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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt:...the amount of taxes levied on the property in each township, and set down in separate columns the amount of State, county, school, township, road and all other taxes levied, and add the aggregates of the above for the whole county. Sec. 147. He shall, from time to time, correct all errors which he may discover in his duplicate, either in the name of the person charged with taxes, the description of the property, or the amount of the tax charged, and shall add, from time to time, any corrections or additonal assessments made on the Assessor's books by the County Assessor, and when such correction is made after the duplicate shall have been delivered to the Treasurer for collection, the Auditor shall give a certificate of such correction, to the Treasurer, who shall make the like correction on his duplicate, and keep such certificate as his voucher on settlement with the Auditor. Sec. 148. He shall cause a copy of such duplicate to be delivered to the Treasurer of his county, on or before the last day of December of each year, and he shall also make out and cause to be transmitted to the Auditor of State, on or before the first day of January in each year, a complete abstract of all the property listed in each township, the valuation thereof, the number of polls, the amount of each kind of tax, and the aggregate thereof in the county, and certify the same, as also the rate of each kind of tax assessed. Sec. 149. The County Auditor shall keep a transfer book, arranged by townships, cities and towns, in which he shall enter a description for the purpose of taxation of all lands that have been conveyed by deed or partition with the date of the conveyance and names of the parties, and he shall indorse on such deed or instrument of conveyance the words, "duly...