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the United States; fourthly, personal prop
erty not in said District and taxed else
where, but owned by persons domictled in
said District; filthy. personal property not
held for sale and not over the value of $500.
Sec. o. That from the assessed value OF
the credits only of any. person there shall
be deducted the amount of any valid and
bona-fde debt or debts which any such per-
son shall individually and absolutely owe,
in respect Of which he has no remedy over
against any other person, upon the same
being established by the affidavit Of such
person claiming deduction as hereinafter
provided.
Personal Tax Schedules.
Sec 10. That the Commissioners Of said
District or their successors in office shall
cause to be prepared printed blank sched-
ule of personal property, including bonds,
deeds of trust, mortgages, credits, and other
chooses in action or possession owned or
held In trust or otherwise subject to taxa
ton under the provisions Of this act, to-
gether with deductions claimed for ex-
emptlons or debts, to which shall be ap-
pended an affidavit in blank, setting forth
that the foregoing presents q full and true
statement of all the personal property,
bonds, deeds of trust, mortgages credits,
and all other chooses in action or possession,
together with the amount Of Indebtedness
on account of which deductions are claimed,
and the krd of property claimed as exempt,
under which class Of exemptions, and that
the property claimed as exempt under the
fifth clause does not exceed in value $500.
And wnen said schedule Is ready for de-
| livery, notice thereof shall be given by the
assessors by advertisement for six success
| SiVe secular days. IN one or more of the
daily papers published in said District and
a copy Of such schedule shall be delivered
to any citizen applying therefor at the office
| of said assessors.
Every person, corporation or firm in said
Dfstr nahla TO taxation hereunder and
every executor, administrator, guardian or
| trustee holding property In trust liable to
! taxation hereunder, shall, within forty-hve
/ days after the first publication OF said ad-
vertisement as aforesaid, fill up the proper
| blanks in said schedule with q full and
| true statement In this section above re-
! quired, and make and sign an affidavit to
| the truth thereof as aforesaid before one
| of the said assessors, who Is hereby au-
| thorized to administer such oath without
! charge, or before any persan authorized by
| law to administer oaths; and the address
| in the District of the affidavit shall In each
| case be given below his signature, and
| thereupon any one Of said assessors shall
| assess said property at its fair cash value,
| and enter the same In the columns upon
| said blank to be provided for that purpose,
| and the amount thus ascertained, after
| making the deductions provided for In this
| act shall be entered upon the books for
| taxation
| Provided, That " any person, firm or cor
| poration administrator, executor, guardian
| or trustee shall fail to make for forty-flve
days after the first advertisement OF the
| notice above required, and deliver to the
assessors or one Of them, the schedule OF
his or It's said property held in trust OF
| otherwise, as In this section provided for
| any one of said assessors shall. without
delay from the best information he can
| procure, make an assessment against such
person, firm or corporation, to which he
| shall add 80 per centum thereof: Provided
further, That II a majority Of said assessors
| be not satisfied as to the correctness Of the
| return of personal property so made by
any person, corporation, firm. executor. ad.
ministrator, guardian OF trustee. any sns