Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1850-04-09

Its title to be a Sacramento Express"
James McCurdy died at the Volcanic Mines
early in tho month of February, OF typhoid lever
| was shocked at the intelligence, as be was one
ofthe heartiest members of our company.
When | shall be in the States is now uncer-
tain, possibly by next spring, but not 10 remain
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Providing fora re.ass essment of the land through
out the CommonweaIth-pas March 20, 1880.
l: Be IL enacted by the General Assembly, That
it shall be the duty,of the several county and cor
poration courts, at their ensuing April or May
terms, to appoint proper persons 10 assess the
value of all lands and lots, together with the i'm
pr0veinents thereon, within their respective coun-
lies and corporations. For each corporation
there shall be but one assessor, but each county
as many as there are commissioners otthe reve-
nue. in the same and no person shall be appoint
ed assessor for any county or corporation, who
is not a resident of aud treeholder.in the same.
In those counties in which two or more assessors
are to be appointed, the court shall! appoint one
for each parish or districtto which a commissioner
of the revenue, shall have been assigned.
2. Each assessor. before entering upon the du-
ties of his Office shall, in open Court, execute a
bond, with such security as The court shall APP
prove, in the penalty Of fiyeIlsousan d dollars, con-
ditioned for the faithfully erfoTmance of the duties
of his Office; and shall moreover take an oath, in
open.CoUEt, or before a justice of the peace, that
he will faithfully, impartially, and to the best of
his skill and understanding, execute all the duties
of his office according to law.
3. The Register OF the Land Office, as soon
as possible after The passage of this act, shall
forward to the clerk of each county and corpora
ton court, a list of all grants oEland within his
county or corporation, issued between the -
day Of December, eighteen hundred and forty
nine, and the time of making out such list; and
il shall be the duty ofthe clerk, without uEne-
cessary delay, to deliver The said list Of grants,
with a copy of tue land book for his county or
corporation for Il e year eighteen hundred and
forty-nine, to the assessor of such county or cor
~poration. In any county in which there shall be
more assessors than one, the clerk shall furnish
to each of them n copy of the list OF grants, and
of the land. book of the parish or district for
which he is appointed. For The services afore-
said The clerks shall receive such compensation
as the court Of his county, OF. corporation may
think proper to allow, which shall be embraced
and paid out OF the first county or corporation
levy made after the services stIallhaVe been rem
dered and any clerk who shall fail to perform
any duty hereby eninined upon him, shall be fined
for the use OF the Literary FIND, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, al the discretion OF
a jury.
4. The said assessors shall, Immediately after
their appointment, proceed 10 examine all the
lands and lots, with The Improvements thereon,
within their respective counties, districts and cor
poratiOns, and shall upon such examination as
certain and assess the cash value thereof. And
if at any time the court shall be satisfied that any
assessor appointed under this act will not, r that
from any cause he cannot perform the duties de-
volved on him, within the time hereinafter pre-
scribcd, It may wholly supersede him and appoint
another in his place, or appoint one or more as
sistants to aid hin in his duties, as II shall deem
most cxpedicnt; but before any persont thus APP
pointed shall enter upon the duties of his Office,
he shall take oath and execute the bohd (with
such penalty as the court shall tx prescribed in
the second section: FrOriled, hOtrerer, That the
cash value Of the lands, lots, and improvements
thereon shall be fixed by first ascerraining tho
value upon the usual credits in the neIghbUTboUd
and rcSatIEg legal interest. 4
5. ANY person feeling hinselfaggTieved by the
assessment of his lands or lots made under the
provisions Of this act. may, upon giving notice TO
the assessor, apply TO the court OF his county or
corporation, at the first or second term after snCh
assessment has been made, ard not alter, to have
the assessment of his lands or lots corrected;
which notice shall be in writing, aud shall have
appended thereto an affidavit, that, in the opinion
of the afiiant, the assessment of his lands or lots
is above the true value thereof, which affidavit
may be sworn to by the owner of his duly au-
ttnrizcd agent. In all such applications it shall
be The duty OF the attorney for the Commonwealth
in such court TO attend TO the interest of The
Commonwealth and ii the courts shall be salts
fed that The assessment is too l.igh, they shall
reduce the same 10 what is in their opinion the
true value OIL SuCD LatluS or IOIS tltiL IL IuSY SIlII
be of0pin'On that the assessment is too low. then
thew shall increase it in like manner; and such
applications shall have precedence over all other
causes pending in said courts. In any case in
| which the owner OF lands or lots, or his agents,
shall be dissatisfied with the value assessed, be.
| cause it is too low, the assessor shall adopt the
estimate Of the owner or his agent; but, in cases
Of appeal cost shall not be taxed for or against
| the appellant or the Commonwealth.
6. AS soon as the assessors shall have COM
| pletcd the assessment in their respective conn-
| ties, districts and corporations, and shall have
conformed the same in all cOntroveTted cases to
| the action of the court, the said assessors shall
| each make out two copies o: his assessment, in
the form in which the laHd-hooks are row made
out and certified by the commissioners of the
revenue; one of which copies shall be filled and
preserved in the clerks office of the county or
| corporation, and the other forwarded by mail or
other safe conveyance, to The first auditor at
Richmond, on or before the fifteenth OF October
next. Each assessor who shall fail to comply
with any reqnisition of this section, shall forfeit
all right to. compensation for his services.
7. Each assessor and assistant assessor shall
receive the sum of two dollars for each day he
shall be necessarily employed inIhe execution of
the duties Of his Office. Their accounts shall
be made ont, verified, certified and paid nut of the
public treasury, in the manner prescribed by the
eighty ninth section of the f%fty-fith chapter Of
the code Of Virginia of eighteen hundred and forty
nine, inaTelation to the commissioners of the re-
venue.i -.
g. This act shall be in force from the time of
it's passage.
LloUoR LAw.-The Massachusetts Legizia-
ture has passed, by a large majority. a stringent
liquor license law, prohibiting the sale of all
spiri;uous or fcrmented liquor in a less quantity
than twenty.etght gallons, except for mechanical
and medicinal purposes:
1t authorizes town corporations to appoint suit
able agents for the sale of Iiqunrs, who shall be
paid for their services from the corporation trea-
sury. The penalty for Infringement of this law
is Imprisonment in the county Jail, or hard labor