Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-15
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ASSESSORS OFFICE, No. y CITY HALL
May !, 1871. !
The Assessors Of the City OF Worcester hereby give
notice that their Office win be open from the list until
the 18th Day of June Next inclusive, from A.
N. to P. NJ but ell have regular office hours during
Adv all persons liable to he taxed in said city
required to bring in to the Assessors within the time
above specified lists of all their polls and estates
real and personal, held in their right, in trust
otherwise not exempt from taxation.
Your attention called to the following Sections of
Chapter IL, of the General Statutes of the Common
wealth;
sEoTIoE 81 Keepers oftaverns and boarding houses,
and masters and mistresses of dwelling houses, SHALL
upon application of an Assessor in the place where their
house situated give information the of all
persons residing therein liable to be assessed
Every such keeper, master mistress refusing to give
such Information. or knowingly giving false information,
shall forfeit $1,000 for each offence.
SECTION 23 The assessors SHALL in all cases require
person bringing in such list TO make oath that the
Is true which oath may be administered by either of the
Section 49, No person shall have an abatement unless
he has filed with the Assessors list subscribed by him.
Of MS estate liable TO taxation and made oath that it
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 the
County Commissioners unless they satined that
there good cause why such list was not seasonaby
When the Assessors OF city or town have given no
tce to the inhabitants thereof to bring in lists of all
their polls and estates not exempt from taxation. in
eordance with the provisions Of the twenty second
ton of the eleventh chapter of the General Statutes
they SHALL afterwards abae any part of the
estate who did bring
in such list within the time specified therefor in such
tice unless such tax exceeds by than fifty
the said amount which would have been assessed
that person personal estate, If he had seasonably
brought in said lists and If said tax by more
than fifty per ceHtun the said amount the abatement
shall be only of the above the said fifty per
provided hogeuer that this act shall not affect any
person who can show reasonable excuse 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, If at such date said stock fair average of the
amount held during the twelve months preceding But
1t the stock has at different times been of different val
ue fair average value OF the stock during the time
above designated must be given. The return must also
include, at value ascertaned above directed, Goods,
Wares. and Merchandise. which may be owned held
without the Commonwealth The value of Goods Wares
creased by any DEBTS due for the same by any ab
ties whatever.
Household furniture exceeding $1,000 in value includ
ing Library Pictures, Satuary. and all valuable articles
of interior decoration Shares Manufacturing Insur
ance Railroad, Mining, and other corporations without
the state must be returned at their market value the
first day of MAY.
Pubic stocks Railroad Bonds and Securities of all
kinds must include the Stocks, Bonds Notes. or other
securities OF any foreign Nation of any State City
Town. must be returned at their market value the
first day of May
All Personal property held by wife or minor child
must be included in the return of the husband father
separate return made as Trustee Guardian
And whoever does not comply with the above provls
ions Of the law, will NOT be entitled to attachments in
the Board of Assessors, above the 50 per centum
estimated
HENRY GRIFEIN,l assessors
VIM l.. CLARK, Of the
r. nj. GOULD, city Of Worcester
WA. l.. CLARK, Secreldry,,