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Published every Friday at McCrory, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
Subscription $100 per Year in Advance.
Entered as second-class mat
ter August 26. 1915, at the post
office at McCrory, Ark., under
the Affi; of March 3, 1879.
Friday, June 1, 1917.
Act No 234
(Continued from page four)
at the time now provided by law
for the assessor to file his report
with the county clerk, the as
sessor shall file his report in
books of the kind and character
now used by'said clerk for the
copying of said assessor’s reports
and extending thereon the taxes
to be collected _ (leaving the
blanks for such extension of
taxes by said clerk to be filled
and certified at the proper time
now provided by law.) That
said report shall be made in a
neat and legible manner and the
county clerk shall reject any and
all reports which in his judgment
are not neat and legible and that
the books so filed as said report
shall, after the clerk has extend
ed the taxes thereon, be and con
stitute the tax books of the
county.
Section 11. That Section
6991 to 7009 inclusive of Kirby’s
Digest of the laws of Arkansas,
and all other laws and Acts re
lating to county boards of equa
lization, be, and they are hereby
repealed and this Act’shall not
be construed to repeal any law
except those hereby repealed and
those in conflict herewith, and
this Act being necessary for the
immediate preservation 01 the
public peace, health and safety,
an emergency is hereby declared
to exist and this Act shall take
effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
Approved March 12, 1917.
Act No. 263
Section 1. That not later
than the tenth day before the
time for the beginning of the as
sessment of taxes by the tax as
sessors of the several counties of
this state, the Arkansas Tax
Commission shall file with the
county clerk and the assessor of
each county a certificate showing
e her centum of market value
at it has used, or will use, in
valuing for taxation for that
year the property it is requirec
to value, and it shall be the dut}
of the tax assessor (and the
members of the Bo^rd of Equali
zation) in each county not to as
sess or reduce the value of an}
item of property for the purpose
of taxation in that county in tha’
year below the per centum oj
market value so certified by the
Tax Commission. (The Board
of Equalization in each count}
shall distinctly state in its repori
the per centum of market value
used by it in equalizing the ta>
valuation that year.) The Ta>
Commission shall have the powei
to raise, or lower, the values ir
any county, or any subdivision ol
any county, or the values of an}
individual tax payer in any coun
ty, so as to make the assessmeni
uniform throughout the State.
When the Tax Commissior
shall raise or lower the values ir
any county, or any subdivisior
-of any county, or of any individ
ual tax payer in any county,
they shall certify such change t(
the county clerk of the county,
whose duty it shsll be to make
such corrections on the assess^
ment books as are certified
the Tax Commission.
Section 2. Any county as
sessor (or any member of £
board of equalization) who shal
knowingly and willfully fail oi
refuse to list and value any iterr
of property subject to taxation,
knowing that such item of prop^
efty is subject to taxation, and is
not listed and valued for thal
year, or who shall fail or refuse
to value any property at the pei
centum of its market value as
certified by the Tax Commission,
shall be subject to a penalty oi
five hundred ($500.00) dollars
for each offense, to be recovered
by’civil action by the State Tax
Commission in the name of the
State. Not exceeding twenty
per centum of such recoveries
may be retained by the Tax Com
mission to pay the fee of the at
torney for them and the othei
expenses of the litigation, the
remainder of the recovery to be
deposited in the state treasury
ffVio if (ronornl rov.
enue fund.
Section 3. Any suits undei
Section 2 of this Act shall be
brought within one year after
the cause of action shall accrue
and not thereafter, and all such
actions may be brought in the
county where the defeddant re
sides, or in any adjoining county,
: and service of summons had or
the defendant in the county oi
his residence.
Section 4. The powers grant
ed in this Act to the Tax Com
mission shall be cumulative tc
powers heretofore granted to the
Tax Commission. This Act being
necessary for the immediate pre
j servation of the public peace,
health and safety an emergency
nrufTHW mm
l is hereby declared to exist and
this Act shall be in force and ef
- feet from and after its passage.
Approved March 17, 1917.
Statement of Corporation Af
filiations. Required by
Act 245 of the Pub
lic Acts of 1917
I hereby certify that the only
: corporation with which I have
been associated with during the
past twelve months is the White
River Land and Timber Compa
ny, located at Augusta, Arkan
| sas and engaged in the sawmill
and lumber business. Special
employment.
Dated at Augusta, Arkansas
; this the 23rd. day of may 1917.
A. L. Hutchins,
t Candidate for District Dele
i gate to Constitutional Conven
Subscribed and sworn to be
fore me this 23rd. day of May
> 1917.
Walter Jimerson,
i County Clerk.
■ Filed 5 I 23 I 1917.
Walter Jimerson.
5-25-2t County Clerk.
L 800 pounds of good Blaylock
[ cotton seed for sale. J. G. Du
. pree, R. 2.
t For Sale: Thoroughbred Rhode
Island Red Eggs. $1.50 per set
•! ting, baby chicks 20c each. To
i mato plants 15c a dozen two for
; j 25c, sweet pepper plants 25c per
! | dozen, celery plants 15c per doz
’ | en, 70c per hundred, Nancy Hall
11 sweet potato slips. Mrs. W. G.
1 Dilliard, MeCrory, Ark. Adv.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. R. L. FRASER,
IS READY TO ANSWER
CALLS; DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory, \ Arkansas
L. B. WINFREE, J. P.
CONVEYANCES
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G. W. BARBER
NOTARY PUBLIC
AND INSURANCE
Baptist Church Notes
Rev. W. H. McEwen is here
teaching a class in Teacher Train
ing Work this week. While
rather small, the class is an in
teresting one, and is making
good progress.
The protracted meeting will
begin on Sunday night. Rev. T.
J. Latimer of Manilla will be in
charge of the music. He is a
good singer, as well as preacher.
The general public is very cor
dially invited to attend these ser
vices, and all singers are especi
ally welcome. Their help will
be much appreciated.
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the McCrory High
School this week, Mr. Fletcher
Lewis was elected President and
Mr. G. G. McCrory Secretary.
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