Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-24
twenty-third to the twenty-seventh, IN
elusive, and appear as follows.

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Each deputy shall take the Same oath, and
have the same powers and authority a. the az
SCISSOR himself, hut Tor whose official acts h
shall be responsible. except In cases where h.
refuses to make appointments. III which ra'
the court .hall take buni ni 'uch buputi.s.'
We submit that this * Il little too
much after the style of the West yin
gina law TO appear upon Missouri stat
ute books.
Section iortv-sevcn provides for ~
sessing real estate every TWO wears
We think that in rural communities
if the assessor were, required - ASSES;
the property to its actual "wnrr. a, ap
pears upon the records. which he Is II"
definitely required To- do. either III tn" "I,
or proposed law An asscs>mciitol the r"t
property OF the state once every i"uI
years would he sufficient
The story of the West Virginia law
also applies TO lines thirtv-i five to thlr
weight, in section turty-eight. which
have no connection with the subject
just preceding them, and should b'
moved up several line, III the para
graph.
Section iiItv-lhGee provides that the
assessor shall value Il assess uH til,
property on the assessors books Hcc0rd
tnQ to its true rdjHe ~ W0nry At the
time OF the assessment, and among ths
persona. property to be So assessed III
cludes dogs. Tue true value in money
OF q dog, we tear. is lone OF those
things that no fellow ran find out. ans
if the taxes should turn up delinquent
on this species OF property it Will b,
interesting 10 compile statistics rs L
the prices they will fetch when sold by
the collector under dlstraiut.
The rules for listing and v%aluing
moneys aud credits are carefully draw
up.are exhaustive, aud viii no doubt be
effective.
A radical reform is proposed in sec
| ton slxty-tour, which should nave becr
the law long ago, and which collectors
should have l~orcstalled SO far as having
the tax bills made out is concerned. i
is that the county clerk. instead 0t turn,
ing over to the collector tax books. trou
winch to make his collections. shall.
make ont tay-bills. AM! these shall be
turned over to the collector, and when
a citizen yocs to the collectors office I,
paw his taxes the collector has onlv t.
hand him ? .eceipted bill. take his money.
and their business is completed. Hi,
will tighten the labors OF the collector
wonderfully. and b. a great accnmIuo
datiun to who will not he
Obliged To wait one. two and even thrr,
day, to pay their taxes. i, they nave
trenu.ntlv had tn Lu in th. mast
Section sevcntv-tive provides that the
county cl.rL sb,U ruu certain ,ja'ir.
o,snt t,xes ON the hooLs from year +,
l.,r hn, rn, an.er ,h. lands ,nrya,n
Tho m.nna, i, which Ills IN IN. J,n.
shonII hn m,la :, I;t,In ni,inor
Sartion nino,y-t',r,a X If 60 winch
imnort,nce ,h,t we mote n
LA state AM. county tnA., shall b. raId 10.
gold or silver coin. ImlIF'i states legal tender
n 10 IN M ma =. t,Sr r "rne "''e'' P %'Ni = W M1 a. ,"nn,
~ " rrant<. coupons OF county h"nts and jary
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