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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0213 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS
OF TIE
STATE OF FLORIDA,
PASSED AT THE NINTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
185 8--'59
St. S. PEniy, Governor. F. L. VILLEPIOUP, Secretary of State. T. W. Bat.
rARD, Comptroller of Public Accounts. CnAULES H. AUsTIN, State Treasurer. 1858.
M. D. PAPY, Attorney General. Jon FiNLAYSON, President of the Senate.
J. E. BowDEN, Secretary of the Senate. JoHN B. GALuAITH, Speaker of
the Iouse. R. B. 1hLtoN, Clerk of the House.
CIHAPrR 859.-[No. 1.]
AN ACT to amend an act entitled an not to establish the ad valorem system
of Taxation.
SEcrION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Iouse of Represen.
falives of tie Slate (f Florida in General Assembly convened, 'I'lat Amount nf land,
the nintl section of said act be so amended as to require the pei'- a other prop,
son making a return of taxable property, to stale the number of ertytobereturn,
slaves, acres of land, head of horses, asses, mules, neat cattle, ed.
swine, sheep or other things proper to enumerate, as well as the ag.
gregate value under each head of enumeration, and that the 'rax If Tax Asseu,
Assessor (if ho shall have aty doubt of the correctness of any return i t to ao,
so made, or any part thereof, either as to number or value) be re- Commisuloners.
quired to lay thu same before the County Commissioners of the
Counity %I herein the case may occur, and it shall lie the d-ty of said Commlaloan to
Commissioners, on the tfiling of such ilormation before therm by be appolnted.
the Tax Assessor, to appoint a Commission of three discreet per-
sons to enquire into the correctness of said return or returns, and Repot ot.
report to said Commissioners under oath or atfirniation, and the val. Expenses. :
nation tiade by said Commission shall he deemed and taken as the commission.
true assessment in such cases, and the expenses of such Commis.
sion shall be added to the taxes assessed and collected in each par.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsfl0213&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)