The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-08
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Assessors Notice.

yUyHE Assessors of the CITY of Portland here
Il by give notice to all persons liable 10 TAXA
ton in said City that they VIII De sessIu
every secular day from the first to the nteeIitn
day OF April, inclusive, at their room III s Gioy
Hail. from nine to twelve O'Clock IN Ine tode-
noon and from two to five o'clock in the ait tha
noon, for the purpose of receiving isis OF Tue
polls and estates taxable in said CITY.
And all such persons are hereby notneu 10
make and bring to said Assessors true ana per
feet lists of all ther Polls and Estates, real ana
personal or held by them as guardian, execu-
tor, administrator, trustee or otherwise. on tne
first day of April, 1898, and be prepared 10
make oath to the truth of the same.
And when estates of persons deceased nave
been divided during the past year, or nave
changed hands from any cause, the executor
administrator or other person interested IS
hereby warned to give notice Of such change,
and in default of such notice will be held uuder
the law to pay the tax assessed although suc1
estate has been wholly distributed aud palo
The Assistant Assessors will be required to
return information on the following points,
Name of head Of family. SO
2-Names of sons or other male relatives over
tWenty-one years OF age residing IN the famlly.
3.-Names OF persons absent at sea, or who are
out of town for any cause. belonging to the
| family, who are legally citizens:
| Names Of all boarders excepting those who
have wives or families elsewhere residing)
who were residents here April first, 1898.
The full first name as well as the surname OF
each person, with the initials OF middle name,
should always be given When there are
means of support the facts should be stated
s. A full list of all children that were born be
tween January 1892 and January l, 1888.
| giving their Names sex, date OF birth and the
| names of their parents.
6.-Househould furniture exceeding two nun
bred dollars in value.
| Musical instruments exceeding fifteen dol
lars in value.
| S.-Number of horses and their value.
| 9.-Number of carriages and their value,
! 1O.-Number of cows and their value.
| And any person who neglects to comply With
| this notice will be doomed to tax according 10
the laws of the state, and be barred OF the right
1 to make application to theAsSessors or County
| Commissioners for any abatement OF his taxes,
unless he shows that he was unable to offer
| such lists within the time hereby appointed.
| Blank schedules will be furnished the assist
| and assessors for delivery where satisfactory
| information is not obtained; and persons re-
| ceiving the same will be expected to return
them properly filled out. to the assessors office.
| Persons not receiving the blanks will be fur
nished at the office of the assessors on applica-
| tion
| 0g-In no case where the assessors have
| been put to the disagreeable necessity Of max
| ing a doom will the possession Of government
| bonds or deposits in the savings banks be
| allowed as plea IN mitigation of such doom. q
| WILLIAM o. FOX.
| ARTHUR L. FARNSWORTH
! JOHN w. YORK.
| apr1to15 Assessors.