Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-03-06

person about to be asseed. that
such person will make true answer
to any and all questions PROFOUND
ed BY the DeDuty Assessor in rela-
ton to his.ownerhip Of property.
The following form of oath is to
be used:
You do solemnly swear that
you will make true answer to all
questions which may be asked
OF you touching the property of
every description owned by you or
under your control as the repre-.
sentative of any other owner
which by law is required to be
listed for taxation, so HELM you
God''. =
If the assessed person wishes to
make affirmation. the following
form may be used: You do
solemnly, sincerely and truly de-
clare and affirm that you will make
true answers to all questions which
may be asked of you touching the
property of every description
owned by you OF under your
control as the representative of any
other owner which by law is re-
quired to be listed for taxation
and this you do under the pains
and penalties of perjury.
The above oath or affirmation
must be carefully read to and
signed BY each person assessed and
the answer to these questions are
covered by the oath which reads
as follows: / do solemnly swear
that the foregoing statement of per-
sonsl property contains a full and
true list of all my notes, bonds,
mortgages. moneys, whether on
hand or on deposit. and credits
less legal deductions. and of all
other personal property of what
ever name or character which by
law / am required to list. either
on my own behalf or in behalf of
others and that the answers that
| have made to the interrogatories
are true to the best of my know
ledge so help me God".
These oaths must be subscribed
in the presence of the Deputy As
SCISSOR and in no case must the De-
putty Assessor be content with the
mere signing of the oath as it will
not be a proper administration of
the oath unless the assessed per-
sons right hand shall be upheld
or laid upon the Bible while the
oath is read to him. Any deputy
assessor who shall permit this re-
Quiremert to be violated, will him
self have violated the law and be
subject to the penalty there of.
All deputy assessors will be held
to strict compliance with that
provision of the law which prohi-
bits valuation of the property
until the same has been actually
viewed and inspected. Each valua-
tion of property of a Deputy As
SCISSOR without his actually hav- |
ing viewed and inspected the pro-
perty will be a distinct violation
of the statute and is made the
duty of the Tax Commission to
cause proceedings to be instituted
against any and all taxing officers
who fail or neglect to comply with
the provisions of the statute.
The Depuy Assessor IS charged
with the duty of listing and re-
turning all property in his taxing
district that is subject to taxation. |
1t is his duty also to assess all
such property at its actual value
in money and the law explicitly
declares that all assessments sbou
be made upon view of the prop
erty The Deputy Assessor will
incur the penalty Of the law if
be assesses any property without
inspection, if it is of
kind which may be viewed.
ANY person having money on
hand or IN bank must list the same
for taxation ane it is the duty of