Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-23
Important Laws.

ltiil dNi'nt:llltnt', ana All sections entirely
omitted
SECS. aUt' :. the same.
SEC. :" For the purpose IF this AIT, Thu
Territory sinai. n'.,iilId' dintntWnIi>irci~
The c..uuIi,.~ 4 Stevens, Whitman, Co
lumhia, Wail1 "a:!4. Yakima. S.5nkan
and klickital ANA ia ;icid, shall rnn>'it
tHic the first district, amt all other cuur-
tie Shall constitute ;hc second district.
In til" first district. the assessor Of each
county shall, hctWryn Thu Ii - Monday in
April, and I:,r !ir~; MondL, in July IN
each Year ,.h.l il he sccoH;i district be
tween IA" iir~i Monday in February
and III" first Monday in May in each
year, a-r"rtain hy dili@,nI inquiry the
naiA Of all persons liable To taAa-
tioA in hi c""n'y AMI also all the tax
abl" p''r>u:lti property anh all real estate
therein, and make out an assessment roll
! OF all taxable property and apprai>c the
/ sans accounting to The provisions OF the
>tatnir' relating thereto. Each assessor
( shat! require every person liable to he
( tArd IN his rudny Wien personally called
! upon, 10 furnish him Il list Of his real
estate situated in his county. liable to ta\-
alton, and Il list of all personal properly
( owned 10y every such person liable To tan
alton, that he had in the first district on
the first Monday Of April, at II o'clock
! meridian, and III the second district OH
the first Monday oi February, al II o'clock
meridian, stating the same in detail, and
shall rcquir" such person 10 make oath
| that To the best of his know ledge and be
lici sHch lis, contains il tul' and tue az
count of AN his property liable To he
taxed in his county, in the first dis
trict on the first Monday Of April, at T.
o'clock meridian, and in the second dis.
trict ON the first Monday of February 81
IL o'clock meridian. and if any person
shall refuse 10 furnish such list or TO
swear to the: anc, when required so to do
by the assessor, such person shall forfeit
and pay to the assessor for the use Of the
county, the sum Of fifty dollars, which
sum may be recovered 10y action in any
court having jurisdiction Of matters Of
debt or contract To the amount of fifty dol
lars and costs Of suit; such suit 10 !ic pros
ccutcd by, and in the name OF tn county.
SEC. /. PrcScribcS What a>SpsSOr shall
place on assessment roll
SEC. D. The assessor must aSsrs> each
description Of land separately, and The in-
proyemcnts upon the same separately.
SEC. 6, is Sec. Il, old law.
SEQ. :. Ii any person, after demand
made by the a>ScssOr, ncgiccts or refuses
To give under oath, the statement herein
provided for, or To comply with the re-
quircmcnt, Of this act, such person shall
he subject to Il fine not less than one hun
drcd dollars, nor more than five hundred
dollars. to he recovered by suit in the
name of the county, or hy Indictment, and
no property shall he exempt from cxccu-
tions issued on judgments by suit, or in
dictmcntS under the provisions of thi,
section.
SECS. and 0, are Secs. !G and II, old
law.
SECS. 10 to Is inclusive, are Secs 10 to
-. inclusive, OF OLD law.
SIC. Is. All vessels of every class which
are by law required IL he registered, H.
ccnscI or enrolled, must be assessed and
the taxes thereon paid only in the county
where the owner, or managing owner or
agent thereof, resides: P,oridtI That such
interest shall he taxed bat once.
SEC. Il. Vessels registered, licensed or
enrolled out of, and plying in whole or in
part in the waters of this Territory, the
owners, managing owners or agents OF
which reside in this Territory, must be a..
scsScd in this Territory and in the county
IN which the owners, managing owners or
agents reside, to the value of the respective
share or shares owned by said person or
persons.
SECS. Is, 10 and - are Secs. ~, IS and
80 old law.
SEC. 81. Any property which has @.
capped assessment for the last preceding
year, if such property is in the ownership
or under the control OF the same person
who owned or controlled it for such pre-
cedng year, it shall be assessed Tor such
preceding year, which shall be noted as Il
| correction OF the assessment of such pre-
ceding year.
Sizes ~, - and 81 are Secs 81 IS and
30, old law
SECS. - to 81, inclusive, are Secs 81 TO
Il, inclusive, old law.
SEC. b is Sec. 80, old law; and Sec So
is Sec. -, old law.
SEC. 81, IS and 80 are Secs. Sc, 81 and
IS, old law.
SEC. 40 changes Sc. 80, first line, from
January to May.
SEC. II. Every male inhabitant of this
Territory over lwenty-Onc and under fifty
years of age, must be assessed and an
nually pay Il poll tax OF two dollars, cx.
ccpt paupcrs, idiotic and insane persons,
and all active fircmcn, who have been Il
member of any fire company in this Ter
ri;ory for the period of one year preceding
the assessment of taxes
SEC II. The county assessor must at the
time of making his annual assessment,
demand poll tax from each person liable
therefor, and if such person shall refuse
or neglect to pay his poll taxes upon de
mand, by the assessor or his deputy, and
such person is in the employ of another,
the assessor must demand from the person.
firm, corporation or company, or agent
thereof, having said person in his or their
| A. tn nd I,
said person, firm, corporation or company
shall he liable to the county for said poll
taxes, which, if not paid on demand, must be
added to the assessment of said person,
firm. corporation or company or agent to
retain from the wages of any person in
his or their employ, the sum of two dollars
for his poll tax.
SEC. 49, Any person, firm, corporation
or company becoming liable for the poll
taxes of any person, as provided for in the
preceding section shall furnish such per-
son with statement to the effect that the
amount of his poll tax has been deducted
from his wages, and such statement shall
be Il sufficient receipt against the demand
of any person for Il poll tax from him for
the year mentioned in said statement.
SEC. A is Sec. g. old law.
SEC 40 The auditor must charge the
| :SStSSOr WITH TWO ttolluTS lOT ctCU0Dldnk
poll tax receipt delivered to him, taking
the assessors receipt for the same, and
must allow the assessor two dollars for
each OF said poll tax receipts returned to
him in blank.
SEC 46 is Sec GJ, old law.
SEC. ~ makes old Sec. GO, conform to
the necessities of two assessment districts;
makes poll tax receipts 50 instead of Sc,
and allows assessor 5 instead of 10 per
cent on poll taxes collected.
SEC. As is Sec. g., old law; Sec. 40 is
See. 90, old law; and Secs. so to 81, in
elusive, are Secs. "A to 81, old law, sub
stantially, except that Sec. 81 new law
! provides that no assessment shall he rails
, ed by the board of equalization unless ,
days notice in writing be first given to
the party affected, and See. So is Sec. So
old law.
SEC. 50. The board of county commits
| sioncrs in each county shalt, annually, at
their May term levy the following taxes