1822 - Edocs

uty of persons
ible to tax.
ommissioners to
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lo administer
ith.
'ersons failing- to
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•ersons giving* in
raudulent lists or
lesrle cling*—or re-
Commissioners to
make return.
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of which attendance at each muster, he shall give teu
days previous notice, by advertising in two of the most
public places in his district.
8. Be itfurther enacted, That, it shall be the duty of
each and every person subject to taxation, to attend at the
time and place required by this act, and give in a full and
fair list in writing, of all persons and property he is bound
to pay taxes for, by any of the Territory.
9. Be it further enacted, That, it shall be the duty of
the person so appointed, to attend at the time and place
required by this act, to take in and receive lists of taxable
property from all such persons as shall attend to give in tiie
same, and the said commissioner is authorized and required
to administer to each person giving in his or her list
of taxable property, the following oath or affirmation, to
wit, " I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case
may be) mat this list contains a true and perfect account,
of all persons, and every species of property belonging to
me, or in my possession, subject to taxation on the first
day of October last, and that no contract, change or removal
whatever, of property, has been made or entered
into, or any other mode, devised or used, in order to evade
the payment of taxes".
10. Be itfurther enacted, That, each person subject to
taxation, who shall fail or refuse to attend at the time,
and place herein required to give in said list, shall have
till the first Monday of February thereafter, to attend at
the house of the commissioner; and give in said list as
aforesaid, or to transmit it accompanied with such oath.
as is herein required.
11. Be it further enacted, That, if any person shall
give ; n to said commissioner, a fraudulent list of taxable
property, or shall fail to give in when required, or transmit
a list of his taxable property, on oath or affirmation,
agreeable to the provisions herein, the person so failing,
without a good excuse to be adjudged of by the county
court, or so giving in a fraudulent list, "shall be fined five
dollars, and moreover liable to a double tax—and the
commissioner shall proceed to list hisor her property agreeably
to the best information he can obtain—which
fine and double tax, shall be recovered in the county court
on motion, in writing, of the solicitor, upon giving the
defendant fifteen days previous notice in writing, of said
motion—and shall be collected and accounted for by the
collector, as other taxes are—and the clerk shall certify
to the Treasurer, such fine and double tax.
12. Be it further enacted^ That, the commissioner so appointed,
after having collected the lists of taxable property
in his district, shall return the same to the clerk of