Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-03
A SsESS oRS' TIIOE
Assessors OFFICE, No. 70 CRY HALL, /

ASSESSORS OFFICE, No. u 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 5P NJ but wH have 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 called the following Sections of
Chapter IL, of the General Statutes of the Common
wealth:
SEoTI IN 81. Keepers oftavems and boarding houses,
and masters and mstresses Of dwelling houses shall
upon application of Assessor in the place where their
house is situated give information OF the names OF all
persons residing therein and liable to be assessed for taxes
Every such keeper, master mistress, refusing to give
such information or knowingly giving false information,
shall forfeit $4,000 for each offence.
SECTION 49, The assessors SHALL in all require
person bringing in such list to make oath that the same
Is ue which oath may be administered by either Of the
Assessors.
SECTION 46. No person shall have abatement unless
he has filed with the Assessors list subscribed by him.
of his estate liable to taxation and made oath that 1t is
full and accurate according to his best knowledge and
belief When such list is not filed within the time spec
fled by the Assessorsor bringing IL in no complaint from
the judgment of the Assessors shall be sustained by the
County Commissioners unless they satifed that
there good cause why such list was not seasonaby
broqghtn,.
oe 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 afterwards abate any part of the tax
essed personal estate to any who did not bring
in such list within the time specified therefor in such
ce, unless such tax exceeds by than nifty per cent
um the said amount which would have been assessed to
that person personal estate IL he had seasonably
brought in said lists; and If said tax exceeds by
than fifty per c7tuR the said amount, the abatement
shall be only Of the above the said my per cent
pTorided hOweUer that this act shall not affect any
person who show reasonable for not season.
ably bringing in said list
Goods, Wares Merchandise Stock in trade, must be
taken at their fair marketable value the first day of
May at such date said stock is fair average OF the
amount held during the twelve months preceding, But
II the stock has at different times, been of dsrent val
ue the fair average value of the stock during the time
above designated must be given The return must also
Wares and Merchandise, which may be owned or held
without the Commonwealth. The value of Goods ares,
Merchandise Stock in trade CANNOT be Offset or de
creased by any due for the same or by any ab
ties whatever.
Household furniture exceeding $1,000 in value incud
ing Library Pictures Satuary, and all valuable articles
of interior decoration, Shares Manufacturing lnsur
ance Railroad, Mining, and other corporations without
the state must be returned at their market value on the
first day of May
Public Stocks. Railroad Bonds and Securities of all
kinds, must include the Stocks Bonds, Notes. other
securities of any foreign Nation of any State City
or Town. must be returned at their market value on the
first day of May.
All Personal property held by wife or minor child,
must be included in the return Of the husband or father
or a separate return made as Trustee or Guardian
And whoever does not comply with the above proVls
ions of the law will NOT be entitled to attachments IN
consequence any estimates that may be made by
the Board Of Assessors, above the 50 per eenum over
HENRY GRIFFIN,) assessors
R. Sl N. { GOULD otHbN CITY d y Worcester %S
WIN L. CLARK, Secretary.
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