The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-17
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SEC Is. The foregoing list shall have append
ed to the oath required to be taken by the per
son rendering list of taxable property The
cost of printing said lists shall be paid out of
the county treasury, on the order of the board
of supervisors, and the taxable inhabitants of
such county shall be furnished with such lists
by the assessor.
SEC Is. The tax list of every person shall be
made out on one of the printed lists, aforesaid ;
and the blanks in such lists shall be filled in ink
and the oath appended shall be taken by the
person rendering the list, and be subscribed
before and certified by the assessor or other
officer authorized to administer oaths; and
such lists shall be delivered to the assessor on
or before the first day of June of the year in
which the assessment is made :; and he shall
preserve them and deliver them to the board
of supervisors.
SEC II. Instead of distinct specifications OF
the amount of money on hand, or deposit, or
loaned, and amount of Indebtedness to the
party assessed which he regards as probably
collectable and amount of bonds certificates.
ETC., or other form of Indebtedness held by the
person rendering the list of his taxable prop
erty. any such person may state the amount
of one half of all forms ofindebtednes of every
kind to him, and this shall be in lieu of the
specifications mentioned; and the said sum
of one-half of all forms of indebtedness to
such person, added to the amount of cash on
hand and on deposit. shall be the amount on
which he shall pay taxes on account of the sub
jects embraced in the specifications men
toned; but bonds of this state shall be given
in at their face value.
Sec. Is. If the assessor shall think that any
person has not given in correct statement of
his credits or chooses in action he shall report
the same to the board Of supervisors, with the
grounds of his belief, and such board may re
quire such person to produce before it his books
or other evidence, and after full investigation,
such board may cause a proper assessment to
be made of the chooses in action or credits of
such person.
PERSONS AND PROPERTY HAVING ESCAPED TAXATION
IN FORMER YEARS TO BE ASSESSED; AND TAXES
OF PERSONS REMOVING TO BE COLLECTED.
SEC. 10 When the assessor shall discover any
persons or property that have escaped taxation
in former years, he shall assess such persons
and property for such former years, distinctly
specifying the fact of such escape and dis
covery by him, on a page or pages of his as
sessment roll separate from the assessment for
the current year and when the assessor shall
learn that any person assessed is about to |
leave the county, he shall notify the tax col
lector, who shall, if such person is about to |
leave the county, Immediately collect the |
taxes assessed upon him by distress and sale |
of personal property, as in other cases and !
the tax collector shall collect such taxes,
where he has information, no matter from
whom derived, that persons liable for them
are about to remove from the county, whether
the time for collecting taxes by distress and
sale of property has come not, and whether
1t be before or after the first day of October |
SEC. 20. When the assessor shall assess, as
before provided, for former year, he shall
give notice in writing thereof to the person |
assessed or whose property is assessed if such
person is resident of the county.