Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-17
AS ssoRs' NOTICE

ASSESSORS OFFICE, No. 1? CITY HALL,
May l, 1871.
The Assessors of the City OF Worcester hereby give
notice that their Office will be open from the list until
the 18th Day of June Next inclusive, from A.
NJ to P NJ but WH haze no regular Office hours during
Nay, and all persons liable to he taxed in said city,
required to bring in to the Assessors within the time
above specified true lists of all their polls and estates
real and personal held in their right, in trust or
otherwise not exempt from taxation
Your attention is called to the following Sections
Chapter II, of the General Statutes of the Common
wealth:
SEcTI 81. Keepers Of taverns and boarding houses
and masters and mistresses Of dwelling houses, shall
upon application of an Assessor in the place where their
persons residing therein and liable be assessed
Every such keeper master mistress refusing to give
such information. knowingly giving false information,
shall forfeit $1,000 for each offence.
SECTION 49, The assessors in all require
person bringing in such list make oath that the same
IS true winch oath may be administered by either of the
Assessors.
SECTION as. No person shall have an abatement unless
he has filed with the Assessors list subscribed by him.
of his estate liable to taxation and made oath that
full and accurate, according to his best knowledge and
belief When such list is not filed within the time speci
fed by the Assessors for bringing in complaint from
the judgment of the Assessors shall be sustained by
County Commissioners unless they are satifed that
there was good cause why such list not seasonab
When the Assessors OF city or town have given no
ce to the inhabitants thereof to bring in true lists OF all
their polls and estates, not exempt from taxation, in
cordance with the provisions of the twenty second
ton OF the eleventh chapter of the General Statutes,
they SHALL NOT afterwards abate any part of the
sessed personal estate to any who did not bring
in such list within the time specified therefor in such
tce, unless such tax exceeds by more than fifty
the said amount which would have been assessed to
that personal estate, If he had seasonaby
brought in said lists and if said exceeds by more
than fifty per ce1tuM the said amount, the abatement
shall be only OF the above the said fifty per cent
prouded however, that this act shall not affect any
person who show reasonable for not
ably bringing in said list
Goods, Wares Merchandise, Stock in trade must be
taken at their fair marketable value the first day
Nj y If at such SITE said stock is fair average of the
amount held during the twelve months preceding Bu
ues the fair average value of the stock during the tint
above designated must be given. The return must alsI
include at value aseertaned above directed Goods
Wares and Merchandise, which may be owned or helt
without the Commonwealth The value of Goods, Wares
Merchandise, Stock in trade, CANNOT be offset or de
creased by any DEBTS due for the same, by any ab
ties whatever.
of interior decoration, Shares Manufacturing, nsur
ance Railroad, Mining and other corporations without
the state must be returned at their market value the
| first day of May
| Public Stocks Railroad Bonds and Securities of all
kinds must include the Stocks, Bonds, Notes. Othe
Sc curties OF any foreign NatOn of any State, City
or Town. must be returned at their market value thu
first day of May
All Personal property held by a wife or minor child
must be included in the return of the husband father
or a separate return made as Trustee Guardian.
| And whoever does not comply with the above pr0vis
ions of the law will NOT be entitled to attachments
consequence of any estimates that may be made
the Board of Assessors above the 50 per owe
estimated.
HENRY GRIFFIN,) assessors
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WIN. L. CLARK, Secretary
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