The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-10
FINISH
THEIR ANNUAL
ASSESSMENT
Total Grand List Shown 10 Be
S5,160,O34
AN INCREASE OF SHIP
Listers Will Begin Making cuadren-
nial Appraisal on Monday, Begin
ming in Town Districts

The listers have completed their
work and turned in their books yes
terday. The grand list is found to
total $5,l60,034 divided into $780,
1896 real estate and $1,05i,S 1898 perso-
nal. There are Poll polls. The list
shows an increase of $l6,9S3 in real
estate and 1929 in personal. There
has been loss of III polls.
The listers will on Monday begin
the work of the quadrennial apprai-
sal. They will begin in the town
district and are anxious to meet every
property owner personally so as to
make the adjustments as satisfactory
as possible.
In this connection certain sections
OF Chapter 30 relating to quadrenniaI
appraisals OF real estate will be of in
terest Section 500, which was adopt
ed at the last session Of the legisla-
ture, will be of particular interest.
Sec. 52i. Quadrennial appraisal.
In the year nineteen hundred and ten,
and quadrennally thereafter, the list
ers shall make new appraisal of the
taxable real estate in each town and
return the list thereof to the town
clerks Office on or before the fourth
Tuesday in August In such year
Sec. 529. Hearing on appraisal :;
notice. When the listers return to
the town clerk the quadrennial ap-
praisal, they shall, in person or by
letter, on which postage has been pre-.
paid. and addressed to the last known
address, notify all persons, estates
corporations or other parties owning
taxable real estate in such town. OF
any Increase in the appraised value OF
such real estate, the amount of such
increase and the time fixed in the
public notice hereinafter provided
for, when persons aggrieved may be
heard Said listers shall at the sam,
time post notices in the town clerks
Office and In two other public place,
in such town that they will meet a
some place to be appointed by them
not less than ten nor more than If
teen days after the return Of sucl
appraisal to hear all persons aggriev
ed by their appraisal of real estate o
any of their acts; at which time an,
place, the listers shall meet to hea
such grievances, until all application
are heard and decided, and correc
the Quadrennial appraisal.
Sec 5S2. Copy Of list. On or be
fore the fifteenth day OF October 4
the year of the appraisal, the lister
In each town shall make out i'm blan
books to be provided by the secretar
OF state, and deposit in the tow
clerks Office, for the use OF their su,
cessors in Office, a fair copy Of IN
list Of real estate, In such town. en-
bracng the following particulars.
|. The name of each person a,
sessed for real estate In such town.
II. The real estate assessed
such person, specifying each pare,
thereof, the class to which II belong
the valuation, and the village. scho,
and fire district in which each pare,
Is situated
Sec. 5SS. Omissions, etc. II re,
estate situated in a village, school {
lire district is not set In the list {
Is not designated as belonging to sue
district, the listers shall. at any tim
make such designation or. in case
an omission, make and attach to n
list a statement OF the appraise
value of such real estate: which a
; praisal shall stand and be included
the list for such district, until a
, other is made.