The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-01-19
A BILL CREATING
COUNTY ASSESSORS

smith, FRANKLIN, EBgeTHldH, Ildlchets
Denton of the Senate.
An Act creating the Office of count.
assessor; prescribing his qualification
and duties; providing for his election
and appointment; fixing his term o
office and compensation; providing fo
the appointment of deputies and pre-
scribing their qualifications and du
ties; creating the county board o.
equalization and prescribing its duties
and providing for appeals from boards
of equalization; prescribing certain
duties for the county clerk and county
excise board; abolishing the offices OF
township assessor and township board
of equalization, and repeating all con
fiicting laws.
Be 1t Enacted by the People of the
State of Oklahoma:
Section 1. The office of county as
SCISSOR is hereby created. There shall
be appointed by the governor, before
the first day of January. 1912, county
assessor in and for each county of
this state, whose duties and compensa-
ton shall be as hereinafter provided,
and whose term of office shall com
mence on the first Monday in January,
1912, and continue until the first Mon
day in January, 1913, or until his sue
cessor is elected and qualified A
county assessor shall be elected at
the general election in 1912, and every
two years thereafter, and shall assume
the duties of his office the first Mon
day in January following his election
Section 2. The county assessor
shall, before entering upon the dis
charge of the duties of his office, ex-
ecute bond in the sum of not less
than 100000 and not more than
100000 to be fixed and approved by
the board of county commissioners Of
his county. He shall take the oath pre-
scribed by the constitution for other
officers and, in addition thereto, he
shall take an oath that he will assess
an the property in the county at its
fair cash value, and he shall maintain
his Office at the county seat. Said
office to be provided, furnished and
maintained at the expense of the
county.
Section 3. The county assessor pro-
vided for in this act, shall have the
same powers and perform the same
duties in assessing property and maxi
ing the returns thereof. in taking the
assessments and gathering statistical
information a is now provided by law,
not in conflict with this act, for town
ship assessors. The assessor or any
deputy he may appoint. is authorized
to administer oats in the performance
of his duties, as provided in this act
Section 4. The assessor shall keep
a book to be known as a land list, :"
which shall contain the name of The
owner and a description, sufficient for
identification of any real estate be-
longing TO said owner; said descrip.
ton shall give the township, range,
and section where the land is located;
the number of acres, the value of the
land; the numbers Of the lot or lots;
the value of the town lots and the
name of the city or town; on such
forms as may be prescribed by the
state examiner and inspector. The
county assessor shall correct the land
list each year before commencing the
assessment, by noting thereon all
transfers shown by the record OF the
register of deeds office, and shall note
theron such transfers as may be
brought to his attention while assess
ing, and also note thereon what real
estate is not subject to taxation, and
the reason why same is not.
Section 8. The county assessor may
appoint one or more deputies, who
shall subscribe to and take the same
oath that the assessor is required to
subscribe to, to assist him in perform
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ed by law, and may require such bond
and security from the persons so ap-
pointed, as he deems necessary for his
indemnity, and the county assessor
shall in all cases, be liable for the
misconduct and proceedings of his
deputies. and the deputies so appointed
shall perform all of the duties imposed
and required by law of the county as
SCISSOR, and all acts of such deputies
done in conformity with law, shall be
as binding and valid as il done by the
county assessor in person.
Section 6. The county assessor
shall, on the 18th day of January of
each year. proceed to take a list of
the taxable property. located in the
county, and assess the valuation there
of as of January 1st in the following
manner. to-wit: BY calling upon each