Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-09-16
Proclamation by tho Governor.
Executive OFrIorl

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! EXECUTIVE OFfIor,
City Of Austin, September ., 1900,
WuEnEAs, the exhausted condition OF the
Treasury Of tho State p'akes II accessory
10 proceed TO Tho collection Of. Taxes, ut
/ The earliest day possible, In order TO meet
.he,current expenses Of the present Pro-
! yisional Government, and also to .delray
tho expenses of Convention, when the
same shall assemble; Therefore, L An
DREW j, HAMILTON, by virtue OF the All
thority vested In me as Provisional Gov
ernor OF the State Of Texas, do order and
proclaim as follows;
ist. The Assessors and Collectors for the
respective countie. In the State, shall, be-
tween the tenth day Of September and the
| first day of December Of the present year,
! A. d. 1865, proceed to assess direct dd "a
! loren tax Of twelve and half cents upon
each hundred dollars value Of property,
real and personal, except such property MS
may be exempt from taxation by the laws
in force prior to the second day Of March,
| A. ID. 1861.
I'd. Tho Assessors and Collectors shall al
so, within the time mentioned in the fore
going section, assess poll tax of one dol
lar for each male person Of the age Of twen-
ty one years, and upwards, resident in their
respective counties: freedmen, idiots, aud
| persons non coRlpoS meRHS excepted.
3D.. The Assessors and Collectors shall
also assess and collect, within the time
mentioned in the first section Of this proc
lamation, license and occupation taxes, for
the current year 1865, from allpersons sub
iect thereto by the laws in force prior to
the second day of March, A. ID. 1861; and
in all things respecting these taxes the
said Assessors and Collectors will DO gov
crned by the said laws.
4th. The list of taxable property which
The tax payer is required to furnish to the
Assessor, shall contain description Of all
the taxable property held by the party in
his or her own right or rs guardian, exec
utor, administrator, agent or attorney, on
the LIST day of July of the present year,
A. d. 1866; and the said list shall be verified
by the oath Of the person returning the
! same.
9Th The assessment rolls required to be
made out by the laws in force prior to the
second day of March, A. D. 1861, shall be
made out and returned to the Office of the
Clerk of the County Court in each County,
and to the Office of the Comptroller ofPublic
Accounts, in this city, on or before the LIST
day of January, A. D. 1866.
9th. Each person owning or claiming
property situated in any other County than
that in which he or she resides, may render
the same for assessment to the Assessor and
Collector of the County where he or she re-
sides; and the value Of property situated in
any other County than that in which the as
scssment is made, shall be determined in the
same manner as if the property were situa-
ted in the County where the assessment is
made.
7th. The Assessors and Collectors will
collect the direct al yalorcm iox between the
LIST day of December, A. D. 1865, and the lst
day of February, A. D. 1866; and for all of
said tax remaining unpaid on the LIST day
of February, A. d. 1866, they shall proceed
Immediately thereafter, to levy upon and
sell property, in accordance with the laws
in force prior to the second day of March,
A. D. 1861.
9Th The taxes shall be paid in specie or
in the Treasury Notes of the United States;
and the Assessors and Collectors shall spec
ify, in their returns, the kind Of currency
in which the tax was paid; and they shall
pay into the Treasury the same description
of currency as they received.
9th. Upon all property situated in the
County where the assessment is made, such
County tax will be assessed and collected
as has been, or may be, ordered by !he
County Court of the County; and upon al
property situated in other Counties than
that in which the assessments made, there
shall be assessed and collected County tax
equal to one half Of the State Tax.
10. In making up their assessment rolls,
and in performing all the duties of their Of
fees, the Assessors and Collectors will use
the forms which were in use by their pre-
decessors prior to the second day of March,
A. D. 1861.
18th. Property shall not, in any case, be
assessed at reduction of more than thirty
three and one-third per centum upon the
assessed value of the same description of
property in the year A. D. 1860; and in cv-
cry case the present value of the property
to be assessed, shall be ascertained as near
~ as possible.
18th. In the discharge of all the duties
appertaining to their offices, the Assessors
and Collectors will be governed by the laws
in force prior to the second day of March,
| A. D. 1861, except so far Ms those laws are
modified by the direction of this proclama-
ton or may hereafter be modified by in
structions from me, or from the Comptroller
of Public Accounts, when there shall be
| one.
Finally, to prevent the possibility of this
proclamation being misunderstood by any
one, l think proper to declare that those
persons who were formerly in a state of
slavery, being no longer property, will not
be regarded as such; and no distinction
will be made between specie and the Treas
ury notes of the United States.
A. j. HAMILTON,
Provisional Governor of Texas.
JAMES II. BELL, Secretary Of State.
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