Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-12-18

commissioner, and also fit person to b.
o collector. Such person shall, as far al
practicable, be residents of some town
near to such cores or unorganized towns
and they shall hold their office till Others
are appointed.
SEQ. 2. Said commissioner, immedi'
ately after his appointment shall be sworn
to the faithful discharge of his duty, a
certificate of which oath shall be endorsed
on his commission, which commission,
with certificate thereon, he shall cause
to Be recorded in the office of the county
clerk Of the county where he resides.
Such commissioner shall, and he is here
by authorized, on or Immediately after the
first day Of April in each year, to take
the lists of all persons in said cores or
unorganized towns, whose polls, personal
property and real estate are liable to tax
alton, and also the property. real and per-
sonal, of non-residents. in the same man
ner as listers of towns perform their du-
ties in their respective towns. Such list
shall, when completed, be deposited in the
town clerks office in the town in which
such commissioner resides, and be subject
to examination in the same manner and
for the same purposes as lists of towns
now are, and applications for ATTACHMENTS
and corrections shall be made to such COM
missioner in the same manner as such APP.
plications are made to listers in towns.
Such commissioners shall have the same
power to act in the premises as listers and
selectmen have in like cases, in towns,
and shall on or before tide first Thursday
Of October in each year return a copy of
each list by him made to the Treasurer Of
the state. The first appraisal of the real
estate made by the commissioner in max
ing said list, and the appraisal so made at
the expiration of each five years thereaf-
ter, shall be the basis of taxation, subject
to such corrections and alterations by the
as listers of organized
owns are authorized to make each year;
and it shall not be required that said list
should be revised or acted upon by the
of listers or the committee of
he Legislature to average the grand list
SEC. 8. Whenever any state tax shall
hereafter be assessed on the polls and
'ateable estate Of the inhabitants of this
,tate, the Treasurer shall make out tax
IN the copies of the lists SO returned to
him by such commissioners, and shall i'm
transmit to each of the col
lectors, appointed by virtue of this act,
bill on the list of all the cores or unor-
yanized towns in their respective counties
With his warrant attached thereto, CON-
handing such collector to levy and collect
such tax and pay the same into the treas
ury.
SEC. 4. 1t shall be the duty of every
collector, appointed by virtue of this act,
Ind he is hereby authorized to collect the
State tax agreeably to the rate bill and |
committed to him by the treasur-
sr for collection, in the same manner and
With the same powers that first constables
nave in organized towns, and be subject to
The same penalties. Such collectors, be-
'ore they shall proceed to the discharge of
heir duties, shall give bond to the state
Tor the faithful performance Of the same,
IN the same manner as the first constables
of towns are required to do in like cases
to their respective towns, and in such sum
rs the Treasurer Of the state shall pre-
scribe, which bond shall be approved by
The commissioner in the county in which
be resides, which approval shall be en-
lorsed on said bond, before any warrant
for collection shall be placed in his hands
by the treasurer; and the issuing by the
Treasurer Of such warrant to the collector
shall be sufficient evidence Of the appro-
val and delivery Of such bond to the treas
urer as aforesaid. And in all cases where
constables are now required by law in the
Of taxes to leave with the town
clerk for record any advertisements, war
rants, ratc-bills, or lists Of lands sold, or