The State guard., 1848-04-04

.-zzzz.-zzz..lzzsS-1 The book for real estates shall shew in separate and properly arranged columns, lst, the name of the party to whom asses. sed End, a description of the estate ;-- 3rd, the contents 4th, the valuation. and, 5th, the amount of the taxes assessed The description of all real estate shall be, as far as practicable, by township, range, section and sectional divisions and subdi- visions but when this cannot be done, the assessor shall adopt such description as will most conveniently identify the es- tate to be assessed. When there are sew eral parcels or tracts of land belonging to the samc individual, lying contiguous and forming one entire tract, the whole may be included in one aggregate valuation, and so extended and if lying in two or more counties, shall be assessed with all the other property therein, in the county in which the larger portion of the estate may be.
 SEC. go. And De t further enacted, That the assessors may know what lands are chargeable with tax, it is hereby made the duty of the Governor of the State and Comptroller of public accounts, to pro- cure, in substantially bound books, from the several Land Offices in this State, or the General Land Office, registers of all lands in each county, to which the title of General Government has been extinguish- ed; showing, lst, the purchasers grantee or reservee, and number of certificate ;- 2nd, a description of the tract, and, 3rd, the date of sale. These registers shall be carefully kept in the office of the Comp troller, and he shall duplicates thereof fur. nish the several Clerks of the County Courts, showing the lands within their re- spective counties which duplicate regis. ters, shall be carefully kept in their re- spective offices, and the said Clerks shall, before the lst day of May, ls4s, and on or before the lst of January annually thereafter, furnish copies of the same to the county assessor, whose duty it shall be to see that each tract or parcel therein named shall be properly assessed, unless the same be especially exempt by law.
 SEC. 30. And be it further enacted, That in addition to the registers of land to be furnished the Clerks of the County Courts, of the several counties of this State, the Governor of the State and Comp troller shall have made and furnished to each Clerk, map of each township and fractional township in his county. which map shall be so divided, as to shew the divisions and subdivisions of sections ;- and each sectional division and subdivs- ion to which the title of the General Go- yernment has been extinguished for five years, shall be marked with the letter P; which map shall be en good paper and substantially bound and when furnished with said maps as aforesaid, the Clerks shall enter in the face ofthe several tracts represented by said maps, the name off the party to whom said tract stands asses ed, in the assessment register, and shall, from time to time, note such changes and transfers of title to said lands as may be offered for record in his office.
 SEC. 3l. And De tt further enacted, That to procure the register of land to winch the title of the General Govern ment has been extnguished, in the sever- al counties of this State, and the maps as contemplated and required in the two pre- ceding sections of this act, the Governor of this State and Comptroller, shall have power to make such contracts and employ such agent or agents as may be necessary thereto.
 SEC. 32. And De 1 further enacted. That for convenience of reference and comparison, the registers of land to which the title of the General Government has been extinguished in the several counties, shall commence with the lowest number of townships, ranges and sections, and be continued in regular numerical order; ;-I and the registers of assessors shall, in the order of entering assessments of real es- tate, be made to conform thereto.
 SEC. B. And Dc a further enacted, That the county assessors shall annually, on or before the lst day of August, make return ot their assessment registers to the Clerk of the County Court, after the same has been examined, compared, and cor reCted by the Commissioners Court, the said Clerk shall make three fair copies thereof, one of which he shall hand to the tax collector; one to the Treasurer of his county and forward the other forthwith to the Comptroller of Public Accounts ;-I and the same shall always be open to the inspection of all State officers, and the tax payers of each county, free of cost or charge and for the making of such cop ies, the Clerk of the County Court shall receive such compensation as the Con- missioners' Court may allow.
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