Daily Republican., 1880-12-16
See tnat You are Assessed.

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The eitizens should kssp 1t constsn'
ly in mind that the general assessmen
tor the year 1881 Is almost complete
so far as she first moveme Mt Of the Al
iessors are concerned, and if there al
any who have any reason to believ
that they have been omitted by th
Assessors they should immediGte
hunt them up and have their name
placed upon tho lists. We have n
doubt that Mr.. Sayilie has made yer
full assessment of the Northern diI
trict and yet he may have unintsn
tionally omitted some one. II there
any person north OF Sixth street VIII
is mot certain that his name 10 on tn
list, let that person call on Mr.. Savill
at $50 French street, and he will da'
no trouble in having his name pu
where IL should be. Mr.. saville ha
aimed st making full assessmsn: o
the voters and tsxablss without regaTc
to political feeling in the matter. N,
George Ward tactics haye been EN-
ployed to try how not to ssaess th,
people.
We wish We could bsspeak as full
and complete en- assessment in the
South district IS In the North. Had
Mr.. Hughes, the Assessor, been new
man We might have reason to believe
that there would have been q fair Ss.
sessment. Bat We have already had
trial Of him and we know how he did
his work, or rather how ne did not d.
it. We are sorry to say that We have
not 3 particle OF confidence in Mr.
Hughes that he will make q fair and
fall assessment.
Even II Mr.. Hughes is disposed to as
sess all who are entitled, il is uufortu.
nate for him thai he is beholden to
some one else to do his spelling and h is
writing and II these names
are written from any memorandum
that he may have made himself they
will be terribly b)tChed by the time
they appear on the Pu bliShed Gssess
ment duplicates that are to be hung up
ia each ward. 1t affords US no pleas,
u.e 10 refer in this manner to Mr..
Hughes illiteracy and ipcompsten5y to
personally perform tho duties OF an OF
dee which requires q good spsller and a
good penmap, but justice to the psople
Of the Southern District impels Us t,
warn them in time that they b. not dis
franchised from voting by having their
names misspelled or botobed in trans.
fsrring them.
We therefore call upon tie a5Gessible
citizens OF the Southern district, 10
matter what their politics may be, to
look personally after their asse ssmenta.
II they have the least idea that thsir
names have been omitted or that they
have been misspellsd, they should hnnt
up Mr.. Hughes at his residence, -
Chestnut street and have the errors cor
rected before the books are posted. The
Law provides tina! the assessment shall
be completed by the first day Of Jaru.
ary. Let this matter then be looked
after before that tine. The assessors
then have from the first Of JaRusry to
the tenth to prepa the assessment list
for posting in five distinct places in the
assessment districta.
The law has been construed BY many |
TO mean that no names shall be put
upon the lists from the first of January
until appeal day on the Last Saturday
of the same month, and the law ap-
parently seems to bear out this view OF
the case. To make sure Of being as.
sessed, voters should ascertain and be
certain that thsir names are upon the
lists and that they are spelled correct
ly and plainly before the first OF next
month,
The assessment law next requires
that the fall assessment OF each as.
Sessmsnt district shall be posted In at
lsas: Eve places in that district within
ten days after completing the assess
ment. The next move on the part Of
the assessor is to appoint a day Of ap-
pea, generally understood to be the
iast Saturday of January, though the
amended assessment law does not say
80, at which tims tle assessors must
correct errors that have been made and
add to the lists the names Of those who
have been omitted if they apply in per I
son with tue proper voucher. The last a
occasion OF this sort will not be readily
and To avoid a repetition Of /:
this kind, every voter should b. GER
tain that his name is on the lists before
the tenth Of January. Ii will be re- \
how Mr.. Hughes was eallet
away at the last appeal by nls
gram copcoctsd for the time and the
while hundreds Of oiti1en. 1
were in line waiting to be Assessed.
The same thug may occur again. Vo.