Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-03-08
AMENDING ASSESSMENT LAW.
E rs. r. No. ~ 7 D

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An Act to Amend Section l of Chapter 100,
Session Laws of 1891, Being an Act to
Amend Chapter 1872 of the Laws of 1890,
Being an Act Entitled "An Act Prescrib-
ing the Mode of Making Assessments
and the Levy and Collection Of Taxes,
and for Other Purposes Relative There
tO."'
Be 1t enacted, etc.:
SECTION l. That Section l, Chapter 100.
Laws Of 1891. be amended to read as fol-
lows:
PROPERTY EXEMPT. All property de-
scribed in this section to the extent herein
limited shall be exempt from tax alton. that
is to say:
First. All public school houses, acade-
mics, colleges, institutions and seminaries
of learning with the books and furniture
therein and the grounds attached to such
buildings necessary to their proper occu-
pancy, use and enjoyment, and not leased
or otherwise used with a view to profit;
houses used exclusively for public worship,
and the lots or parts of lots upon which
such houses are erected.
Second. All lands used exclusively for
buryings grounds or cemeteries.
Third: All property, whether real or
personal, belonging exclusively to the state
or to the United States.
Fourth. ALI buildings belonging to the
counties used for holding courts, for jails,
SOuLOy OAuCClos WILL Gllc kIOuuu, uOU
exceeding in any county ten acres, on
which buildings are erected.
Fifth. All lands, houses and other
buildings belonging to any county, town
ship or town used exclusively for the &C.
c~ommodation or support of the poor.
Sixth. All buildings belonging to insti-
buttons Of purely public charity, including
Association buildings, Grand Army halls
owned by a Grand Army post, all property
and armOry buildings owned by companies
of the state militia, together with the land
actually occupied by such institutions not
leased or otherwise used with a view to
profit; and all moneys and credits appro-
priated solely to sustaining, and belonging
exclusively to such institutions, and all
lard owned and occupied by agricultural
societies, not leased or used with a view to
profit, not exceeding eighty acres.
Seventh. The shares of stock in all
building associations organized under the
laws of this state where the loans of such
confined strictly to members of the county
IN which such association is located.
Eighth. All fire engines and other i'm.
plements used for the extinguishment of
fires, with the buildings used exclusively
for the safe keeping thereof, and for the
meeting Of fire companies, whether belong
ing to any town or fire company organized
therein.
Ninth. All public market houses, public
squares or other public grounds, town or
township houses, or halls used exclusively
for public purposes, and all works, ma
chinery or fixtures belonging to any town
and used exclusively for conveying water
to such town.
Tenth. All public libraries and real and
personal property belonging to or con-
nected with the same.
Eleventh. The personal property of
each individual liable to assessment and
taxation under the provisions of this act. OF
which such individual is the actual and
ing twenty-five dollars in value; provided,
that each person shall list all Of his per-
sonal property for taxation, and the county
auditor shall deduct the amount of the K
emptiOn authorized by this section from
the total amount of his assessment and
levy taxes upon the remainder.
emergency clause.)
Approved March 10, 1895. @