The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-04-14
NOTICE

IL the late Revenue Ac,,passed at the re-
cent session Of the Legislature of Illinois,
the undersigned, Assessor of La Sale
county, will attend at the time and places
hereinafter stated for the purpose Of taking
and receiving lists of taxable property
from all persons owning property in said
county and state. In
OHa,ca Preciact-At the Office of the under
signed, on Friday and Saturday the 18th and 18Th
days of April next.
Indian Precinct-.it the house of John Bache-
Tor, on Tuesday and Wednesday the 18Th and
10Th days of April next.
Washington Precinct-At the house of Joel
Carter, on Thursday and Friday the Doth and
.lst days Of April next
Grafton Precipct-At the house of William
WhippIe, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 24lh, 18th, and Goth days of April next.
Mission Grore Preciaci-At the house of John
). Armstrong on Thursday, Friday, and Satur-
day, the 9th, 2Slh, and 29th days of April next.
UlieG Preciact-At the house of Simon Gro
star, on Monday and Tuesday the lst and I'd
days of May next.
Troy Preciaci--At the house of Asa Mann, on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the Sd, 18th,
and 9th days Of May next
E1gL Precincl-Atthe house orSamuel Mack
ey, on Monday and Tuesday the sth and 9th
days May next.
! North vermiEOn Precinct-At the house of
Mr.. Dimmick, on Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday tue 10th, ll,h, and l2lhdays of May next.
Western Preciact-At the house of z. Lewis.
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday the 18th, 10Th, 9Th, 18th aud 18th days
of May next.
Lorraine Precinci-At the house of Hiram
Heath, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
the 23d, 24,h and 18th days of May next.
BrookfeM Precinct--At the house of Angus
McMillen, on Tuesday and Wednesday the 30th
and 3lst days of May next
Sandy Precinet--At the house of Joshua Evans,
on Monday and Tuesday the 9th and 9Th days Of
June next.
PeynnIOn Precihct--At the house of J. Scy-
bold, on Wednesday, Thursday aud Friday the
7th, 9Th, and 9th days OF June next.
South Oltatca Precincf--At the house Of w.
T. S. Lavnia, on Thursday and Friday the 18th
and 10th days Of June next
Dayton Precinct-At the house formerly oocu-
pied by w. l.. Dunavan in Dayton, on Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday the goth, list, and
OBJ days of June next.
The undersigned will also attend at his office
in the town of Ottawa on each Saturday during
the months of May and June for the same pur-
pose, where he will receive lists of property.
n. B.-Thc following is the kind Of list Of
property required by law to he made out and fur
nished to the Assessor, III order to enable him to
assess the value on the same, viz:
Lands are to be described, each tract separately
by the number of section. township and range
and the particular part of the section; and the
number of acres in each tract, and state verbally
or in writing the number, as near as may he, OF
acres fenced, in cultivation, and the kind of I'M
provements; the quantity and quality, whether
first second or third rate; and the quantity and
quality of improved and unimproved prairie.
Town lots are to be described 10y their number
and block, and town and addition in which they
lie, or otherwise as they may be designated in the
recorded plat, and when divided, what part of the
lot.
All pleasure carriages, whether two or four
wheels. their kind and quality. All horses, mares,
their different ages, kind and quality. All kinds
of cattle, their number, different ages and quail
ty. All hogs and sheep, their number, kind and
quality, including household furniture, money on
hand, all capital employed each year in merchan-
dlzng, to he asccrtained by adopting as a criteri-
on the value of the greatest amount of goods on
hand at any time in the years including brokers'
bankers and money changers.
The law also provides that il any person or
persons shall refuse to give in his or her property
or shall give in a fraudulent list of the property
of such person, shall be liable to double the value
thereof and taxed accordingly; and if any person
or persons shall neglect to give in his or her pro-
perty at the time and place appointed, such per-
son or persons shall be charged with six per cent.
upon the amount of his or her tax; and all lists
may, if thought necessary, be certified to under
oath.
The Assessors office is on Water street, south
Of the public square in Ottawa.
JABlX FITCH, Assessor.
Ottawa, March q, lsi3. 42-3