Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-18
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Any person, firm, incorporated com
pany or association, feeling aggrieved
on account Of an assessment, made as
in this Statute provided, may appear
before the Board of County Commits
sioners at any regular or special term
thereof, and ask to have such assess
ment equalized; and such Board may
proceed to hear the allegation OF the
party complaining, and Of the Assessor,
and such other evidence as may be pro-
duced, and by an order entered in the
minutes Of their proceedings, equalize
such assessment by adding to or deduct.
ing therefrom, as may seem inst, and
such action, when had shall be final.
SEC. s. Section one hundred and
seventeen is hereby amended so as to
read as follows: Section n hundred
and seventeen: The revenue arising
from the tar of n dollar and twenty
five cents on the valuation Of the pro-
ceeds of mines as fixed in this Statute,
shall be paid into the County Treasury
for the benefit of the State.
Sec. 6. Section one hundred and
eighteen is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows: Section one hundred
and eighteen: Every tax levied under
the provisions or authority of this Act,
on the proceeds Of the mines, is hereby
made a lieu on the mine or mining
claims, from which ores, quartz or
minerals, bearing gold or silver, or
either, is extracted, for reduction or re-
moyal, which lieu shall attach on the
first DAYS of January, April, July and
October Of such year for the quarter
year commencing on those days respec-
lively, and shall not be satisfied or re-
moved until the taxes, as provided in
this Act, on the proceeds of the mines,
are all paid, or the possessory title TO
said mines or mining claims, has abso-
lutely vested in a purchaser under a
sale for the taxes levied on the proceeds
of such mines, or mining claims. The
| County Assessor may, at any time,
serve a notice which shall be in writing,
signed by him, upon any person or trm,
or upon the Superintendent, Managing
| Agent, Foreman, or any person having
| charge or control Of the business OF any
incorporated company or ASSOCIATION
engaged in reducing ores taken
from any mine or mining claim
setting forth the amount OF taxes
assessed and unpaid on account OF
ores or minerals extracted or taken
from such mine or mining claim, and
| from the time OF receiving such notice,
the person or firm, Incorporated COM
pany or association, so notified, shall
be held liable for the amount Of such
unpaid taxes to the extent Of the value
| of the ores and minerals then in posses
| sion of the person or firm, Incorporated
| company or association, extracted or
| taken from such mine or mining claim,
or thereafter received therefrom, over
| and above any sum which may have
accrued, or may thereafter accrue, on
account of transporting such ores or
minerals from the mine, and the actual
cost Of reducing the metal therefrom.
Sec. I. Section one hundred and
nineteen is hereby amended so as to
read as follows: Section one hundred
and nineteen-The Assessors in the
several counties in this State shall be
| allowed to retain to their, W use for
collecting tho tax, as provided in this
Act, on the proceeds of the mines, two
per centum ON all moneys by them col
lected, and no more. The Assessor and
his deputies shall keep a correct ac-
count Of the number Of days and parts
Of days they have been actually en-
ployed in assessing the proceeds Of the
mines as provided in this Act and shall
verify the same under oath before the
| Clerk of the Board of County Commits
~sioners, or other person authorized to
administer oaths, and then present said
account to the Board of County Com
missioners who, if satisfied of the cor
rectness Of the same, shall allow it, or
so much therefor as they may find cor
rect, and order payment thereof to be
made at the rate of eight dollars per
day. The County Auditor shall receive
for extending the taxes on the quarterly
assessment roll of the proceeds of the
mines, an amount not to exceed fifteen
cents per folio Of the one hundred words.
No County Treasurer shall be allowed
TO receive to his own use any per cent
age or compensation from the moneys
accruing from the tax on the proceeds
of the mines. 1" ?
SEC. 8. Section one hundred and
twenty is hereby amended so as to read
as follows: Section one hundred and
twenty-five amount allowed and paid
out to the Assessor and County Audi
tor for services under this Act, so far as
il relates to the proceeds Of the mines,
shall be apportioned by the Auditor in
the proportion the State tax bears to the
County tax on proceeds Of mines, and
| the amount shall be. charged to the
State and County rateably in said pro-
portion, and q verified statement of the
amount allowed by the Board Of County
| Commissioners shall entitle the Control.
Ter to credit the County Treasurer with
such amounts as shall have been charg.
ed against the State.
This Bill, if passed and enforced as a
law, will result in burdening Storey
county mines with q tax Of not less than
| 1854, 900 annually-Gnstead of S35, 900,
| as the tax is now.) Think of this, citi-