Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-17
LETTER TO ASSESSORS.

The letter to the township assessors
of the county which the provisions of
the Revenue act are recited and the
penalties noted is given below:
To the Assessors in Rock Island
County:
BY virtue of Section $40 of the
Revenue act it is my duty to call your
, attention to the provisions OF the
revenue act which have been ignored
and neglected in the past. The finan-
cial condition of Rock Island county
demands more careful assessment.
You can do much to remedy the shame
full financial situation in which our
county has been placed. | shall in
/ sist upon a strict compliance with the
laws relating to assessment of prop
! ertr.
( 1t IS not my purpose to set out the
body Of the Revenue act but to call
your attention 20 II, and urge you to
read il carefully. The first part OF
/ the act explains fully the assessment
/ CT property. Section 80 of the act
tells how and when personal property
shall be listed. Section 81 requires
/ you to furnish each person required
/ TO list personal property a printed
! blank schedule, and section 312, speci-
ties how property shall be valued.
! call your attention especially to
section 313 which provides: The as
SCISSOR shall require every person to
make, sign, and swear to the schedule
| provided for by this ac; If any per
son shall refuse to make the schedule
/ herein required, or to subscribe and
swear 10 the same, the assessor shall
list the property CT such person ac-
cording to his best knowledge, in for,
nation and judgment, at it's fair cash
value. and shall add 20 the valuation
| of such list an amount equal to fifty
per cent of such valuation Whoever
in making such schedule shall will!
fully swear falsely in any material
matter shall be guilty OF perjury and
punished accordingly.
And section 31f which provides:
The assessor. deputy assessor, CT
some other person duly authorized b.
law to administer oa.hs. shall admin
lister the oath or affirmation attached
to the assessment schedule, as provid
ed by Law, 10 each person or proper
officer of corporation so assessed ant
such person or officer Of such corpor
alton shall be required to sign sale
assessment schedule and swear % the
same, and in case any enc refuses 81
: "a do hn oha1I
in the column of remarks opposite
such persons name; and any assessor
falling to have said assessment SEIZED
u.e so signed by the person assessed
and an oath administered as required
by Law, CT failing 70 make such not'
tina. the person or proper officer OF tht
corporation refuses so TO do, shall fol
each offense be fined not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than five
: thousand dollars.
Urged by the board OF supervisor
OF Henry county {the matter haVini
been raised in me mandamus suit Il
compel Rock Island county 10 buil'
her half OF bridge across Rock rive
at ColonaD | have examined the SEIZED
ules filed IN the treasurer's Office 70
the past years and find a large mum
Der OF them unsigned.
You vii observe that the act re
quires that al schedules be signe'
and that you mug; report all refusal
TO sign TO my Office. The provision
CT the act in this behalf are very plail
and viii be enforced
Your attention is also called to sec
ticn 1913 Of the act which provides