To assist him
IN ascGrtaining and identifying the said
lands and lots, he shall obtain from the
clerk OF the county court the land book Of
the district he is TO assess, made for the
year one thousand eight hundred and
Sighly.onc, or, Il no such book be on tilC
lor TINT year, then the next preceding booE
on tite, and carry it with him for reference
In making this assessment.
SEC. .. In all cases where 1t Is practica
PIE, the commissioner shall exhibit the en-