Daily Republican., 1889-01-24
THE ASSESSMENTS.
THE POSTED LISTS SHOULD
BE EXAMINED.
II Loft on. How 20 Get On the Assess
ments---When to Fay Taxes---The
Lists Easily Accessible to
All Persons.

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Monday mex. Until then they are easily
accessible TO all; after that there will be
more difficulty In seeing tAcm. Now is
the tme to see II you are assessed, and to
see II y0ur names arc correctly spelled.
There are many names omitted from the
| assessment, and for this 1t Is hardly fair
| to blame the assessofs. They have very
great difficulty in getting the names at
| many places whe.c they call, the lady OF
this hCuse, who is generally at home, not
understanding the purpose for which the
| names are waited, purposely Withholding
some Many OF them think that II they
give the name OF the head Of the honse
that should he sufficient. In this way
the names of boarders aad sons old
enough TO vote are Giten withheld, Q d
| then the q s6ssCr gets the blame. Young
| men who live in boarding houses and
cons where there arc several In the house
old enough to vote should most especially
look over the lists and see that they are
| fairly and squarely asseised. As the
| question Is often asked, "Iow eau ] get
sssrs, cd, and when can pay my taxesW
| tho following information in regard to
that matter may tie useful:
| + assessors ae elected on the first
Tuesday IN November every two years.
The present assessors were elected on
Tue day the 9th OF November last. As
soon as posrible afterwards they qualified
for their work before the Levy Court,
which holds special -yeeivn TWO W, ess
Mef 10. election for that purpose and
$50 10 deliver TO the ASA ssors Their b ankle
wv " them In their duties.
From that time on TO lhe iiTst Of Jan
uary is the easiest lime to Ct assessed.
II II is general assessment year like the
present AMI which comes every four years,
the assessor goes or IA supposed TO go
from ouse TO house and TO ev, ry house
lu the ward, TO get tho names of every
msle member OF that househ Nd, whether
direc' y oil the 10 II; r b aid sr. and
he places nil those ames uyon his blank
cupli 'ates which he ca,rlts with him
An SCISSOR having but short tine in
which TO do thls work, canno. affvrd 10
duplicate rs calls at tee same house un
III tie can see the lead of the house, but
he must get his information from who
ever he mtets or In the best way he ~.
Here is where great many mistakes are
mad. The persons who give the names
o the assessor may thiuk they are doing
special favor by Withholding some
names and eaving thcu ths trouble and
expense OF paying Ia ;es and this Ia one
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left oil the assess ments.
AS has been saii, the assessor has but
TO the first 81 January In which TO do thi.
worl'. After that date aud until the 18th
of the month he Is busy preparing dupli-
Gates for posting IN the waIdH, and after
the frat OF the month be can place nc
more names on bis duplicates until appeal
day The assessment lists are required t1
he posted by the 15tn of January and
must remain posted at least ten DAYS bu,
can remain longer. The pos ing OF the
assessme nts is 10 give everybody u chance
to see II they are assessed properly, aud
that opportunity they now have.
The assesenrs then sit as an appeal
board on the S9th 30th aud 3ist days o.
January, and on the 1st and I'd days o.
Fehrulry in the levy court rooms at thu
Court House for the purpose Of correcting
errors ~ d putting omitted names upon
the lis's. This Is the time to get on the
assessment lists II you are not already on
bu: you have TO appear In person befor,
the assessors with freehold voucher
| who will be qualified that he knows yoy
and knows that you are entitled TO Il
assessed. This Is the next best and easiest
time TO get on the assessment. But an
:: other opportunity will occur for getting
J on the assessment II you are still omitted
! ard that 's to 20 before the Levy Courl
when 1t me Is the 6rst Tuesday In Marcl
. and at any time during that month TAX.
ing 5 our voucher with you to qualify fol
you, but this plan is very unce tain and
should not be depended upon. The Levy
Court having much other business tc
perform may not have time to devote ex
clusiyely to assessing voters. 1t will bt
1 reco!lected that last year the court sci
+. aside six days to be devoted TO assessing
voters, but In all that time less than 2O(
nance were put upon the lists, while
thousands could not get assessed.
The sureRt plan to get assessed now is tC
20 before the assessors In the Levy Court
room, on the days already mentioned
with your voucher. You cannot get as
stssed now until that time, but you car
search the pt sted lists to see If you ar,
assessed, aud II you are not you can bt
ready against that time.
But you ask, when can / pay my
taxes after am assessedP The answer
is as soon as the clerks can complete the
tax duplicate and hand them over tC
the tag collectors, which is general,
can pay your taxes, aud then you car
vote at the city election on the arst Satur
day of June. The receipt you get ther
for paying your taxes will entitle you tt
vote at eli the elections for two years, ex
cept school elections. But the taxes car
be paid any time along from the time III,
duplicates are issued, the 2Sth of May
until the first OF March the next yesr
only II is never best TO postpone paying ii
until the end OF the year. Here Is where
d'sfranchisement comes in. II the take.
are not paid by the 1st of March the
names are returned by the collectors tc
the Levy Court as errors, and your nam,
Is stricken from the assessment for on,
year, and II you do not get put on at th,
next Levy Court, which is by no meani
certain, you will be disfranchised two
years. The better plan Is to get on the
assessments now, pay your taxes eacl
year and then you will be kept on III,
assessment without difficulty.
i2 hne cabinets for IS. 90, and one sxlt
rame size flee with each dozen, at Hol
and's, 307 Market street.