The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
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Sections Relative to Election Of
Township and Ward
Assessors.

Section II. AT the regular cleo
ton to be held in November, 1915,
and biennially there after, assessors
shall be elected in the manner pro-
vided by law for the e C 0
Of ward, dist rict, city, VII.
lage and township officers, as follows:
In municipal corporations, divided
into wards, one assessor shall be
elected in each ward in villages one
assessor shall be elected; in cities
not divided into wards, the board of
deputy state supervisors of elections
or the board of deputy state super
visors and inspectors of elections, as
the case may be, shall, acting in con-
junction with the county auditor,
within ten days after this act shall
become effective, divide such cities
or such part or parts thereof as may
be located in the county, into such
number of assessment district as in
the judgment of the county auditor
may be necessary in order to pro-
vide for the assessment of property
therein; a division so fixed shall re-
main in effect for a period of four
years, at the expiration of which and
quadriennially thereafter a like di-
vision shall be made in the same
manner and by the same authority.
One assessor shall, at the time speci-
fed in this section, be elected in each
assessment district so created; pro-
vided however, that nothing therein
shall be so construed as to require a
division of any municipal corporation
or part thereof into assessment dis
tricts, when, in the judgment of the
county auditor, such division is not
necessary, in which event one assessor
shall be elected in the entire mHnic-
ipal corporation or in that part
thereof which may be located in one
county as the case may be; in town
ships not having a municipal corpor-
alton therein, one assessor shall be
elected in such townchip; in town
ships composed in part of munich
pal corporation, one assessor shall be
elected in the territory outside such
municipal corporation. An assessor
shall be a citizen, possessing the
qualifications of an elector of such
ward, district, city, village or town
ship. Such assessor shall take and
hold his office for the term of two
years from and after the first day of
January following his election. Up
on the election and qualification Of
such assessor, the right of the dep
uty assessor, therefore appointed un-
der any provision of law to exercise
any powers or perform any duties as
such deputy assessor shall cease and
determine, and he shall turn over
to the person so elected the books,
records, papers and furniture of said
office. Such elected assessor shall
be the successor of said appointed
officer, with full power to take up,
carry on and complete any and all Of
the unfinished business thereof, and
he shall perform all the duties, eXer-
else all the powers and be subject
to all the liabilities and penalties
devolved, conferred or imposed by
law upon the deputy assessor so ap-
pointed.
Section 49, A county auditor,
who deems it necessary to enable an
assessor to complete his work within
the time prescribed, may appoint one
or more assistant assessors for such
ward, district, city village or town
ship The county auditor shall as
sign to each assistant assessor such
portion of the work of the assessor as
he thinks proper. An assistant as
SCISSOR shall possess all the qualifica-
tions of an elected assessor and, af-
ter bond and taking an oath of office
as prescribed by law, shall in the
work assigned to him, perform all
the duties and be subject to all the
liabilities and penalties enjoined up
on elected assessors by the provisions
of law. Such assistant assessors
shall not be subject to the provisions
of any civil service law or regula-
ton.