American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-11-16

turns to the Assessor when he makes his
call:
The Commissioners of said County,
| Assessor of f----
in the County aforesaid, Greeting:
Pursuant to the several Acts Of As
sembly, in such case made and provided,
we, the said Commissioners, hereby re-
quire and direct you toproceed forthwith
to the place OF abode of each and every
taxable person residing within your
and with your utmost diligence and abil-
ty to discover, ascertain, make out and
return
A just and perfect list of the names
of all taxable persons in your
arranging them in alphabetical order as
"owners ofreal property" tenants" or
"single men" as the case may be, with
description of their property, real and per-
sonal, as also the several objects, &C.,
made taxable by the laws of this Com
monwealth; the whole arranged under
their appropriate heads, in the tabular
forms hereto appended.
You are further required to inquire and
ascertain who, Of the taxable persons with
in your are residents, and who are
non-residents, and to distinguish them in
your return by annexing to the names of
thenon- residents the letters N. r.
You are further required to inquire and
ascertain who are aliens and who are nat
uralized citizens, and to distinguish them
in your return by annexing to their names
the letter A to distinguish aliens, and in
like manner the letters n. G. to distin-
guish natuIalized citizens.
You are further required to make list
of persons living within the limits ofsaid
liable to enrolment in the militia, to
wit All able bodied white male citizens
s.dent within the said -- of the age
oftwenty-one years, and under the age of
forty-fve years, excepting persons enlist
ed into volunteer companies, idiots, luna
ties, common drunkards, vagabonds, pau
pers; and persons convicted Of any infa-
nous crime and in case of doubt respec'-
ing the age of person enrolled you will
place his name upon said list and return
certified copy of said list to the Office of
the County Commissioners of said county
As soon as the said roll or list is COM
pleted you will forthwith cause notices
thereof to be put up in three of the most
public places in the said - which no.
tees shall set forth that you have made
a list or roll of all persons liable to enroll
ment according to law, and that copy
thereof has been left for record in the Off
ce Of the County Commissioners, where
the same may be seen or examined by
any person interested therein, until the
day when the Assessors and Commission
ers shall meet to review the assessment of
red and personal property, or for appeals,
on which said day the said Assessors and
Commissioners Of the county shall also
meet to review said enrolment. Any
person claiming that he is not liable to
military duty on account of some physical
defect or bodily infrmity, or that he is
exempt from the performance Of military
duty by any law of this State or of the
United States, may, on or before the day
specified in such notice, and not after, de-
liver to you an affidavit stating such facts
on which he claims to be exempt or not
liable to do.mi.itary duty. Such affidavit
may be made before any person authori-
zed to administer oaths; and you shall
cause all such afidavits TO be filed in the
Office ofthe County Commissioners. When
you have completed the assessment roll
you will sign the same and attach thereto
an affidavit substantially as follows -
"The undersigned Assessor A orssessors
of the city, borough, ward, or township of
- in the county of Butler, being sworn;
or affirmed say that they have made
strict and diligent inquiry to ascertain
the names Of all persons required to be
enrolled as liable to military duty, by
the provisions of this act, residing in the
district; that the roll hereto annexed is,
as near as the deponent or deponents can
ascertain correct roll of all persons
residing in said district, who are liable to
be enrolled" You will then deliver said
roll to the County Commissioners at their
next meeting, and it shall be called the
militia roll of said district; and also one
copy to the Brigade Inspector of the
proper brigade.
You will take an account of all real
estate, viz: All houses, lands, lots Of
ground and ground rents, mills and manu-
factories of all descriptions, furnaces, for
geries, bloomeries, distilleries, sugar-hous-
es, Warehouses;, breweries, tan-yards, fish
cries and ferries, wharves, and all other
real estate not exempt by law from taxa
tion; and you are further required to
value all farms by the acre, inserting the
price per acre separate and apart from the
buildings or improvements, which you are
to value by themselves, mentioning wheth-
er they are log, frame, stone or brick bull
dings, and likewise the number of stories
in height; and all lots of ground are to
be valued the same way. You are requi-
red to assess all coal lands as follows:
l. In all cases where the surface and
the coal are owned by the same person or
persons, the assessment must be upon the
land including the coal.
2. In all cases where the surface and
the coal are owned by different persons,
the surface must be assessed to the owner