Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-07
ASSESSORS OFFICE, No. 70 CITY HALL, !

ASSESSORS OFFICE, No. z CRY IA HAirI,3
The Assessors of the City OF Worcester hereby give
notice that their Office will he open from the list until
the 18th Day OF June Next inclusive, from A.
to 5P NJ, but TiH hare no regular Office hours during
Nay and all persons liable to he taxed in said city, are
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 Of
Chapter II, of the General Statutes of the Common
wealth:
sEcTi N 2l. Keepers oftavens and boarding houses,
and masters ana mstTesses Of dwelling houses shall
house is situated, give information OF the names of all
persons residing therein and liable to he assessed for taxes
Every such keeper master or mistress refusing TO give
such Information knowingly giving false Information,
shall forfeit 5000 for each offence
SECTION 49, The SHALL in all cases require
person bringing in such list to make oath that the same
Assessors
SEcTioN 49, 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 It
FULL and accurate according to his best knowledge and
fed by the Assessors for bringing II in complaint from
the Judgment Of the Assessors shall he sustained by The
County Commissioners unless they are satihed that
there was good cause why such list was not seasonaby
tce to the inhabitants thereof to bring in true lists OF all
their polls and estates not exempt from taxation IN &C
ton of the eleventh chapter of the General Statutes
they SHALL afterwards abate any part of the tax
sessed personal estate to person who did not bring
in such list within the time specified therefor In such no
tice unless such tax exceeds by more than y cent
the said amount which would have been assessed to
that person on personal estate Il he had seasonaby
brought In said lists; and if said exceeds by
than nty per centuR the said amount, the abatement
shall be only of the above the said fifty per
prOUded h0WsUer, 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
amount held during the twelve months preceding. But
it the stock has at different times, been of different val
ues the fair average value Of the stock during the time
above designated must be given. The return must also
include, value ascertained above directed Goods,
Wares. and Merchandise which may be owned or held
without the Commonwealth The value of Goods, Wares
Merchandise Stock in trade. be offset de-
ties whatever
Household furniture exceeding $1,000 in value, nclud
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
cures 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 a wife minor child,
must be included in the return of the husband father,
separate return made Trustee or Guardian.
And whoever does not comply with the above prOvis
ions of the law will NOT be entitled to attachments in
consequence of any estimates that may be made by
the Board of Assessors above the 50 per centum
estimated.