The Shasta courier., 1861-04-20
Assessors Notice.

VNHE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE TO
u 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-
IONS may know what those duties are, append the
annexed article of the Revenue Law to wit:
ART. 3005 Sec. 5. Between the first Monday in
March and the first Monday in August in each year.
the county Except otherwise instructed by
special enactment shall ascertain by diligent inqui
ry and examination. the names of all persons,
porations. associations companies firms, owning.
claiming having the possession, charge control
of any real estate, and all improvements in public
lands or personal property situate or 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
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
pany, which is in the possession under the
control of such person, firm, corporation association
or company, and if any person shall refuse
glect 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
or has the possession Of and of all the property any
corporation, association company of which he is
q president, cashier, treasurer, secretary manag
ing agent owns, claims, or has possession of, and
of all the property which he bis firm, or the
poratiop association company of which he is
president, cashier treasurer, secretary or managing
agent has the charge, possession or control Of if
the owner or claimant Of any property shall be alb
sent or be unknown or be a nonresident, il shall be
the duty of the assessor TO make an approximate
estimate of the value of such property, taking
that the of the state shalnot be diminished
in consequence of any refusal to give list of pro-
perty under oath, and the estimate made by the
shall be final and conclusive, so far as per-
sonal 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 on such assessment shall be
made, if said demand is inside 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 10 person,
firm corporation, association company. as herein
provided and to all owners or claimants known or
unknown
If payers 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.