Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-01-19

and persons owning personal property
must be made out in alphabetical order.
A list of children of deceased soldiers
must be returned, naming company, ETC.,
of said deceased soldiers.
Attention is called to section 1893 in
revenue laws, and the assessors must
make returns OF the fruit and forest tree
exemptions in orders Of sections, on blank
pages for that purpose found in back
part of Assessors Book" and be very
particular in making the entry in column
headed, "Year planted"
List all the dogs in your town or town.
ship. See session laws of 1884, chapter
20, section 1.
Particular attention is called to Sec
ton l, Chapter 81, Laws 1892, in refer
ence to statistics of crops and live stock.
CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY FOR As
sEsSMENT.
The following is the classification of
real and personal property for 1897:
REAL ESTATE PER ACRE.
Albion Township, 8 to 500. General
average to be SITS.
Forest City Township, 3 to 500. Gen.
eral average to be $40.
Chester Township, to 500. General
average to be $7.75.
Oak Dale Township, 5 to 500. Gener-
al average to be $3.50.
jamestown Township, 8 to 800. Gen.
eral average to be $3.50.
Saratoga Township, to $40. General
average to be $500.
Howard Center Township, to 500.
General average to be $3.50.
Vernon Springs Township, to $50.
General average to be Sl1.00.
New Oregon Township, to $40. Gen.
eral average to be SITS.
Paris Township, 4 to 500. General av-
erage to be $500
Howard Township, to 500. General
average to be $500.
Alton Township, to $40. General
average to be $3.50.
Corporation of Cresco, S to $40. Gen.
eral average to be $11OO
Corporation of Elma, - to $50. Gen
eral average to be SIG.
The above schedule is intended to apply
to unimproved lands and lands with or
binary Improvements, in percels of 40
acres, but parcels of lands in less than 40
acres, town and city lots, mill property
and timber lands to be assessed in the
same proportional value.
SCHEDULE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Stations and Jacks kept for paid scr
vice, 25 to $3.50.
Horses and Mules, No. /, Is to $40.
Horses and Mules, No. 2, to 500.
Colts, 8 years old 8 to 800.
8. 2 q. .. Ito $15.
90 J. .s .. Ito $40.
Fast horses from so to $500.
Mich COWS to S15.
Blooded cows, 10 to $50.
.. bulls, IS to $40.
.. sheifers, years old to s25.
9. .. year old to sl5.
Common -. 2years old 8 to $l8.
-. o. year old to S 5.
Steers 3years old to 800.
2years old to SIS.
.. year old to $ 6.
Sheep, common per head 80 TO $3.50.
.. grade i. go to $500.
8. full blooded !. 2.00to $40.
Swine per cwt. $lOO.
Billiard tables First class so to 500.
q. q. End .. % to S go.
Pigeon hole and bagatelle tables,
2Oto S so.
Bees so to $1.5O.
Threshing machines, IS to 800.
Steam threshing machines, lou to $500.
For exemptions see revenue laws.
Carriages, buggies, sleighs and cut
tiers, bicycles, pianos, organs, melodions,
watches OF all kinds, monies and credits,
household furniture not by law exempt,
and all other assessable property to be
assessed on the same basis as live stock.
Special attention is called to the proper
listing of monies and credits, mortgages,
notes and all the class of property not
readily found.
OATH TO BE ADMINISTERED.
NOTE: The assessor shall administer
the following oath or affirmation: You
do solemnly swear Tor affirm) that you
will give in full, true and correct inven-
tory Of all the taxable property owned by
you, and all property which you are re-
CURED by law to list, to the best of your
knowledge and belief, SO help you God.
Assessors will be entitled to no pay for
their services unless they shall have fully
complied with the law requiring parties
to list their property under oath or at
firmation, or show satisfactory reason
why such oath or affirmation was not
taken, which reason must be stated in
full on the margin OF the Assessors books
opposite the parties names. Each as.
SCISSOR is also required to guard against
errors in his books, as compensation fol-
correcting same will be deducted from
his wages.
hereby certify that the above is q
full, true and correct copy of the classi-
fcatioD of the personal property of How.
ard county, Iowa, as made by the Board