No By inquiry made by The Assessors, Compare own rule. Assessors and de-deliver blank lists er's valuation scription of property and make in- with best evicontained in sworn quiries in regard dence obtain

lists.

to it.

Table. Bank stock, etc., as returned by cashiers.

The Assessors' Personal propNone other judgment as to its erty is not listed, than by inquiry selling value after at 70 Per Cent. of of owners. proper steps are tak-its value, horses en for making such perhaps excepted. sale. Old lists are ex-Wagons, musical amined to ascertain instruments, etc., if property has been at less than 50 Per previously listed at Cent. Bicycles not its fair market value at all but ought|| and if not it is the to be. Boards purpose of the Board of Assessors fol. to place a proper val- low too much the uation upon it, con-abstracts made sidering the location. the previous year Its annual rental and find it diffivalue is another cult to keep up the means used. list as the Board of Relief often interferes.

Clinton,

80 No. 2 or 3 The Assessors are

Each taxpayer

As sworn to

yrs. familiar with all realis required to by the owners. estate. All new swear to all taxa

buildings are exam-ble personal prop

ined and assessed.

or

erty owned by
him in this
any other state,
except bank and
insurance stocks,
which are re-
turned by the
cashiers of the
bank and insur-
ance companies.

East Haddam, 75 No.

Νο

Improvements and Prices at which Merchants' rule. known selling price t he

Property statement as to considered in making would bring in amount invest

valuation.

open market, and ed in merchanreturns by banks dise and trade. and insurance

companies.

No

Market value gov

The returns of

The

amount

rule. erns largely. Village officers of corpor-returned under
property has been ations whose stock the head of
listed higher latterly, is liable to taxa-"Amount Em-
while farm property, tion, and the lists ployed in Mer-
having depreciated in as returned, are chandise and

value, has been as- the only means.
sessed lower.

Trade" is generally accepted.

Killingworth, 66% Yes.

By inquiring into By examination.

any

changes that
have been made dur-

ing the year that may
have effected values.

By examination and statement of owners.