The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-28
HERE'S Way
Assessors viii Be Elected
Next Fall
In City Of MI. Vernon And In
Townships

AittT tWO years vi IHe NdTueS law, |
assessors will again be elected this
fall.
Assessors of personal property
must be ELECTED in every city, village
anw township in Knox county.
Section II OF the Parrett-Whitte-
more bill as passed by the legislature
May and approved by the governor
May 8, provides in part as follows:
"At the regular election to be held |
in November. 1915, and bi-ennially !
thereafter, assessors shall be elected |
in the manner provided by law for |
the election of ward, district, city, vii |
lage and township officers as follows:
In municipal corporations divided in
to wards, one assessor shall be elect. |
ed in each ward; in villages one as
SCISSOR shall be elected; in cities not
divided into wards, the board of depu-
ty state supervisors of elections or
the board of deputy state supervisors
and inspectors of elections, as the
case may be, shall, acting in conjunc.
ton 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 To-
Gated in their county, into such num-
bers of assessment districts as in the
judgment of the county auditor may
be necessary in order to provide for
the assessment of all property there
in; a division so fixed shall remain in
the expiration of which and quadren-
nially thereafter like division shall
be made in the same manner and by
the same authority.
"One assessor shall, at the time
specified in this section, be elected in
each assessment district so created;
provided, however, that nothing
therein shall be so construed as to re-
duire division of any municipal cor
pOration or part thereof into assess
ment district when, in the judgment
of the county auditor, such division
is not necessary, in which event one
assessor shall be elected in the entire
municipal 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 township; in town
ships composed in part of a municipal
| corporation one assessor shall be
| elected in the territory outside such
municipal corporation"
! As provided by this section, all can
didates for assessor of personal prop
eIty i'm Knox county must be nominal
| ed as follows:
In Mt. Vernon
One assessor must be elected in
each ward. Candidates on the Re
publican or Democratic ticket must
be nominated by petition. All candi
dates for assessor at the primary
election must file their petitions will
the board of elections on or before
June TO-
In Villages
One assessor for each incorporates
village in the county will be elected
All must be nominated by petition
the petition of each candidate to con
tain at least twenty-five signers WHIT
are qualified electors of the village il
which he is candidate. All such pc
titions must be filed with the board O
elections on or before September 2.
In Townships
One assessor for each township 4
the county will be elected. In town
} ships containing city or village tn
assessor will be elected by the elet
. tors residing outside the city or vi
lage, All candidates for assessor i
!; townships must be nominated by pt
tition, the petition of each candidat
containing at least the names c
twenty-five signers who are qualitie
!: electors of the township, outside tn
J. village or city In such township,
there be any. All such petitions mus
be filed by September 2.