Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-21
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other purpose, and yield rent, the
same shall be taxed as othef property.
Fifth-Ths mines provided, that
all machinery used in mining claims
and all property and improvements
appurteDant to or upon mining claims
, which have an independent and sep
arate value that can be estimated and
taxed without taxing such mining
claims, shall be subject to taxation
SEC. +. Immediately after the pas
sing of this ordinance, the Board of
Trustees shall proceed to elect one
town assessor, who shall hold his Of
fee for one year, and until his sue,
cessor is elected and qualified, and
the said assessor shall have the'power
to appoint one deputy assessor, and
shall become responsible for the acts
of the said deputy.
SEC 5. The town assessor, before
entering upon the duties of his stfice,
shall execute to the town of Gold
Hill bond in the penal sum of one
thousand dollars, with two or more
sufficient sureties conditioned for the
faithful performance of all the duties
of his Office required by law, or the
ordinances of this town, and shall
take the oath of Office, which shall
be Endorsed on the certificate of his
election.
SEC. 6. In case of any vacancy in
the Office of Assessor, unless such
vacancy shall occur after the COM
plete performance of the duties re-
quired for the current year, the Board
of Trustees shall cause the vacancy to
be filed at the first regular meeting
after the vacancy occurs.
Sec. 7. The town assessor shall
keep a daily account of the number
of days he shall be actually employed
in the discharge of his official duties,
and shall present the same after he
shall have completed his official du.
ties for the year to the Board of
Trustees at the time they met as a
Board of Equalization, and the ac-
count So rendered shall be verified by
the oath OF the Assessor before some
officer authorized to administer oathS,
and the Board may further require
such Assessor to answer definitely
under oath, any and all questions
touching rpertinent to the discharge
of his duties.
SEC. 8 Between the third Monday
of October and the third Monday of
November of each year, the town as
SCISSOR shall ascertain, by diligent in
quiry and examination, the names of
all persons, corporations, associations,
companies or firms, owning, claiming,
or having the possession, charge or
control of any real or personal proper
ty not exempt by this ordinance from
taxation, within the town, and the
full cash value of the same; and he
shall assess all such property to the
person, firm, corporation, association
or company owning, Ginning, having
possession, charge or control of the
same and it shall be the duty of the
Assessor to demand in every case,
from each person and firm, and from
the President, Cashier, Treasurer,
Secretary, or managing Agent, of
each corporation, association or COM
paDy within the town, statement,
under oath, of all real and personal
property within the town, owned
claimed or possessed by such person,
firm, corporation, association, or CON-
pany. Such oath shall be reduced to
writing, and shall be subscribed by
the party making it.
Sec. 8. If any person shall neglect
| or refuse, on demand of the Assessor,
to give, under oath, The statement re-
quired by section eight of this ordi-
nance, the assessor shall make an ap-
proximate estimate of the value of the
taxable property which such person
neglected or refused to render under
oath. The value, as fixed by the
Assessor, shall not be reduced by the
Board of Equalization, but may be
increased. And if the owner or
claimant of ary property, real ur per-
sonal, shall be absent or unknown, it
shall be the duty of the Assessor to
make an approximate estimate of the
value Of such property, and the same
may be reduced or increased by the
Board of Equalization, as the justice
Of the case may require.
SEC. 10. The Clerk of the Board
of Trustees shall prepare an Assess.
ment-roll, with the proper headings
for the different columns, in we'll
bound book, for the town assessor,
and shall deliver the same to him on
OF before the third Monday of Octo-
br. The Assessment.roll shall be
divided into columns under the fol-
lowing heads:
'First,-The name of the taxable
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