Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-03

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a S S E sORs' OTICE.
ASSESSORS OFFICE, No. II, CIR HALL.
The Assessors Of the City of worcester hereby ve
notSs ta sslr ONCE will be open from the frsi aRnI
p NJ and all persons liable to he taxed in aid CITY ara
5eqGIeG 70 eIis 70 the Assessors within the time
above specned true lists of all their polls and estates
real and personal, heldia their own rsht in trust or
otherwise. not exempt from taxation.
Your attention is called to the following Seetons Of
Chapter Eleven of the General Statutes Of The Common
Section 81. Keepers of taverns and boarding bousas
and masters and mistresses Of dwelling houses sbaI
house is situated give information Of the names of All
persons residing therein and liable be assessed for
10 give such Information or knowingly giving All in
formation, shall forfeit 5000 for each offence.
person bringing in such list to make oath that the same
is rue which oath may be administered by either the
section &C. No person shall have IN abatement unless
he has filed with the Assessors list subscribed by him
full and accurate. according best knowledge and
belief When such list is not filed within the time speci
from The Judgment of the Assessors shall be ss aimed by
the County Commissioners unless they are satisfied that
there was gooa cause why sueh list was not seasouaby
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, exempt from taxation in ac-
cordanee with the provisions of the twenty-seeond
they SHALL NOT afterwards abate any part OF the tax
assessed on personal estate to any person who did not
such notice. unless such tax exceeds by more than fifty
PER cENTUM the said amount which would have been
assessed TO tha person on personal estate if he had
sonaby brought IN said lists and ID said exceeds by
more than my PER cENTUM the said amount the ahate-
ment shall he only OF the above the said y PR
CENTUM; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this act shall not
AFFECT any person who show reasonable excuse for
not seaSonably bringing in said list
Goods. wares Merchandise. Stock in trade mist he
taken at their fair marketable value on the first day of
May if at sueh date SAID stock is fair average of the
amount held during the twelve months preceding Bur
If the stock has at different times been of different
values, the fair average value the stock during the
time above designated must be given The return must
also lnclude, az; value ascertained above di-
rected Goods wares, Merchandise which may be owned
or held without the Commonwealth The value of
Goods, Wares, Merchandise stock In trade Cannot
be offset or decreased by any due for the same or
by any liabilities whatever.
Household furniture exceeding $1,000 in value incul-
ing Library Pictures, Sauary, and all valuable articles
of interior decoration Shares in Manufcturing nsur-
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. or Other
securities OF any foreign nation of any State County,
Cly or Town. must be returned at their market value
on the first day o. May
All Personal Property held by wife or minor child
must DC included IN the return OF the husband father
or separate return made "a Trustee or Guardian.
ana whoever does not comply with the above pro-
visions OF the law Will NOT he entitled attachments
In consequence OF any over estimates that may be
by the Board OF Assessors unless the estimate exceeds
by more than 50 per centuTn, proper valuation.
VIM. l.. CLARK, Assessors
LEVI BARKER. OF the
JOSIAH P. H0TGHToN. City Of worcester.
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