Tit. XI, Ch. 2. What vacates the office. Clerk shall notify cation. OFFICERS OF CIVIL TOWNSHIPS. SS 1518-1522. SEC. 1518. If any person elected assessor fails to give bond and take the oath of office for one week after his election, the office shall be considered vacant, and thereupon the county auditor shall fill the vacancy by appointing an elector of the township to the office of assessor. [56 v. 156, § 2.] SEC. 1519. The clerk shall, immediately upon the assessor qualiauditor of qualifying, notify the county auditor of that fact; and if the auditor does not receive such notice on or before the third Monday of April, he shall regard the office as vacant, and fill the same as aforesaid. [56 v. 156, $ 2.] General duties of Power to adminis- Statistics to be SEC. 1520. The assessor shall make a list and valuation of all property in his township or precinct now or hereafter taxable, and discharge such other duties as may be imposed upon him by law. [56 v. 156, $ 6.] SEC. 1521. The assessor is authorized and required to administer all oaths necessary or proper in the discharge of his duties. [58 v. 42, § 1.] SEC. 1522. The assessor shall, annually, at the time of taking the lists of personal property for taxation, require and take for each person, company, and corporation in his township or precinct, the statements following, verified by oath, for the preceding year: Agriculture. The number of sheep killed by dogs, and their value, and the number of sheep injured by dogs, and an estimate of the amount of damages by such injury; the number of acres put in wheat, rye, barley, corn, oats, and buckwheat, and the number of bushels of each produced; the number of acres in timothy and other grass, except clover, and the number of tons of grass and bushels of seed produced therefrom; the number of acres in clover, the number of tons of hay made therefrom, the number of bushels of seed obtained therefrom, and the number of acres of clover plowed under for manure; the number of acres planted in tobacco, and the number of pounds obtained therefrom; the number of acres put in flax, and the number of pounds of fiber gathered, and the number of bushels of seed obtained; the number of acres planted in sorgo, and the number of gallons of syrup and pounds of sugar manufactured; the number of pounds of maple sugar, and the number of gallons of maple syrup manufactured; the number of pounds, each, of butter and cheese manufactured; the number of acres planted in potatoes, and the number of bushels produced; the number of acres planted in sweet potatoes, and the number of bushels produced; the number of acres in vineyard, the number of acres planted within the year, and the number of pounds of grapes gathered, and the number of gallons of wine produced; the number of pounds of wool shorn; the number of acres in orchard, and the number of bushels of apples, peaches, cherries, plums, and pears produced; the number of acres used for pasturage, and the number of acres not cultivated or pastured; the number of hives of bees, and the number of pounds of honey produced; the number of dozens of eggs shipped to places beyond the state. Manufactures. The number of tons of cold-blast pig-iron manufactured from native ore smelted with charcoal, and the number of tons of hot-blast pig metal manufactured from the same material; the number of tons of pig metal made from native or foreign ore, smelted with stone coal; the number SS 1523-1524. OFFICERS OF CIVIL TOWNSHIPS. of tons of bar and nail-rod iron manufactured; the number of tons of nails; the number of tons of hoop-iron; the number of tons of sheetiron; the number of tons of stoves and hollow-ware; the number of tons of all other castings; the number of tons of spikes and railroad chairs; the number of tons of car wheels; the number of tons of railroad iron; the number of locomotives built; the number of steam engines constructed; the number of plantation sugar-mills made; the number of portable saw-mills made, and the number in use; the number, each, of reaping and mowing machines; the number of threshing machines. Water Crafts. The number of steamboats built upon the Ohio river and its navigable tributaries, and the number of barges, flat-boats, and store-boats, and the value of each; the number of steamboats, and of sail vessels built upon Lake Erie and its tributaries within the borders of this state, and the value of each; the number of canal-boats built and used in navigating the canals. Mines and Miners. The number of bushels of stone-coal mined; the number of persons engaged in mining stone-coal, and the average rate of wages paid; the number of tons of iron ore mined; the number of persons engaged in mining iron ores, and the average rate of wages paid; the number of bushels of salt manufactured; the number of gallons of petroleum produced; the number of barrels of lime made; the number of barrels of water cement; the number of gallons of stone-ware made. Wages. The number of adult male persons engaged in each of the mechanic arts, and the average monthly or daily wages of each, as the fact may be; the number of common laborers, and the average daily wages of each; the number of common farm laborers, and the average monthly wages of each; the average monthly wages paid to clerks and salesmen or saleswomen; the average monthly wages paid to book-keepers. Investments. The amount of United States bonds owned; the amount of legal tender notes or moneys exempt from taxation; and the amount of state bonds or certificates. Social. The number of marriages between persons related to each other by blood, and the degree of such relationship; the number of persons born with imperfect senses or idiotic, and how many of such persons are the offspring of parents related to each other by blood; the number of houses of prostitution or assignation, and the number of prostitutes. [65 v. 54, § 1; 66 v. 351, § 1; 74 V. 177, § 10.] Til. XI, Ch. 2. Return of statis SEC. 1523. The assessor shall make return of all the preceding statistics to the county auditor, at the same time he returns the lists of per- tics. sonal property for taxation; and the county auditor shall make return to the auditor of state on or before the first day of August, annually, of all statistics returned to his office. [68 v. 95, $ 2.] SEC. 1524. If an assessor neglects or refuses to make out and Penalty for not return statistics, as herein required, he shall forfeit and pay to the state making out and any sum not more than one hundred dollars nor less than twenty dol- returning statislars, to be recovered by action, which shall be brought by the prosecut tics. Tit. XI, Ch. 2. Penalty on persons for refusing to make statements. Quadrennial enumeration of deaf and dumb, blind, insane, and idiotic persons. Enumeration of male inhabitants over twenty-one four years. OFFICERS OF CIVIL TOWNSHIPS. SS 1525-1530. ing attorney on the request of the auditor of state; and the amount 1525. [68 v. SEC. 1525. Any person, company, or corporation, refusing to make out and deliver a statements of the facts, or any of them, herein required, shall forfeit and pay to the state any sum not more than one hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars, to be recovered and paid as in the next preceding section provided as to penalty on an assessor. [66 v. 351, 2.] SEC. 1526. Each assessor, at the time of taking a list of property for taxation in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and every fourth year thereafter, shall take an enumeration of all deaf and dumb, blind, insane, and idiotic persons, whose usual place of residence is in any family, jail, or infirmary in his township or precinct, on the day preceding the second Monday of April, together with their names in full, their age, and the duration of their muteness, blindness, insanity, or idiocy; and he shall make out a list of said deaf and dumb, blind, insane, and idiotic persons, designating those of each class, and the names of their parents or guardians, and post-office address; and he shall return the same to the county auditor on or before the third Monday of May in the same year. [63 v 64, § 1.] SEC. 1527. Each assessor, at the time of taking a list of property for taxation in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and years, once every every fourth year thereafter, shall take an enumeration of all the male inhabitants above the age of twenty-one years, residing in his township or precinct, on the day preceding the second Monday of April in the same year, designating such of them as are of African descent by the word"Colored"; and he shall make out a list of the persons so enumerated in alphabetical order, and return the same to the clerk of the court of common pleas, at the time of making return of lists of property for taxation to the county auditor; and on failure of any assessor to make or return such enumeration, as herein required, he shall forfeit and pay to the state any sum not more than fifty nor less than five dollars, to be recovered by action. [60 v. 65, §§ 1, 3.] Auditors shall furnish all blanks. Township officers shall deliver over to successors all records, etc. Fees of trustees. SEC. 1528. The county auditor shall furnish to all assessors all blanks needed by them for the listing of property, gathering and returning statistics, and other official duties, which shall be paid for out of the county treasury. [58 v. 40, § 2.] GENERAL. SEC. 1529. All township officers shall deliver over to their successors in office all books, records, documents, laws, obligations, papers, blanks, and all other articles and property belonging to their respective offices or deposited with them in their official capacity; and any person who has been a township officer who refuses to deliver over the same, or any part thereof, shall forfeit any sum not more than fifty nor less than five dollars, to be recovered by action for the use of the township. [66 v. 14, § 23.] FEES. SEC. 1530. Each trustee shall be entitled to one dollar and fifty cents for each day's service in the discharge of his duties in relation to partition fences, to be paid in equal proportions by the parties; and one dollar and fifty cents for each day's service in the business of the township, to be paid out of the township treasury; but in no township shall S$ 1531-1535. OFFICERS OF CIVIL TOWNSHIPS. Tit. XI, Ch. 2. 1531 Amended 7S 0.L.150. the compensation of any trustee exceed one hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid out of the treasury, including services in connection with the poor, for any one year. [42 v. 4, § 2; 70 v. 246, § 3; 75 v. 48, § 22.] SEC. 1531. The clerk shall be entitled to the following fees, to be Fees of clerk. paid by the parties requiring the service: Twenty-five cents for recording each mark or brand; ten cents for every hundred words of record required in the establishment of township roads to be opened and April 15,1881. repaired by the parties; and ten cents for each hundred words of records or copies in matters relating to partition fences, but not less than twenty-five cents for any one copy-to be paid out of the township treasury; one dollar and fifty cents for each day's service; ten cents for every hundred words of record required in the establishment of township roads to be opened and kept in repair by the supervisor; and for keeping the record of the proceedings of the trustees, stating and making copies of accounts and settlements, attending suits for or against the township, and for any other township business the trustees require him to perform, such reasonable compensation as they may allow; but in no one year shall [he] be entitled to receive out of the township treasury more than one hundred and fifty dollars. [51 v. 489, § 12; 70 v. 246, 3; 65 v. 9, § 13.] SEC. 1532. The treasurer shall be allowed and may retain, for Treasurer's fees. receiving, safe-keeping, and paying out moneys belonging to the town ship treasury, two per centum thereof as his fees. [66 v. 14, § 23.] SEC. 1533. Each supervisor shall receive for his services compen- Supervisor's fees. sation at a rate not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day for the time he is actually employed on the roads; but no supervisor shall be allowed in any one year a sum exceeding twelve dollars in addition to the commutation for his two days' labor on the roads, when the number of persons in his district liable to do work on the public highway does not exceed twenty-five; not more than sixteen dollars when the number so liable is more than twenty-five and less than thirty-five; not more than twenty-five dollars when the number so liable is not less than thirtyfive nor more than fifty; and not more than thirty-five dollars when the number so liable exceeds fifty; but a supervisor that is required by any law of the state to repair a turnpike road, or any part thereof, shall be allowed not exceeding eight per cent. for the amount of the labor performed under his direction as supervisor, repairing such turnpike, or working out the road tax in his district, but in no case shall he receive more than one dollar and fifty cents per day. [75 v. 83, § 28; 76 v. 39, § 28.] SEC. 1534. The constable who advertises the time of holding elections and notifies the township officers of their election, shall be allowed a reasonable compensation therefor, to be fixed by the trustees and paid out of the township treasury. [75 v. 48, § 22.] Constable's fees. SEC. 1535. Each assessor shall be paid out of the county treasury, Assessor's fees. two dollars per day for the time during which he is necessarily engaged in the performance of his duties; and he shall make out an account in detail, giving the date of each day on which he was thus engaged, and verify the same by oath, which the county auditor is authorized to administer; and if the auditor is satisfied that such account is correct, he shall draw his warrant on the county treasurer for the amount thereof; but in no case shall such warrant be drawn until the assessor has filed with the auditor his list of assessments, accurately made out, and the statements returned to him, and the books on which the original assessments were made; nor until the assessor has filed with the auditor the statistics and enumeration required of him by law, and the auditor is satisfied that the same are as full and accurate as could be made. [75 V. 100, $ 7.] Title XII. CONTENTS OF DIVISIONS. Divisions 1-6. TITLE XII. Municipal Corporations. DIVISION 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS. HEREIN OF THE ENLARGED MEANING OF CERTAIN WORDS, PUBLICATION OF NOTICES REQUIRED IN THE TITLE, GENERAL APPLICATION OF DIVISION 2: ORGANIZATION. HEREIN OF CLASSIFICATION, FORMATION OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, DIVISION 3: LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. HEREIN OF TRUSTEES, COUNCILS AND BOARDS OF ALDERMEN, AND GENERAL POWERS, WITH THE MODE OF PASSING RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCES, AND BY-LAWS. THEIR DIVISION 4: EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. HEREIN OF OFFICERS OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, THEIR ELECTION, DIVISION 5: POLICE DEPARTMENT. HEREIN OF THE POLICE COURT, MAYOR'S COURT, POWERS OF PRESI- DIVISION 6: HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HEREIN OF BOARDS OF HEALTH AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS ACTING |