Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-08-16
HEAR An ASSESSOR.
ne RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE AND
GIVES a GIT or ADVICE.


perpetrated, then il is wrong to tell the
truth suppose that is the reason so
many people are doing Nood by telling
talsehoods to personal property assess
ors. The writer is deputy assessor in
the west town, and at present he is COM
piling book that is full of names and
figures The names are all right, but
the man who said Figures can't lie"
never assessed personal property.
There are about 90 of us assessors,
who form in line at Q a m, move up
to q window in Assessor Jacob M.
Horns west town Office, Haymarket
Theater building, and get our books and
blank schedules. These calfskin covered
books contain little map of some par
ticular district in the great West Side.
We move out TO these districts and go
to work. The town clerk registers our
oaths to faithfully perform the duties
of an assessor. I" and the people we as
sess do the rest of the swearing. That
isn't all Sometimes they set the dog
on us and otherwise treat us as though
we were book agents. That makes the
assessor warm, and then he interviews
neighbor regarding property that is
not accessible. And the consequence is
people who bounced" the assessor will
find valuation placed upon their prop
erty that will cause them to think there
is nothing certain but death and taxes
Occasionally we find poverty and a pi-
ano together. The piano is assessable,
and the poverty isn't. II you assess the
piano, you increase the poverty, and
there you are.
These incongruities come up, and un-
less you have the wisdom of board OF
equalization there is trouble. Speaking
about this board. have an idea that
they will just about double the poor as
SCISSORS figures when they get down to
work. A keen assessor can locate every
piano in his district If he doesn't hear
it, everybody else in the neighborhood
has, and+hey tell him about it, asked
a real nice looking lady the other day if
she had piano, and she said "No.
"Why, yes, mamma, we have" said
her little girl.
The mother said "Go into the house
this minute, you naughty girl. How
dare you" And then the child knew she
had done something wrong. She had
told the truth to nasty, mean assessor.
went into little candy store on the
same street To the woman behind the
counter / stated my business
She replied: II am poor widow. My
God, what will dor" Tears flowed
down her cheeks, and she sobbed as
though her heart would break. The as
SCISSOR felt SO mean that he sneaked out
without asking her name.
Even the parrots are down on assess
ors A Latin street bird told the as
SCISSOR to goto 49, any number of times
while he was conducting the inquisito-
rial ceremony.
"That bird speaks very plainly" said
the writer. M
"Just hear tho dear fellow. He can
say 49, just as plainly as can. / will
sell him for $40. There's q bargain. I"
And the lady meant every word she said.
| A parrot that can cuss an assessor is dirt
cheap at any price.
This is how they do it ON Ashland
boulevard:
Scene, front stoop of stone man
sion. Dramatis personae, lady with
, large diamonds in her ears Negligee at
tire. Assessor with book and an official
smile.
Lady-We are cleaning house today,
all topsy turvy, and you cannot come in.
Assessor-Not at all necessary, my
| dear madam, that should go in.
have brought this book and my imagi-
nation along, and l can see all that is
necessary. see that this is n beautiful
house. and the eye of my imagination
| penetrates these walls. see grand pi
ano. statuary by Throwalstere, paint
ings by the old and new masters, tapes
tries from India, carpets from Turkey,
china from Dresden, bsic-a-brac from
all parts of the world--in short, every
thing that lady Of your exceptional
Judgment would use in embellishing
such noble mansion.
Lady-Sirl s1e 90 ~
Assessor-While can hardly venture
to place n valuation upon such treas
ures will be moderate and say &i0,-
900.
Lady-Doitif you dare Come in and
see.
The assessor went in and found his
mental picture scarcely overdrawn, but
| the final courtesy caused slump in the
valuation. a aanM iit
Here is hit of advice to persons who
are inclined to resent the intrusion of
an assessor The advice does not cost a
cent, but if you do not act upon IL you
may be caused no end of trouble and
money also. Throw your door wide open
to the assessor, invite him in, give him
to understand that you are the obliged
party and give him the information he
seeks. and it is 10 to that you will be
treated fairly, and a point or two may
be stretched in your favor Shut him
ont, and he will make record of the
fact. and in fixing the valuation of
Your property find nothing in your ia
vor. If yol go to the Office with your
schedule, the fact that You refused adj
mittance to the deputy is noted, and N
that event You will pay all the law de-
mands. West Side Assessor in Chica-
| 60 Times Herald.
Diplomatic.
s'Mr. Hawkins, said she, II wirh
you'd decide q bet between me and Mr..
| IQa-roxre do cax-r IL IL cnlv ZOO feet