Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-22
Nutrres.
A ssEss RS NOTICE

A S 8 E o r s. NOT 1 E !
ASSESSORS OFFICE, No. u CITY HAIL.
May !, ISL
notice that their Office will be open from the LIST until
the 18th Day of June Next inclusive, from A.
M Up NJ, but WH have regular office hours during
My, 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 II, of the General Statutes of the Common
wealth.
SEoTI 81 Keepers oftaverns and boarding houses
and masters and misresses 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
Every such keeper, master MISTRESS refusing give
such information. or knowingly giving false information
shall forfeit $1,000 for each offence.
SECTION %. The in all require
person bringing in such list make oath that the
Is tre 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 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 spee
fed by the Assessors for bringing in complaint from
the judgment of the Assessors shall be sustained the
County Commissioners unless they are sauhed that
there was good cause why such list was not easonaby
When the Assessors OF a city or town have given no
ce to the inhabitants thereof to bring in true lists of all
cordance with the provisions Of the twenty
ton of the eleventh chapter OF the General Statutes,
they SHALL NOT afterwards abate of the
sessed on personal estate to person who did bring
IN such list within the time specified therefor in such
tce unless such tax exceeds by more than fifty cent
the said amount which would have been assessed
that person on personal estate, If he had seasOnaby
brought in said lists and If said exceeds by
than nifty per sentun the said amount, the abatement
shall be only Of the excess above the said fifty per
provided, however, that this shall affect any
person who can show reasonable for not
ably bringing In said list"
Goods Wares, Merchandise, Stock In trade, must be
taken at their ar marketable value the first day of
May If 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 different val
ues the 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 or held
without the Commonwealth. The value of Goods, Wares,
Merchandise, or Stock in trade CANNOT be offset de
creased by any due for the same by any iabl
ties whatever.
Household furniture exceeding $1,000 in value, ncud
ing Library, Pictures atuary and all valuable articles
of interior decoration Shares Manufacturing, Insur
ance, Railroad Mining and other corporations without
first day of May.
Public Stocks, Railroad Bonds, and Securities OF all
kinds, must include the Stocks, Bonds Notes. or other
curities any foreign Nation of any State, City
first day OF May.
All Personal property held by wife or minor child,
must be included in the return OF the husband father
or a separate return made as Trustee or Guardian.
And whoever does not comply with the above proviB
Ions Of the law will NOT be entitled to attachments in
consequence OF any estimates that be made by
the Board Of ASSESSORS above the 50 per eentum
estimated.
HENRY GRIFFIN,) assessors
r. Es II. & GOULD StHGA' city d = Worcester va