The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-11
HIS HANDS ARE FULL
The Assessors Time Is Occupied by
Various Things.
HE HAS NUMEROUS DUTIES
A List of Every Male Person Be-
tween the Ages of ID and as
Must Be Prepared-The
Codes Did II All.
speclal Correspondence Of the Standard.


Livingston, March 9.-The county as
SCISSOR nowadays finds he has his hands
full. What with keeping posted on the
law as laid down i'm the new codes and
the performance OF the new duties i'm
posed upon him. his sole time is bound
to be pretty well occupied.
If the law i'm relation to the collection
of taxes on personal property is techni-
cally interpreted and strictly enforced,
there will be many an able bodied kick
registered. The law says the assessor
must collect the taxes on all personal
property, unless in his opinion said
taxes are not a lien upon real property
sufficient to secure the payment OF the
taxes. In case the tax is not paid to
the assessor upon demand, the assessor
may seize and sell the personal prop
erty for the tax. The sale shall be by
public auction and a sufficient amount
of the property shall be sold to satisfy
the tax and costs of seizure and sale
A weeks notice by publication or post
ing is all the time which is required be-
tween the date of seizure and the sale.
and the title of all property thus sold
is vested in the purchaser. IL II shall
be unnecessary to sell all the property
to pay the tax, the unsold portion may
be left at place of sale at the owners
risk.
the property is liable for, the rate of
the previous year must govern. and IL
ii is found TO be higher than the rate
afterwards fixed, the excess collected
shall be deposited in the county treas
ury subject to the demand of the per-
son from whom collected.
The assessor must also make effort to
collect the road tax. Each able-bodied
man over the age OF 21 is liable for this
tax. any anyone having property may
not work the tax out, but the same
must be collected with the other taxes.
Any man owning property who en-
ploys another is liable for his en-
ploye's road tax. upon written notice
from the assessor. on the LIST of July
the assessor must make out a list and
send to each road supervisor OF all per-
sons within his district whose road tax
is unpaid, and II such persons have no
property subject to seizure, or means of
paying cash, they shall perform one
days work upon the public highways
or bridges, at any reasonable time and
place designated by the supervisor.
Under this law the old practice of one
man hiring another TO work out his
road tax will be almost entirely done
away with, and those people who for
merly paid $3.50 or 81 to someone else
for working out this tax will now have
to dig up SO.
Every male person over 81 and under
60 must pay a poll tax. which Is col
lected with the other taxes, or personal
of any person not paying
taxes may be seized and sold for poll
tax. An employer is also responsible.
the same as the road tax.
In addition to his assessment duties,
the assessor must make out a list of all
citizens between the ages of is and A.
subject to military duty. He must also
require each taxpayer to fill out sta
tistical blank, concerning agriculture.
fruit growing and stock growing I'm
Montana for the year 1895. farm wages.
occupations and vital
statistics Abstracts must be made of
these blanks and forwarded TO the
Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and In
dustry." at Helena, as soon as possible
after July /.
Sarah c. Gassert has been appointed
OF the estate OF the late
Harry Gassert, who died intestate. The
estate lies in Silver Bow and Park
and possesses a value running
away up into the thousands of dollars.
A bond of 900 Is required. II. A.
Kearns and William Kearns are the
The court appointed 5. Il.
Worthy Mckee and William
A. Hall appraisers To apprafse the
property in Park county.
Angus Brown, master mechanic of
the Yellowstone division. was sum
moned TO Toronto. Ontario. this morn
ing by the sad intelligence of the de-
mise of his father.
Assessor Daniels has appointed Pierce
Hopes deputy assessor TO assist I'm the
rush OF business incident to making the
canvass OF the county. The
list is being prepared and the assessor
will start out next month on his annual
Park county will be well represented
1t the irrigation convention which !
meets I'm Helena tomorrow. The dele
gates who will leave in the morning are
z. II. Talcott. T. s. Ash. George Alder !
son. George II. Wright and w. +. |
A. ]. Campbell and +. G. |
Day. who are also delegates. are now
N Helena attending TO business before |
he supreme court.
In the police court to-day George Jen- |
lings paid a fine Of 81 and costs for
Happy Bill" colored boot !
black. The fine was made light because
n some provocating circumstances for
The assault
Joe and Antoine Skeebitz, the two men
held for riot at Horr. have secured
oondsmen and are out on bail. The /
sureties on the bail bond are Joe Stan !
ey, Tom Howell. Antoine Weber and ]
he four Skeebitz brothers. II will be /
noticed that all but two OF the bonds |
men were defendants In the riot /
,ase.
The officials Of the Montana Coal and /
Coke company who were down from I
HOrr last week as Witnesses In the |
Hot cases. returned 10 their posts OF /
iuty this morning. They are J. r. /
strong. John Walker. DR.. W. II. Allen. /
:. l.. Parry. Charles Berresford and W. /
r. Rhodes.
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