Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-03-01

thirty days. They have organised by electing
two clerks and other officers, and are now, in
fact the "Third House" They will, no doubt,
cut out work enough to prolong the session ofthe
Legislature three or four weeks. The following
twenty.four interrogatories were adopted by the
Board, and are TO be sent out Immediately TO the
County Commissioners of each county. and to
such other citizens as may be nominated by the
Board, to be answered and sworn to by them be-
fore some magistrate -
al. Where is your residence, and what is your
occupation
2. Are you acquainted with the price of land
in your county, and also with the value at which
those lands are assessed If yea, by what means
did you So become acquainted
3. Dividing the lands of your county into four
qualities-good, middng, poor and worthless,
what proportion is there OF each kird'
4. What is the Just and fair value Of each class
of such land, taking the price sales fairly
made, sold in the quantity separately taxed and
without sacrifice from any cause ?
5. As far as you know and believe, do the as
scssments in yonr county correspond with the
just, fair and actual value aforesaid , II not,
state the per centage below such standard, to the
best of your knowledge and belief?
6. has the value of lands, in your county, un-
dcrgone any change within the past five years,
and if So has it dyanced or declined and to what
! extent?
7. Have the canals and railroads Of the COM
monweath advanced or lowered the price of
| lands in your county, If aye, which, and to
/ what extent,
s. Have the commissioners of your county, at
any time since ISL, reduced the assessed value
of the property III any ward or township, gener-
ally If so, state the same, and how much was
such reduction
9. Do you know or have You any reason TO be-
lieve that any other standard Of value than that
Indicated by the fourth interrogatory, has been
adopted by any assessors, as for instance that of
forced sale. or upon suppostion of large
quantity of property being brought to a sale at
one time, or for other similar cause? Ifaye, re-
late such information particularly.
10 What is the proportion of seated and
seated lands in your comfy
H. Is there a diff renee in the assessments Of
such lands corresponding with the cost of clear
ing lHIpIoNils' va 'ut stht'u lhhHs
If not state the extent of such deficiency in your
county.
12. At what prices. compared with the assess.
ments are unsoated lands sold in your county. on
contracts or long credits, and how much of such
difference, if any, owing to the extended Gre
dit given and subdivision of tracts
l3. What proportion of the lands in your coun-
| ,l., r .i,,
stone. &c and TO what extent do these add to the
f value of the lands
IA What are the facilities of reaching a mar
ket-where is the market markets, for the
produce and minerals of your county?
IS. What is the average yield, per acre, of as
: ricultural products
f l6 What is the price OF grain and other agri'
cultural produce sent to n arket from your coun-
ty'
II. Have you a cash market for produce in
your county? If not, state what il costs per
bushel TO send your grain to a rash market
f IS What is the common average price Of
stocks, such as horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, &c.
and what the expense OF conveying them to a
A market
. 10 What are the prices Of lumber, iron ore,
b. pig bar iron, and castings coal, limestone, salt
e and other mineral products sent to market
= 90 Wha, is the quantity of iron produced or
e manufactured in your county, and the average
= price OF that article ?
2l. What per cent. OIL the usual assessments
IS are the usual rents of lands in yonr county and
N what per cent the selling value of such lands
" = 90 Are houses and lots in the city or town.
4" within your county, as far as you know and be-
lieve, assessed at their full value, according to
s the standard expressed in the fourth interroga
q tion If not, what is the average deficiency in
this respect
+, | 2S Are returns orinvestments of money al in
d terest, and other personal property, correctly
made 10 the assessor, far you know or be
eve and if not does the assessor take meant
to correctly ascertain The same
2i Have YOU any other information which i
u may be useful for this Board to know in the dis
" charge of its duty fequaiiaing the assessments il
the several counties of the state according TO III,
& value of the taxable property Ifyes, state th'
= same fally as if particularly interrogated il
respect TO the same"
e. A Convention of delegates from all the coun
h. ties, &c, of the Richmond district, in Virginia
la have unanimously nominated John NJ Bolts a
is the whg candidate of tina, district for Congress
John Tyler, Jr., is out with letter in th'
~ Richmond Enquirer, in which he defines his po
- litcal opinions, preparatory 10 running for Con