State ex rel. Morgan v. Moore

This is a motion for a peremptory mandamus, filed by the Attorney General, at the instance of the Auditor of State, to issue to the defendant, commanding him to proceed to ascertain the amount for which the Athens branch of the State Bank of Ohio should be entered upon the duplicate for taxation, and to enter the amount so ascertained upon the duplicate.

The Athens branch of the State Bank was organized, and went into operation, under a law of the general assembly, passed February 24, 1845, entitled “ an act to incorporate the State Bank of Ohio, and other banking companies.”

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