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taxed for the year so omitted, in the manner provided for taxing omitted lands.

Section 33 of

[R. S., pt. I, ch. 13, tit. II, § 32; 8th ed., 1104,
amplified but not changed in substance.
revision provides for the taxing of omitted lands.]

§ 52. Review of assessments against nonresident owners of rents reserved.— If an assessment of taxable rents shall have been made against any person in any tax district of which he is not an actual resident, the board of supervisors of the county shall have the same power and authority in all respects, and it shall be its duty to correct such assessments as to the valuation of such rents and as to the gross amount for which such persons shall be assessed therefor, as the assessors of a tax district have as to the assessment of personal property of an actual resident of such tax district. The board may reduce the amount of any such assessment, if necessary, to make such assessment just when compared with the other assessments other assessments of property upon

such roll.

[L. 1858, ch. 357; R. S., 8th ed., 1108,

without change of substance.]

§ 53. Correction of errors by board of supervisors.-If it shall be made to appear to the board of supervisors of any county, upon the verified petition of the assessors of any tax district;

1. That any property taxable therein has, by any mistake in transcribing or copying the assessment-roll of the preceding year, been placed on the assessment-roll delivered to the supervisor, at a valuation less than actually appearing upon the origi ual roll signed by the assessors, such board shall insert in the assessment-roll of the current year an assessment of the property upon the valuation equal to the difference between the actual valuation made by the assessors and the amount at which, by such mistake, the property was placed upon the roll of the preceding year, and tax the same at the rate per centum imposed upon property in such tax district in the year in which the mistake occurred.

2. That any taxable property therein has been omitted from the assessment-roll of the preceding year, such board shall place the same on the roll of the current year at its valuation for the preceding year, to be fixed by the assessors in their petition, and shall tax the same at the rate per centum of the preceding year.

3. That taxable property has been omitted from the assessment-roll, for the current year, such board shall place the same thereon at a valuation to be fixed by the assessors in their petition, and shall tax the same at the rate per centum of the current year.

A copy of the petition under the second or third subdivision of this section, with a notice of the presentation thereof to the board of supervisors, shall be served personally on the person alleged to be liable to taxation for the land omitted from the assessmentroll, at least ten days before the meeting of the board of supervisors; and the board of supervisors shall take no action on such petition, unless proof of the personal service of such petition and notice be made to them by affidavit. The board of supervisors shall give to the person alleged to be liable to taxation for such omitted land, an opportunity to be heard, and on such hearing and review the board of supervisors shall have, as to such omitted property all the powers of the assessors of a tax district in reviewing and correcting the assessment-roll.

The whole amount of tax levied upon land or property omitted in the tax levy of the preceding year shall be deducted from the aggregate of taxation to be levied on the tax district for the current year before such tax is levied.

[L. 1865, ch. 453, §§ 2-4; R. S., 8th ed., 1111.

The paragraph requiring notice to be served on the person alleged to be taxable and giving him opportunity to be heard by board is new.]

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§ 54. Reassessment of property illegally assessed. Wheneverby the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it appears to the board of supervisors that any property liable to taxation in any year was erroneously or illegally assessed, and

that by reason of such erroneous or illegal assessment, such property did not become subject to taxation for such year, the board shall place the same on the roll of the current year at the valuation thereof, if any, fixed by the assessors for such preceding year; and in case no valuation was fixed by the assessors, such property shall be assessed by the board at such valuation as they may determine for the preceding year. Before fixing such valuation, the board of supervisors shall give to the owners of such property, at the time of the assessment by the board, a notice of at least five days and an opportunity to be heard, and on such hearing, the board shall have, as to such property, all the powers of the assessors of a tax district in reviewing and correcting an assessinent-roll. Such property shall be taxed at the rate per centum of such preceding year. The whole amount of tax on property levied in pursuance of this section shall be deducted from the aggregate of taxation to be levied on the tax district for the current year, before such tax is levied.

[R. S., pt. I, ch. 13, tit. II, §§ 33-35; 8th ed., 1104,

R. S., pt. 1, ch. 13, tit. IV, § 15; 8th ed., 1150,

L. 1846, ch. 327, § 2; R. S., 8th ed., 1106,
L. 1859, ch. 312, § 9; R. S., 8th ed., 1109,
without change of substance.]

§ 55. Levy of tax by supervisors. The board of supervisors of each county shall, at its annual meeting, levy the taxes for the county, including the state tax, upon the valuations as equalized by it and estimate and set down in a separate column in the assessment-roll of each tax district therein, opposite to the sums set down as the valuation of real and personal property or property of incorporated companies or of the taxable rents reserved, the sum to be paid as a tax thereon, including the state tax, as fixed by the comptroller. Such assessment-roll

shall, when the warrant is annexed thereto, become the tax-roll of the tax district, and a copy thereof shall be delivered to the proper supervisor, who shall deliver it to the clerk of the proper city or town to be kept by him for its use.

[New.]

§ 56. Tax-roll and collector's warrant.-On or before December fifteenth, in each year, the board of supervisors shall annex to the tax-roll a warrant under the seal of the county, signed by the chairman and clerk of the board, commanding the collector of each tax district, to whom the same is directed, to collect from the several persons named in such roll the several sums mentioned in the last column thereof opposite their respective names, on or before the first day of the following February, and further commanding him to pay over on or before that date, all moneys so collected, appearing on said roll, to the treasurer of the county, if he be a collector of a city or a division thereof, or if he be a collector of a town:

1. To the commissioners of highways of the town, such sum as shall have been raised for the support of highways and bridges therein.

2. To the overseers of the poor of the town, such sum as shall have been levied, to be expended by such overseers for the support of the poor therein.

3. To the supervisor of the town, all of the moneys levied therein, to defray any other town expenses or charges.

4. To the treasurer of the county, the residue of the money so to be collected.

If the law shall direct the taxes levied for any local or special purpose in a city or town, to be paid to any person or officer other than those named in this section, the warrant shall be varied so as to conform to such direction. The warrant shall authorize the collector to levy such taxes by distress and sale, in case of nonpayment. The corrected assessment-roll, or a fair copy thereof, shall be delivered by the board of supervisors to the collector of the tax district on or before December fifteenth, in each year.

[R. S., pt. I, ch. 13, tit. II, §§ 36, 37, 39; 8th. ed., 1105,

without change of substance, except that the chairman and clerk sign the warrant instead of the supervisors, or a majority of them. This is deemed more convenient.]

§ 57. Statement of taxes upon certain corporations by clerk of supervisors. The clerk of each board of supervisors shall, within five days after the tax warrant is completed, deliver to the county

treasurer, a statement showing the names, valuation of property and the amount of tax of every railroad, corporation and telegraph, telephone and electric-light line in each tax district in the county, and on refusal or neglect so to do, shall forfeit to the county the sum of one hundred dollars, to be sued for by the district attorney in the name of the county.

[County L. (L. 1892, ch. 686), § 53; R. S., 8th. ed., supp. 3925, without change of substance, except that § 53 of the county law only requires the statement to specify the town or city in which the corporation is assessed.]

§ 58. Statement of valuation to be forwarded to comptroller.The clerk of each board of supervisors shall, on or before the second Monday in December, transmit to the comptroller, in the form to be prescribed by such comptroller, a certificate or return of the aggregate assessed and equalized valuation of the real and personal estate in each tax district as the valuation of such real estate has been corrected by such board, and the amount of tax assessed thereon for town, city, school, county and state purposes. Also the names of the several incorporated companies liable to taxation in such county, the nature of their business, the amount of the capital stock paid in and secured to be paid in by each, the amount of real and personal property of each as put down by the assessors, or by it, the amount of taxes assessed on each, and the amount of personal property on which each such corporation is exempt on account of the payment of state taxes on its capital. In the city of New York such report shall be made by the clerk of the board of aldermen, and for the purpose of making such report he may require any department or board of such city to furnish the necessary information.

[R. S., pt. 1, ch. 13, tit. II, § 34; 8th. ed., 1105,
R. S., pt. 1, ch. 13, tit. 4, § 16; 8th. ed., 1151,

without change of substance, except that a date is fixed for
the transmission of the certificate, and the report is to be
made on the basis of "tax districts" instead of towns and
wards.

The legislature added the last sentence, and made several verbal changes in other parts of the section.]

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