Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-02

rect the returns and valuations required by the provisions of this act and to hear any party making such return in regard to such valuations; ;andasaid board may adjourn from l time to time within eight days next succeed l ing the first day of eaid meeting; and if any person shall not make such return ss pre- | scribed, or shall make any erroneous return, | said board shall, at said meeting herein be- | fore fixed, or at some adjournment thereof, as aforesaid, make out upon the best infor- | nation which they can obtain, the state mont required to be made returned by such person; and a true copy of such statement | as corrected or made out by said board shall ! be returned to each respective corporation | or person; and the valuation, amount, and numbers contained in such statement shall | be final, and the sums required by the pro- visions of this act shall be paid according to Sec. 12. Every person who shall fail to return to the controller any statement re- 1 quirsd to be returned, as prescribed in any | of the proceeding sections of this act, shall forfeit five hundred dollars to the state; and Il every corporation or person required by this
 act to make any payment to the state, who ! shall fail to make it within the time herein-
 before limited, shall forfeit to the state twice
 the amount required for such payment.
 Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the as-
 sessors in every town to require all persons | SlfAhE iA snA AA5to IO 61Sa1 oasCs anu aoaAfOA
 to them sworn statement upon said list of
 the following form: "I do hereby declare
 under oath that the foregoing list, accord.
 ing to the best of my knowledge, remem- l brance, and belief, is true statement of all my property liable to taxation, and that
 have included in said tax list all bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness, .axcept such as are by statute exempted from ,at,o, or o-- ., ~-1orsad by the state treas- .a. o. as ,ot v. ot ate . enes ,:, to taxation in onnsc.;cut aV opd p1,eh; whioh ,iau.e wned by e or held by me in trust, or which am auired by law to put into my said tax tt; and also all bonds, notes, or other evi- ,nces of indebtedness, and all shares of the .pital stock of any corporation, the stock
 which is taxable, which have transferred ] collateral security to any corporation. I so declare under oath that I have net 'nveyed or temporarily disposed of any tate, for the purpose of evading the laws dating to the assessment and collection of xes. Dated at this day of IS :" ny person signing and delivering to the 'sessors false statement of the foregoing 'rm, shall be guilty of the crime of per- Try, and subject to the punishment by law rovided for said crime. Any assessor. filing to comply with the provision of this ction shall forfeit fifty dollars to any per n sueing therefor for such act of ne- ect.
 See. IA. Any provision of the law pro. ding for different taxation or for an ex- nption from taxation and inconsistent srewith, whether contained in the general atutes or in the charter of any investment 'mpany incorporated by this state, is hsre- ? repealed, and to that extent this act lali be an amendment to the charter of 'ch of said companies; but it shall not be 'cessary for said companies, or any of em, to accept said amendment.