The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-29
Taxpayers, Take Notiee!


ject to taxation to learn the require
ments of the law under which he must
pay taxes.
In as plain English and in as abbre-
Waited form as it can be told. the new
system is:
The county auditor is the chief tax
official in each county, which is the
unit for taxation purposes. He is re-
quired annually to list all property,
real and personal This must be done
by the first Monday in August. In tab
ular form and in alphabetical order
he must take lists of the names Of
persons, corporations, firms, and as.
sociations in the political subdivisions
of his county, giving the description
and value of their property.
An Oath Goes With It.
A pronounced new feature Of the
law is that each taxpayer must ap-
praise the value Of his property him
self and make oath that it is an hon.
est and true return. In this respect
the new law Is patterned after the fed
eral law pertaining to income taxes.
On printed blanks provided by the
! state tax commission, each property
owner is required to answer a list of
questions in regard2 to his taxable
| property.
| Additions by Tax Commission.
The county auditor is required fur
ther to correct his list by the first
Monday in September, making addi.
! tions or subtractions ordered by the
state tax commission and the county
! board of revision. His revised list of
/ property subject to taxation must be
in the hands of the county treasurer
not later than the first day Of October.
| Personal property-monies, credits,
| investments in bonds, stocks and the
like is to be listed between the second
Monday in April and the first Monday
in June of each year.
These lists Of property submitted
| by the owners are subject to the in
quiry of the assessors who, after re-
ceiving instructions from county au-
ditor, on the first Monday of May shall
examine the lists and ascertain if any
property has been omitted. In the
event any property holders shall re-
fuse to list his belongings or shall
give a false return, the auditor is en-
powered to list that personal prop
erty and ask the legal penalty.
The assessors returns must be in
the hands of the auditor not later than
the first Monday of June On or be-
fore August the auditor must have
printed a list showing all changes in
assessments and must forward to each
person affected by such change copy
of the list.
School Code Not Hurt.
At the beginning of the session
there were so many bills aimed at the
present school code that it looked as
though that particular law was going
to have some mighty rough shedding.
But, 10 and behold, the house found
the Republicans and Democrats stand
ing like Andy Jackson at the Battle Of
New Orleans, and about the only
change made gives the school teacher
a minimum salary of $50 instead Of
$40. All of you teachers of the Young
! America who favor that provision.
The ayes have it. In the Baker-Pal-
mer omnibus school bill it is also de-
/ cided, by the adoption of the amend
ment of Representative Commings,
| that the county superintendent and
the supervisors are a board to rec
/ jo
made in the interest of uniform text
books.
Some Real Inside Dope.
From the innermost circle Of po-
litical activity comes the information
that the decision has been made that
| Charles C. Marshall of Sidney is to
! be made member of the public utili-
! ties commission to take the place of
Lawrence X. Langdon, whose time is
out and who last week sent his resig-
nation to Gov. Cox. It is also another
quiet tip that John Linderman Of
Delphos, Allen county, Is to be made
a member of the tax commission in
the place of J. H. McGiffert Of Ashta-
bula. 1t is also conceded that Repre-
sentative T. Alfred Flemming, Cuya-
hoga county, is to be made, state fire
marshal. This is the best job in the
state from political standpoint, for
the civil service laws do not bar po-
litical activities.
Salaries Are Omitted.
Members of the legislature have
learned that no appropriation is car
ried in the general budget, passed by
the house and now in the senate, for
their salaries for 1918. That the omis-
sion was intended is made evident in
the printed bill, dash being inserted
where the salary appropriation should
be-
Another Legislative Session.
Gov. Cox has told delegation Of
Ohio mayors that they cannot hope at
this time for any other legislation to
relieve the financial stress in cities
except the Terrell bill, which Cox ad-
mits is but temporary measure. In
response to an attack on the Terrell
bill, the governor said it's trainers took
mo pride in its authorship" but could
do no better without breaking the
Democratic platform pledge to retain
the Smith per cent law. The gov.
ernor intimated that he may call
special session of the legislature next
year.
Church Can Lease Property.
Under the bill of Fitzsimmons Of
Cleveland that went through both
houses, religious and charitable socie-
ties can lease their property. The
purpose of the measure is to permit