same to the credit of the state hospital for the insane. The State Auditor shall thereupon notify the county auditor of each county so owing, of the amount thereof, and charge the same to said county, and the board of county commissioners shall, at the time of levying the county taxes as provided in Section 1538 of the Revised Codes of 1905, include in the itemized statement of county expenses upon which the county taxes are required to be based by the provisions of the said section, an estimate of the total amount which will be chargeable to the county during the ensuing year for the care, board and treatment of patients for such county at the state hospital for the insane. If any county fails to levy such taxes as herein provided sufficient to pay the amount estimated to become chargeable to such county during the ensuing year at the time of levying other county taxes, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to bring action in the name of the state against such county, to enforce the making of the estimates and the levying of taxes as provided herein.
§ 2. Amendment.] That Section 9 of Chapter 137 of the Session Laws of 1907 be amended to read as follows:
§ 9. Penalty for failure to pay.] Upon the failure of any county to pay into the state treasury the amount chargeable to such county for the care, board and treatment of patients at the state hospital for the insane at the times prescribed in this act, it shall be the duty of the State Auditor to charge such delinquent county with a penalty of two per centum per month upon the amount of indebtedness, then thirty days over due, for each month, until payment thereof, including the penalty, has been made.
§ 3. Amendment.) That Section 10 of Chapter 137 of the Session Laws of 1907 be amended to read as follows:
§ 10. Time of payment.] It shall be the duty of the county treasurer to pay into the state treasury upon the first day of January, April, July and October in each year, the amount which on each of such days is due the state and chargeable to and owing from the county for the care, board and treatment of all patients in the state hospital for the insane, and it shall be the duty of the State Auditor and the State Treasurer upon the first day of February, May, August and November in each year to transfer the full amount received from the counties under the provisions of this Chapter to the account of the state hospital for the insane.
Approved March 13, 1913.
