The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-10
RETURNS.
1900

TN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW IN
i reference 10 the assessment and taxation
OF property, the Auditor, or his assistant
will be and attend the following named
places for The purpose Of receiving tax re-
turns for the tl.cAl Year 1900. and in order
to meet the next appointment the hour will
close at II! O'Clock III The morning and at
t o'clock III the afternoon; taxpayers will
therefore, be prompt III meeting the ap-
polntmcnts SO as not to Cause delay.
Tax payers will please come prepared to
give tho name OF their township and num-
Der OF school district wherein they reside:
Spring Hill. morning. January ii.
White Rock, afternoon, January ii.
Mrs. Mary Busby, morning, January IL.
1rmo, afternoon, January II.
lrmo, morning. January l3.
L. L. Hooks, afternoon, January l3.
Brookland, all day, January Is.
W. n. Martin, morning. JANUARY IL.
Archie Wol:es afternoon, JANUARY 10.
Red Store. all day, January II.
Swansea, al! day, January 10. y
j. Mack's, morning, January IS.
Cross Roads, afternoon, January 10.
Castor, morning, January 70.
D. F. Shumpert, all day, January %.
Carson Ables, morning, January 70.
WestmOrelaud, afternoon, January 70.
BItesbarg, all day, January 2L
Leesvllle, all day, January Is.
Gaps Store, morning, January 26.
Lexington, on all day S from LIST January,
1900, to 10Th OF February, 1900.
Section 27O Of tic law 10 reference to the
assessment of taxes, (Reyised Statues
reads as follows:
All property shall DC valued for taxation
at lis true value in money, which in all
cases not specially provided tor by law,
shall be held to be as follows, to wit: For
p~ersonol property the usual selling price
on the usual t. rius OF similar property at
administrator or executors sales, at the
place where the return is made; and for
real property, the usual selling price on
the usual terms of similar property at sales
tor partition under the order of court, at
the place where the return is to be made.
Ii there is no usual selling price, then at
what is honestly believed could be obtain
ed for the same at a fair sale under the
conditions above mentioned.
1t shall be the duty of each owner Of
lands, and of any new structures thereon
which shall not have been appraised for
taxation, to list the same for taxation with
the County Auditor of the County in which
they may be situated, on or before the
twentieth day OF February next, after the
same shall become subject to taxation.
Section 6. That from and after the pas
sage OF this act, there shall be assessed
upon all taxable polls in this State a tax OF
one dollar on each poll, the proceeds OF
which tax shall be applied solely to educa.
tioral purposes. Every male citizen be-
tween the ages of twenty-one n sixty
years., except those incapable Of earning q
support, from being manned or from otner
causes, and except those who are, made
exempt by Law, shall be deemed taxable
polls.
AL returns for t~axltion must be filed
with the Auditor not later:than February
goth, 1900, as after that date the law re-
qnires an addition Of 81 per cent. to the
last years return.
Township Bolrd of Assessors will meet
at some convenient placein their respective
township on Tuesday, March 6, 1900.
County Board of Equalization, will meet
at the Auditors office on Tuesday, March
9th, 1909, at ~ o'clock a. N.
G. A. DERRICK.
Auditor Lexington County.
December 6, 1899.