The daily gazette., 1876-09-06
John Beck, Assessor.
Return FOR 1876.

by n. b. HdyeS.
Horses 8 valued at ........................ $3.50
Cattle, valued at .............. ............ 25
Sheep | Valued at............................. ,
Hogs. valued at.............................. -
Pleasure carriages, wagons, &c........... 40
Value OF household goods and furniture
of every kind gold and silver, pate,
china ware. iewelry. books. farming
utensils. grain, wool agricultural pro-
ducts of every kind, lumber. coal,
wood, stone. st teamboats. .canal-boats,
or share in such boats. and all other
articles of personal property not in
cuded in the foregoing or subsequent
items of this statemedt. .................". 400
Total value of first seven ltems....."..... 300
Gold and silver watches,3, valued at 200
Piano fortes see. .......... None
Monthly average value of all goods and
merchandise owned or held by me
during the year or part thereof end
ing the day preceding the I'd Monday
OF April. lSi6-value of all moneys in
possession or on deposit subject to
draft on demand with hanks or........ 800
others Values of credits, &c............... none
Dogs number must be sworn to,
value must be stated but need not be
sworn to-. ,
Total volue of ali items. .............,,5 $40
Here follows the formal oath of r, b. Hayes }
In publishing copies of sworn re-
turns of Governor Hayes, of hisproper-
ty for taxation, commenting upon
discrepancies, omissions and Irregular
tiles in his statements under oath, we
intend to keep within the record and
facts as can be shown by most irre>
fragible proof, as will be seen by refer
cnce to the return of Governor Hayes
for 1874. He returned moneys, credits,
book accounts, household goods, &c.,
1000. The will of Sardis Birchard,
who bequeathed r. b. Hayes fully
$50, 200 personal property admitted to
probate January 30, 1874, and as Gov>
enor Hayes was the executor with,
out bond he became possessed of
all the property devised to him by will
at once. Birchard returned his per-
sonal property, exclusive of moneys,
credits, notes, book accounts, &C., rs
$0,0 ,0S2 to the Assessor April, 1878, ali
Governor Hayes, after having all
Birchard returned, added what he
owned previously returned to the AS
SCISSOR OF Taxation April, 1874, all his
personal property not included IN the
seventeen enumerated items, 81 900.
Was thisperjury?
In March. 1874, previous to making
his return to the Assessor, II. &. Hayes
held mortgage and notes against ]. f.
Amsden for LOCO, interest ut per
cent, payable annually, due in 1878, ALSO
against Edwin Van Dorm, Martin Nor,
iatty. VIM. IL. Andrews and A, J.
and Elizabeth Hale, amounting to So
go, all bearing 6 per cent. interest He
did not list this $9,675 for taxation al
though he had held notes since 1874
previous to making his return that
year. r. b. Hayes returned gold
watch, $500. in 1874. and in 1875 and
1876 returned three watches including
one returned in 1874, at 5000. Was
this perjury? r. b. Hayes did not re-
turn piano in any one of the three
years, although he had one in his par
lor all the time, and it Is the boast of
his admiring n eighbors that the one
now in his parlor cost $500. Was this
perjury r. B. Hayes returned in 1919
and 1876 three horses, $500, when his
neighbors know that he values one Of
his horses at $500, was this perjury?
Il. D, Hayes returned in 1870 four car
riages, $3.50, when it was well known
to many of the citizen OF Fremont that
he paid Mr.. Moore, IL manufacturer OF
thai CITY, $500 for them and had n
.UhactuH ihtc7st t21l Was thi, per