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CHAP. LXIX.] sessed, he will be entitled to deduct from the gross amount all bona fide debts owing by him, but no acknowledgment of indebtedness not founded on actual consideration, and no such acknowledgment made for the purpose of being so deducted, shall be considered a debt within the intent of this section, and so much only of any liability of such person as security for another shall be deducted, as the person making the list believes he is equitably or legally bound to pay, and so much only as he believes he will be compelled to pay on account of the inability of the principal debtor, and if there are other sureties able to contribute, then so much only as he in whose name the list is made, will be bound to contribute; but no person will be entitled to any deduction on account of any obligation of any kind given to any insurance company for the premiums of insurance, nor on account of any unpaid subscription to any institution, society, corporation, or company.

. 13. Any person owning or having in his possession or under his control within this territory, with authority to sell the same, any personal property purchased either in or out of this territory, with a view of its being sold at an advanced price or profit, or which has been assigned to him from any place out of this territory, for the purpose of being sold within the same, shall be listed for taxation, and in estimating the value thereof, the merchant shall take the average value of such property in his possession or under his control during the next year, previous to the time of assessing, and if he has not been engaged in the business so long, then he shall take the average during such time as he shall have been so engaged, and if he be commencing, he shall take the value of the property at the time of the assessment.

. 14. There shall be elected, at the general election in each year, by the qualified voters of each county in this territory, one county assessor, who shall hold his office for one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified.

. 15. Each assessor, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give a bond, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the county commissioners, in the sum of five hundred dollars, payable to said commissioners, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, which