Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-09-15
TOTAL, l3,24S S46,445

TOTAL, 1928 SAT, AS So 5U1
The sheep killed 10 Loudoup county We're
valued at au average of IS 30, or 5l4 per ct.
above their taxable value Upon making this
remark to person he tried TO explain it by
the assertion, that when the sheep was killed
she was generally great with lambs by an im-
proved buck, and therefore more valuable, but
this can certainly be rebutted by the fact that
the assessor commences going round 10 Febru-
airy, and ought to finish by April, and at any
rate the property Is presumed TO be owned by
the farmer 90 The first named date, aud that is
precisely the time when she is most likely to be
great wi lamb The sheep is either under
valued tor taxation or over valued for the dog
money, and it is exceedingly difficult to deter
niue which is the safest horn Of the dilemma as
all parties are supposed to be unier the solem-
nifty of an oath. We will have to take the horn
OF tie Valuers after being killed, for the pre-
SUMPTION Is that they are entirely disinterested,
and further Solomon says in multitude OF
couusellors there is safety and these valuers
are three against one interested valuer for tax
atlon and this position is fortified by the origi-
nal with somebody long ago. observation not
untrcqueEty seen IN obituaries of nobler AMI
mails, namely: Death loves a shining mark. y
But the remedy. in my judgment, is this Let
the sheep-dog law be uniform, aud let it pro-
vide that the district Of the Commissioner of
the Revenue 10 which the killing is done be
stated 10 the application for relief; then let the
Justice issue his summons to the Commissioner
OF the Revenue for that district, to a person
chosen by the owner, and to third person
chosen by himself; let these parties view the
sheep left behind unimproved aud assess their
value at the time aud give it to the owner as
compensation for his sheep, adding to it Is cts.
per diem for each Of the three parties, provided
that should buck be killed the said appraisers
may value him from a view of the body then
lying before them; or let the Commissioner of
the Revenue produce the tax list of the party
aud give him a certificate OF the value OF the
sheep at price not exceeding twenty per cent.
OF their assessed value with the provso above
noted. This will work substantial justice to
all parties losing sheep, and prevent over vau-
alton such as have heard of; thus, Que man
loses sheep on the first OF a month and calls in
appraisers, who view the bodies of the dead
and fix their value per head at 81 50, and a
certificate is returned to the commissioner of
the sheep fund on the 18Th be loses more
sheep. he selects other viewers aud they value
the sheep at IS, and yet which valuation is COR
rect. Our Loudouu sheep fund paid 63 per
CT. on % oU OF S5.ot per mead. Moderate values
of sheep caused a loss to sumo owners, while
others, probably from an over valuation, OBJ
tanned the full value of their sheep. I make
these suggestions to some OF our mutton loving
would-be legislators, aud will never claim the
copy right of them. dedicate them to the
winning man 10 Fairfax
Fogs are rising 90 the river, and the season
Of chllls aud fcVers has commenced, and with
the decay Of the rank vegetation we may look
for vigorous shakes. ALIoUis.