Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-06-11
1.ExAGAZETTE e VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
ASSESSMENT OF LAND.

aud l6 of said chapter, 10 relation to the as
sessucnt Of the lands Of the Common
weath.-Approved March 81, 1875.
l. Be it en- acted by the General ASSEMBLY,
That sect ioos |, S and + OF chapter 81 of the
Code of 1878 he amended and reenacted so as
to read US follows
Section |. Ii shall be the duty of the sever
al county and corporation courts, and Of the
Hastings Court OF the city Of Richmond, at
their June and July terms, IN the year 1875,
aud every fifth year thereafter. to appoint
proper persons to assess the cash value of all
lands and lois, together with the improvements
thereon, within their respective counties and
CORPORATIONS; Provided, That there shall be
but one assessor Tor each corporation, except
the city of Richmond, where there shall be
three, and for each county as many as there
are commissioners of the revenue tor the same.
Aud no person shall be appointed assessor for
any county or corporation who is not resi-
dent or freeholder Of the same. ln those
counties 10 which two or moro assessors are to
be appointed the court shall appoint one tor
each district to which commissioner OF the
revenue shall be assigned.
Section s. AS soon as the assessors shall
have completed the assessments 10 their re-
spective counties, districts. or corporations they
shall make Two copies of the assessments In the
form in which the land books are now made
out, and shall certify on oath that no lots or
lands are omitted and thai there are no errors
on it's face and of those copies so certified one
shall be filed aud preserved in the clerks office
of the county or corporation, and the other
forwarded by mail or other State conveyance
to the Auditor of Public Accounts at Rich
mond ou or before the lst Of December 10 the
year in which the assessment is made: Pro-
vided, That for good cause shown the judges
of the county. and corporation courts Of this
Commonwealth may extend the time of making
the returns Of said assessment to the lst ;ot
January next succeeding. Each assessor
who shall fail to comply with any requl,,
stion of this section shall forfeit all
right to compensation for his services.--
It shall be the duty Of the Auditor OF Public
Accounts as soon ss possible alter the passage
of this act to prepare proper forms OF returns
Sc arranged as to show the lands and lots 10
each commissioner of the revenues district
separately, with blanks to be filled up BY the
assessors, and cause the same, with proper
instructions, to be printed, and forward sufi-
cient number of copies for the use OF the as:
SCISSORS to the clerks Of the courts OF the several
counties and corporations.
Section 6. Any person feeling himself ag-
grieved by the assessment OF his lands or lots
made under the provisions of this act may, up
on giving notice to the assessor, apply to the
court by which the assessor vas appointed, at
the first, second, or third term after such as
sessnent shall be made, and not after, to have
the assessments of his lands or lots corrected;
which notice shall be 10 wiring, and shall have
appended thereto an affidavit that in the opln.
ion of the af6aDt the assessment OF his aads OF
lots is above the true value thereof; which attl-
davit may be sworn to by the owner or his duly
authorized ageut. In all such applications 1t
shall be the duty of the Attorney for the Com
monwealth to protect the interest Of the Com
monwealth. And if the court; shall be salts
fed that the assessment is too high it shall re-
duce the same to what is in its opinion the
true value of such lsnds or lots; but it it shall
be of opinion that the assessment is too low,
then it shall increase in like manner. And
such application shall have precedence over all
other causes pending in said court. In any
case in which the OWuer of lands or lots, or his
agent be dissatisfied with the value assessed
because it is TOO low, the assessors shall adopt
the estimate of the owner or bis agent; but 10
case of appeal from the decision to court, as
herein provided for costs shall not be taken
for or against the appellant or the Common
wealth. "..
2. Sections 9, 10, IL, l2, l3, IA. Is and Is
of chapter 81 OF the Code Of 1873 are hereby
repealed.
3. This act shall be in force from its passage.
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PorAroEs. "A correspondent tells the Fruit
Recorder! t6at for many pears past he bas made
q practice thsving received 2 lesion drenS - Sacs
Frost OF SmoWing Of ciose to The ground all his
putsto tops. both in field apd garden, when
they are about two or three inches in height,
taking hot sunny day, or better. windy one,
when all moisture has evapora.ed BY this
means he avoids the rot aud greatly increases
the yield, sometimes as much as twenty hVe
per cent These results have never failed.
With smasl quantity, such as he has had only
10 the garden for Two or three years, be mas
found them to suffer very little from the Colo
RADIO pest, leaving nothing to lay their hrst egg
from, which covers nearly alt the safler family
growth. : We. are mot over sangufne' as~ to
attainment of all these desirable ends BY now
lug off the potsto tops, and especially have
doubts about the success OF this plan OF cheat
Ing the potato beetle of bis birthrlght 1t bus
progeny depend:oo something " lay their nrst
eggs from" during the short time it taxes 70
grow the two inches of potato stalks potatoes
planted few weeks later would escape tne
pest entirely. Still it would be very desirable
to have this experiment tried 90 large scale,
and i. will take but little time to NOV on row
in the field or garden. There can 90 iosS
accrue from this, and it may lead TO the es-
tablishueot Of principle of the greatest im-
portsnce. . !,
Ou street car the other day boy made
sudden grab among the straw, caught some
thing and, as be Strengthened up, ne lnqui1eo'
who lost fifty cent piece T. Seven me3
held out their hands to him, and tour Wanteo
to, but felt afraid. There was painful PAUSE
and then the boy unclssped his hands ana eA
hlbitcd a pants button. Seven men suddenly
sauk back to mediate, aud the other four M
dulged 10 winks. nv r: .L
Belle Boyd, who was somewhat notorious
during the war, is delivering lectures 10 len
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