The Shasta courier., 1861-05-04
Assessors Notice.

TyHE UNDERSIGNED GIr-S NOTICE TIC
the Property AHolders
he has entered upon the
dnties for the current
zens may know what tn,
annexed article of the Rev.
ART. 3005, Sec g. Betwe,
March and the first Monday in
| the county assessor Except otheTe.
special enactment) shall ascertain by
ry and examination, the names of all pc.
porations associations, companies or firms,
claiming or having the possession, charge ore
of any real estate, and all improvements in p,
lands, or personal property situate or being wit
the county and the full cash value of all such real
estate, improvements and personal property not by
this act exempt from taxation, and be shall list or
assess all such real estate Improvements and per-
sonal property, to the person, firm corporation,
soelatlon 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 or 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 or
pany, or which is in the possession or under the
control of such person. rm corporation association
or company, and if any person shall refuse or ne
gect to give under OATH the above required list or
statement of all his property and Of all the property
perty the firm of which he is member owns, claims
has the possession of and of all the property any
corporation, association OF company OF which he Is
president, cashier, treasurer secretary or manag
ing agent owns, claims or has possession of, and
of all the property which he OF his firm, or the cor
poration, association company of which he is
president, cashier, treasurer secretary or managing
agent has the charge, possession or control OF, or II
the owner or claimant of any property shall be abb
sent or be unknown or be nonresident, it shall be
the duty of the assessor to make an approximate
estimate of the value of such property, taking care
that the of the state shall not 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-
sonal property is concerned, uuless the party own
ing, claiming, having the possession, charge or
control of the same, shall thereafter, prior to the
first Monday of August or within three days after
demand for the taxes on sueh assessment shall be
made, if said demand is made prior to the first
Monday of August, render 10 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 altered by the board of
equalization: proridcd all real estate, improvements
and personal property shall be assessed to person.
firm corporation association or company, as herein
provided and to all owners or claimants known or
unknown.
If taxpayers were to have list of their property
prepared ready to be sworn to, 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.