The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-08
Assessment Notice,

AUDITORS OFFICE, CLARENDON COUNTY,
Manning, S. c., Dec. 8, 1889.
THE AUDITORS OFFICE WILL BE
i open from the first day of January,
$780, to the twentieth day of February. 1890,
to receive returns of real and personal prop
erty for taxation in Clarendon county for the
year 1890 and for the convenience of tax
payers will have deputies at each of the
places named below to receive returns for
the said year:
Pinewood, Wednesday, January /, 1890.
Panola, Thursday, January 2, 1890.
Summerton, Friday, January 3, 1890.
David Lewis Store, Saturday, January 4,
1890
Brunsons Y Roads, Monday, January 6,
1890.
Jordan, Tuesday, January Z, 1890.
Foreston, Wednesday, January s, 1890.
Harvins, Thursday, January 8, 1890.
w. 81. Youmans's Friday, January 10,
1890
Packsville. Monday, January 6, 1890.
Midway, Monday, January g. 1890.
Sardinia, Tuesday, January 7, 1890.
New Zion, Wednesday, January 8, 1890.
W.. J. Gibbons's, Thursday, January 8,
1890.
r. E. Smiths, Friday, January 10, 1890.
Real estate is assessed this year, 1890.
And all parties owning land, lots, and build
ings will please look mp their deeds, where
necessary, and get the right number Of
acres, lots, and buildings that they may own
on tile first day of January, 1880. All build
ings of any sort, that are worth ten dollars
or over are to be returned.
A good way for the taxpayer, who has
much property to return, is to make men,
orandum Of each building and its value, the
number of horses, cattle, mules, sheep and
goats. hogs, watches, organs and pianos,
bugges. wagons and carriages, dogs, mer-
chandise, machinery, moneys, notes and ac-
counts (above Indebtedness, furniture, Nc,
which will save the taxpayer time, and ena-
Bile the assessor TO progress in the work.
Taxpayers return what they own on the
first day of January, 1890.
Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first
given name Of the taxpayer in full, also
make separate return for each party for
the township the property is in, and where
the taxpayer owns realty to insert the post
Office as their place Of residence, and those
who only own personal property to give the
partys name who owns the land they live
on as their residence, which aids the tax
payer rs we'll as the county treasurer in
making the collection and preventing errors.
Every male citizen between the ages OF
twenty-one and fifty years on the first day
of January 1880, except those Incapable OF
earning support from being manned, or
from otherscauses, shall be deemed taxable
polls.
All returns that are made after the twen-
tieth day af February next have to be placed
on the additional list and fifty per cent.
penalty added thereto, unless prevented by
sickness or ont of the county during the
time of listing Not knowing the time Of
listing is no excuse. And all owners OF
real estate might 10 their tenants, who can
not read or take Il newspaper, great favor
by making their returns OF telling them the
time Of listing, and that ifthey fail to make
their returns IN time that the valuation has
to be increased fifty per cent. unless they
have q good excuse.
The assessing aud collecting Of taxes is
all done now in the same year, and We have
to aggregate the number and value of all
the horses, cattle. mules, NC, rs we'll rs the
acres of land, lots and buildings and their
Nalue, lIill There Is III lnc county anu ui!|e
the same Oh file in the Comptroller Gener-
ais Office by the thirte.h day Of June each
year. And from that time 20 the first day
of October each year the auditors and treas
urer's duplicate has to be completed and an
abstract of the work III the Comptroller's
office by that time which will show at 4
glance ti.at the auditor has no time to take
in returns, or DO anything else much, be-
tween the first day OF Narch and the first
day of October each year. but work on the
books and blanks. Therefore hope that al
taxpayers will 90 MS the favor of making
their returns in time
DANIEL J. BRADHAM,
Auditor Clarendon County