The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-01-11
REVISED ASSESSMENTS.
The County Commissioners Try to Equallze
the Personal Taxes.

AhN NOuhtJ OOlhiuloolUlSlo H. W EQudllLC
the Personal Taxes.
After considerable tedious work the
County Commissioners have announced
the following revised rates of assessments
for personal taxes, showing reductions of
from 25 to 300 per cent.
Cripples, invalids, and old men. Old
assessment $50 new $50.
DS5orers, students, teamsters, farmers,
employees and hotel walters Formerly
800 now $50.
Nurses, shoemakers, tailors and uphol-
sterers. Formerly $3.50; now $40.
Miners, brakemen, freight and coal, bar
tenders, conductors, (street carr, cigar
makers, compositors, fremen (stationary)
and reporters. Formerly $3.50; now $50.
Butchers, (employes) brakemen. (pass-
enger), BARRIERS, bakers and confectioners
Formerly $3.50; now $50.
Freight agents, telegraph operators and
millers (employes). Formerly $3.50; now
$50.
Blacksmiths, bricklayers, carpenters,
cabinet makers, locomotive fremen,
masons, plasterers, painters, plumbers,
saddlers, harness makers, skaters, stone
cutters, ,tinsmiths, ,wheelwrights and letter
CARRIERS. Formerly $780, now So
Conductors, freight aud coal, constables
pressmen and ticket agents. Formerly
$3.50; now $50.
Architects, draughtsmen, beer agents,
| bottlers, hotelkeepers nd sewing machine
agents. Formerly 5000; now $3.50.
Bank cashiers and tellers, butchers,
merchants, brewery foremen and super.
intendent, dentists, druggists, doctors,
physicians, surgeons, veterinary surgeons,
droveFs, civil engineers, mining engineers,
lawyers, mine superintendents, master
mechanics, merchants, publishers, real
estate agents, real estate superintendents,
school superintendents, stenographers,
tanners, proprietors watchmakers, pro-
prietors; undertakers, proprietors; pay
masters. Formerly $3.50, now 5000
Boilermakers, book keepers and clerks
conductors passenger train, editors, fire
bosses, installment agents, insurance
solicitors, machinists, moulders, pattern
makers, policemen, (salaried), teachers
(music and school, &C., watchmakers
assistants. Formerly $3.50, now 500.
Travelling statesmen, electricians, station
ary engineers, livery men, mail agents
manufacturers, operators, coal, &C., pho
tographers. Formerly $3.50 and 5000, nov
$3.50.
Gentlemen, for the purpose of asses
ment, the term gentlemen shall be con
struted to mean one who lives from thu
income of his estate. Formerly $3.50, nov
$500.
Insurance managers and superinten
dents and judges of the court. Formerly
5000 now $500,
In cases where the man follows mort
than one occupation, that bearing the
highest valuation shall be chosen.
All persons whose occupations are MOI
above enumerated, and whose yearly
earnings shall not be less than four hun
dred nor more than eight hundred dollars
be assessed in the so class.
All persons whose occupations are no
enumerated and whose yearly earnings
shall not be less than $500 nor more thar
81, 200, be assessed in the 500 class.
All persons whose yearly earnings shal
be not less than twelve nor more than fif
} teen hundred dollars, shall be assessed il
the 5000 class.
All persons whose yearly earnings shal
be less than $40 and not enumerated on o
of the above occupations, shall be assessed
in the $50 class.