The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-11

taxes. The attorney general shall APP
pear at all hearings under this sub
division.
Sec. 6. A person aggrieved by the
decisions Of the board of civil auth
ority in an appeal from the action Of
the lister in respect of the grand list
or the quadrennial appraisal may
within ten days after such decision,
appeal TO the tax commissioner, who,
shall have authority 10 hear and deter
mine such appeal under such rules
as to notice and procedure as he may
promulgate.
Sec. I. All the powers and duties
conferred upon the secretary of state
by sections $50 and 5S7 of the Public
Statutes are hereby conferred and i'm
posed upon said commissioner
Sec. 8. Section 54l of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec Sal. The tax commissioner
shall cause to be printed and distrib-
uted with the blank inventories,
copy of chapter 80 of the Public Stat
utes, and of such other portions of the
statutes relating to the grand list as
he may select.
Sec. 9. Section 5S1 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 5Sl. The town clerk shall al
low the attorney general, the tax com
missioner, his deputy or a person des-
ignated in writing by said commission
er, the listers, selectmen, town grand
jurors or attorney of such town, or
the states attorney of the county to
examine any inventory they may
name and shall also permit each tax
payer to examine his own. and shall
not allow any other person to inspect
such inventories, except as otherwise
provided. Inventories lodged with the
town clerk shall be produced in court
by said clerk upon subpoena for that
purpose. The town clerk shall also
allow a commission authorized so to
do by the general assembly, a member
of such commission or a person des
| ignated in writing by such commission
to examine any inventory on file in
his office and make such abstracts
thereof as shall be deemed necessary
to carry out the purposes of such
authorization The information OBJ
tanned by such examination or con
tanned in such abstract shall not be
disclosed in such manner as will re-
veal the name or identity Of the per-
son making such inventory, except for
the use of such commission, or for
use in any duly instituted proceedings.
The contents of such inventories shall
not be disclosed by any person having
access to the same, except as provid-
ed In this chapter.
| Sec. TO- Section 594 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to
read as follows.
Sec. 594. The town or county clerk
as the case may be, shall annually, on
or before the first day of July, trans
nit duplicate abstracts by mail to the
secretary of state and the tax com
missioner, who shall file them in their
respective offices. If changes or adj
ditions in the grand list are made by
the listers after such abstracts have
been so transmitted said clerk shall
certify the same, in duplicate, TO the
secretary of state and the tax commits
| sioner.
Sec II. A record of all proceed
ings of said commissioner effecting
any change in the assessed valuation
of real or personal property, as reyis
ed or re-appraised by said commission
err shall be kept, and copy thereof
duly certified by said commissioner
shall be mailed to the clerk of eacl
town where such property Is situated
which record shall specify the amount
or amounts added to or deducted from
the valuation Of the real or persona
estate of any individual, estate OF de
ceased person, corporation. associa
ton or co-partnership; and the salt
clerk shall add to or deduct from sucl
list or lists such corrections, addition
or deductions so made by said CON
missioner. and, when so corrected
said list or lists shall be the grant
list upon which all taxes shall be ass
essed. Said commissioner shall ais
= certify to. the secretary of state tn
total amount added to or deducte
from the grand list of towns whereof
such change is made The secretar
of state shall, on receipt of such Gel
tificate, make such changes in the al
stract of the grand list as are nece'
sary to make it conform to the addi
} ions or deductions made.
p Sec, 70 Section ST. of the Publ
Statutes is hereby amended so as I
read as follows;
Sec. 517. The executive officers b
+ whatever names called, of banks OF
2 ganized under the laws of this stat
or the United States, and corporation
: Except railroad corporations) whetl
er taxable under chapter 80 of tn
Public Statutes, or otherwise, shall
on or before the 9Th day of April, al
: nually, transmit to the tax commits
sioner, on blanks to be furnished b
J. said commissioner. a list of name
S and residences of all shareholders /
J. such corporations, and the number
S shares standing in the name Of eac
r on the first day of April then next pr
D ceding and the amount paid in on eac
/ share. Said blanks shall require a
/ such corporations to furnish therei
information concerning their capita
J funded or current assets and bond
i with rate of interest paid on the san
} the residence of the owners of regi
l. : tered bonds and the amount held |
n each owner thereof on the first da
of April liabilities other than bond
e operating expenses, dividends al
y such other statistics and informatiC
4 as said commissioner may require, r
4 lating to the subject of taxation whiC
t. the commissioner may have authors
y to investigate or determine.
L. Sec 10. Section SIS of the Publ
u Statutes is hereby amended so as
II read as follows:
y Sec SIS. Stock held as colater
y security, and which has been tran
o. ferred on the books of the corporate
y shall be returned as provided in Il
+ preceding section by the clerk, seer
le tary or executive officer, by whateV