The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-26

1s iftt he.l ZONE Austin 81
rr1I ilFto roQte
uIIea9t IS tic referees and Hlrlt dollars
and EIfr cents Der Ily Icr each dof ati.l
dancc. including tbl timt necessarily occu-
8icd going md returning frcm Austin.
fonniinn each thirty miles trireled enc day.
The clerk 81 tie board shall receive for
the time employed. the same wages he =.
coires n the comftrOlIefs Office provided.
he shall Cd no case be paid twice for the
same time SheriIs and other officers shall
receive the same fees as are now allowed By
law for the performance Of similar duty.
Clause a. The Comptroller shall, on OF
before the tfst day 81 January in each year.
forward 81 che sheriff 81 each county IN this
tate thrDagli Hhich any railroad o. teic
graph company may pass or - situate,
enough Of tie forms he IS hereby required
to forward and furnish the conipanics them
selves, Tor such sheriff g make out on said
forms duplicate assessments % al railroad
and telegraph c0mpanies in his county, or
who may own road or line passing through
such county On the receipt Of said forms.
the sheriff shall at once proceed 70 make
out on said forms, in duplicate, list, in ac-
cordance with the requirements Of said
forms and the instructions of the c0mptr0l-
Ter Of the property Of such cOmpGny. The
sheriff shall indOrse on said list thu follow
ing statement: ~ have made out his list
from personal knowledge, obtained by in
spcctiOn and examination. The list Of
property is correct, to the best of my lnOwl-
edge and information; and the valuations
are, according to my judgment, the fair and
reasonable values of such property in the
market, OF for use, or as an investment; !"
which statement shall be signed by tic
sheriff and sworn to before the districs
clerk of his county. The sheriff shall, on
or before the first day of March In each
year, return one copy of such list to the
Comptroller, and enc copy he shall deposit
with the district clerk of his county, who
shall file the same and preserve it as pub
lie archivc of his Office. The Comptroller
shall file the copy received by HIM in his
Office, and the same shall be considered by
him and the board of referees in deter
mining on the correctness Of any list Of
any railroad or telegraph company The
sheriff shall receive Ave dollars per day for
his services in making out said lists; pro-
vided, he shall not receive pay for more
than ten days the first year he makes out
said list, and for any subsequent year not
for more than five days; the numberof days
actually engaged to be stated by him under
oath, such compensation to be allowed the
sheriff by the Comptroller, ON settlement
with such sheriff If any sheriff shall fail
to perform this duty, when required so to
do by the Comptroller, such sheriff so fail
ing or rufusing shall forfeit to the State, for
every such failure or REFUSAL the sum of
fifty dollars, to be deducted and held by
the Comptroller out Of the fees due such
sheriff.
Clause Is. The list Of every railroad
company shall show the number of miles Of
road on which the iron is laid in each
county of this State, including sidings,
switches, turnouts and turntables, with the
value per mile; the number of miles of
road graded and on which the iron is not
laid, including sidings, switches and turn
outs, and the value OF the same
per mile in each county; the num-
Der Of depot houses, section houses,
round houses, machine shops, and all other
buildings Of every description, and the
value and in what county situate; also the
number Of engines, other than locomotives,
and the value, and the county where stu
ated; also the amount of machinery, tools
and material on hand of every description,
the value and county where situated also
the number Of locomotives cars and rolling
stock Of every description belonging to the
company, classifying same, giving num-
Der and value of each class and kind; also
all real estate, the county where situated,
with such description as is required by law,
and the value of each tract and lot; also
such other property belonging to such com
pany, including safes and all Office furniture,
properly describing same, stating value and
county where situated and in stating values
Of property, If there is difference In value
Of property of the same kind or class, stu
ated IL different counties, the actual value
Of such property, situated in each county,
and not the average value of the same kind
or class shall be stated. And In the prepa-
ration of the forms for the list, the Comp
troller shall SO prepare them as to distinctly
show and specify the particulars herein
mentioned, and to cover and include such
other miscellaneous property as may be tax
able, in such manner and form. as to thC
Comptroller may seem proper
Clause 10. Telegraph companies shall
show in their lists the number of miles Of
wire in each county in the State, and
whether there arc one or more wires TO the
mile, and the value for each wire per mile
also the number of Offices in each county II
the State, and the value Of the furniture il
each; also the number of buildings, and
amount of land on which the same Is stu
ate, if they own it (and proper description o.
the land as is required by law, in each county
of the State owned by them, and the value
also the number Of batteries and apparatus
for telcgraphing in each county In thu
State, and value of same in each county
also any other taxable property owned b.
them, county where situated, and value u
each county; and the Comptroller shall 81
prepare the forms as to cover any othe
particular not here mentioned.
Clause Ia. If any railroad or telegraph
company in this State, or doing business
in this State, shall fail or refuse TO retUr
their lists, Is in this act required, on o
before TIC first day of March in each an6
every year, the Comptroller shall imme
diately transmit the necessary blank form
for such lists, with the necessary instruc
tiOns, to the several justices of the peace IL
each county Of this State in which o.
through which any railroad or telegraph
line may be or pass, and the instruction,
Of the Comptroller to such justices, viii
this act, shall govern such justices IN th'
discharge of their duty. Such justices o
the peace, Immediately on the receipt o
the necessary forms and Instructions Of thu
Comptroller, shall proceed without delay t
assess all of the property Of every railroad
or telegraph company situate in their re
spective precincts, and enter the SANG, viii
the proper valuations, on the forms in &C
cordauce with the same, and cOnf0mabl'
in every particular to the instructions o
the Comptroller, which lists shall be made
out in duplicate, signed officially by th'
| Justice. and who shall endorse thereon tn
same oath required Of the sheriff IN claus
fourteen Of this section. Such justice sslal
at once transmit one copy of-such list Z
the Comptroller; the other he shall dcposi
in the Office OF the district clerk Of hi
county, who shall file and preserve the saIn'
as public record. II tho Comptroller
satisfied with such lists for as c0mpan.
uhcn received by him, he shall approve th
nc, and they shall stand for the lists o
b company. II he is dissatisfied witt
any OF ala Of such lists OF any company, b.
shall note his objections and specification
as in the case Of lists returned ~ the com
panies themselves, and 10 correct the same