Bill from Daniel H. Wells and Others, 31 October 1842
Source Note
Select Committee on Public Revenue [, , , , and ], Bill, to Nauvoo City Council, , Hancock Co., IL, 31 Oct. 1842; handwriting of , , and ; signature of JS; endorsement and docket in handwriting of ; eighteen pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.
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in the list furnished him by the Recorder, he shall value the same according to the best information <that> he can obtain and shall enter the same on his list in the name of the original or present owner if known: Provided the assessor and collector shall not be required to enumerate any other kind of personal kind of property than is enumerated in theheadingoftheAssessorsandCollectorsBookaccordingtotheformprescribedinthe◊th Sec. of this ordinance but shall ascertain the aggregate value thereof and shall set down the same in said list
Sec 7 If any person shall <be absent or> refuse to deliver to any assessor when called on for that purpose a list of his or her taxable property as required by law the assessor and collector shall list the same from the best information which he can obtain; and such person shall for such refusal be liable to a penalty of twenty Dollars which may be sued for in an action of Debt in the name of the city Corporation before the Mayor or any Alderman of said the , and when collected shall be paid into the City treasury, and the testimony of the Assessor and Collector shall be sufficient evidence in the premises. Provided that nothing in this section shall be so construed, <so> as to require any person to list lands with the assessor, unless he or she has a clear and undisputed title to the same [p. 5]