Year: 1871

Duties Of Assessors Under the Reg


istry Law of 1869.


SECTION 1. Be il enacted Jv The
Senate and House Of Representatives Of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, and Il is hereby
enacted by the authority Of the same
That it shall be the duty of each OF
the assessors within this Common.
wealth, or the first Monday in Jane
of each year, TO take up the transcript
he has received from the county com.
missioners under the eighth section OF
the act of 18th April, 1884, and pro
coed to an immediate revision of the
same, by striking thcrcfrom the name
of every person who is known by him
to have died or removed since the last
previous assessment from the district
of which he is the assessor, or whose
death or removal from tho Same shall
bo made known TO him, and TO add to
the same the name OF any qualified
voter who shall be known by him to
have moved into the district since the
last previous assessment, or whose
removal into the samo shall be or shall
have been made known to him, and
also the names of all who shall make
claim TO him, to be qualified voters
therein. As soon as this revision is
completed he shall visit every dwell


ing house in bis district and make
careful inquiry if any person whose
name is on his list has died or removed
from the district, and if so TO take the
same thcreirom, or whether any quail


fed voter resides therein whose name
is not on his list, and If so to add the
same thereto; and in all cases where
name is added TO the list a tax shall
forthwith bc assessed against the per
son and the assessor shall in all
eases ascertain, by inquiry, upon what
ground the person so assessed claims
to be n voter. Upon the completion
of this work il shall he the duty of
each assessor as aforesaid to proceed
TO make out a list, in alphabetical
order, Of the white f'eemen above
twcnty.one years OF age claiming to
be qualified voters in the ward, bor-
ough, township or district, Of which
he is the assessor, and opposite each
of said names state whether said free
man is or is not n housckceper, and If
he is, the number Of his residence, in
towns where the same arc numbered,
with the street, alley or court in which
situated and il in a town where there
are no numbers, the name Of the street,
alley or court on which said house
fronts; also, the occupation Of the
person and where he is not house.
kecpcg the occupation, place of board
ing, and with whom, and If working
Cor another, the hame of the employer,
and write opposite each ofsaid names
the word voter" where any person
claims TO vote BY reason Of noturalza-
tion, he shall exhibit his certificate
thereof TO the assessor, unless he has
been for five consecutive years next
preceding n voter in said district; and
in all cases where the person has been
naturaized. the name shall be marked
with the letter "N :" where the per
son has merely declared his intentions
to become a citizen and designs to be
uaturaizcd before the next election


the name shall be marked "D |. !
where the claim is 20 vote by reason
of being between the ages of twenty


one and twenty-five, Ms provided BY


law, the word "age" shall be entered


aud if the person has moved into The
election district to reside since the last
general election, the letter ar shal


he placed opposite the name. II shal


be the further duty of each assessor
as aforesaid, upon the completion o
the duties herein imposed, TO mak'
out separate list of all new assess
ments made by him and the amount
assessed upon each, aud furnish ih'
same Immediately TO the county com
missioners, who shall Immediately ad,
the names to the tax duplicate of tn
ward, borough, township or distric
I in which they have been assessed.


SEC 2. On the list being complete,
and the assessments made as aforesaid
the same shall forthwith be rcturnc
TO the county commissioners, who shaI
cause duplicate copies of said list
9 with the observations and explains
tions required to be noted as aforcsai,
q TO be made out ns soon as practicabl


and placed in the hands of the assesso
who shall, prior TO the fJst of Angus
Z in each year, put one copy thcrof o
\ the door OF or on the house where Oh
4 election Of the respective district


required 10 be held, and retain Ii
r. other in his possession, for the inspc
;. ton, free ofcharge, of any person res
!, dent ia the said election district VII
= shall desire to see the same; and
n shall be the duty of the said asScss'
'' to add from time TO time, on the pc
=. sonal application Of any one claimir
n the right TO vote, tho name Of SUE
u, claimant, and mark opposite the nan


&C. VI" and Immediately assess hi


with a tax, noting,ns in all other case
= his occupation. residence, whether
s, boarder or a housekeeper; II boarde


with whom he boards, and wheth'


naturalized or designing to be, mar


ing in all such cases the lettors, opp


site the name IN" or "D L." as Il


case may be; IL the person claimir


10 be assessed be naturaliEej, he sh'