The Shasta courier., 1861-04-13
Assessors Notice.

YVHE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE TO
the Property Holders of Shasta County, that
he has entered upon the performance of his official
dnties for the current year. To the end that citi-
zens may know what those duties are append the
annexed article of the Revenue Law, to wit
ART. 30e5, Sec. 3. Between the first Monday in
March and the first Monday in August, in each year.
the county assessor Except otherwise instructed by
special enactment) shall ascertain by digent inqui
ry and examination the names of all persons, cor
porations, associations, companies firms, owning,
claiming or having the possession, charge control
of any real estate, and all improvements in public
lands, or personal property situate being within
the county, and the full cash value of all such real
estate, improvements and personal property not by
this act exempt from taxation and he shall list or
assess all such real estate, Improvements and per-
sonal property, to the person, firm, corporation
sociation or company owning it or having the pos
session, charge control of it, and he shall demand
from each person and firm, and from the president
cashier, secretary, treasurer managing agent of
each corporation, association company within
his county, statement under oath, of all the real
estate, improvements on public lands or personal
property within the county, owned or claimed by
such person, firm, corporation, association com
pany, or which is in the possession under the
control of such person. firm, corporation, association
or company, and If any person shall refuse
glect to give, under oath, the above required list
statement of all his property, and of all the property
perty the firm of which he is a member owns claims
has the possession Of and of all the property any
corporation, association or company of which be is
president. cashier, treasurer secretary manag-
ing agent, owns claims, or has possession of, and
of all the property which he or his firm, the
poration, association or company of which he is
president cashier, treasurer, secretary managing
agent has the charge, possession control Of if
the owner or claimant Of any property shall be alb
sent be unknown, or be nonresident, it shall be
she duty of tie Assessor to make approximate
&stimae of the value of such property taking care
that the revenue of the state shan be diminished
in consequence of any refusal to give list of pro-
perty under oath, and the estimate so made by the
assessor shall be final and conclusive, far per-
sona property is concerned, unless the party own
ing claiming, or having the possession, charge or
control of the same, shall thereafter prior to the
first Monday of August, within three days after
demand for the taxes such assessment shall be
made, if said demand is made prior to the first
Monday of August, render to the assessor, under
oath, the statements required by this act and the
estimate made by the assessor under the provisions
of this section, shall be final and conclusive in re-
gard to real estate and improvements on public
lands unless such estimate is altered by the board of
equalization; prorided all real estate improvements
and personal property shall be assessed to person.
firm, corporation association or company as herein
provided, and to all owners claimants known or
unknown.
If taxpayers were to have list of their property
prepared, ready to be to, as the law directs
by the time Of my reaching them, they would there
by save themselves some annoyance, perhaps, as
well as facilitate my work
B. GARTLAND,
apis Assessor Shasta County.