the ag?rieved
tax-payer
has
been
noti-
fied by
the
assessor,
as herein
provided,
|
of
the
assessment
or
re-assessment
of
|
shis
property:
Provided,
also,
That
no
|
statements
or
arguments
in
behalf
of
|
such
complaint
or
appeal
shall be
con-
|
sidered
except
those
presented
by
the
aggrieved
person
himsedf
or
his
duly
l
accredited
actorney
or agent.
;
HEARING OF.
|
The said Board of Review and Equaliza-
|
tion shall
hear the appeal
and
determine
|
anew
any
questions
arising
before
the
|
board
which relate
to the liabilityof the
|
property
to assessment,
or to the amount
|
thereof,
and,
upon
recording
such
de-
|
termination,
shall
coriect
the
asssass-
t
ment
books
or
schedules
in
accordance
|
with
their
decision,
or shall
order
such
|
corrections
to be made
by the
Secretary
}
if said
books
or
schedules
be
in
his
;
pomsession.
d
s
POWER
OF
BOARD.
|
Said
Board
sh=ll have power
to abate,
|
lessen
or increase
the
valuations
made
,
in
anv schedule
returned
to it
whether
|
any complaint
has
been
made
in relation
thereto
or not,
and
decide
all other
com-
plaints
in respect
to
the
assessmenr
of
taxes
and
to
correct
ali
errors
as
they
may
be brought
so its attention;
provid-
ed,
however,
That
no
increase
shall
be
|
made
in
the valuation of property of any
|
person
uni:ss
such
person
shall
have
been
given a:
least
five days
notice
of
!
the
in.ention
to make
such
increase,
in
she
manaer
provided
for in section
28 of
1
this Ordinance.
|
DECISION
OF BOARD FINAL.
|
The decision of the board
in all matters
|
coming before
it s'gall
be final.
In
exe-
|
cuting
the
duties
“imposed
upon
it
by
i
this
Ordinance,
the
said
board
may
examine
on oath
or
affirmation, any
per-
son
or persons
who
may ho--
Fnowledge
of
or inform&.aun
concerning
...
value
|
of property
subject
to taxation,
and
any
member
of
said
board
may
administer
the oath
of affirmation.
‘
RECORD
OF
APPEAL
AND
VALUATION
|
CHANGED,
s
Section 36.-—Every
appeai
deciden
by
said
board and
every
valuation
ehanged
by
said board
shall be
recorded
by
the
Secretary,
together
wich the
date
upon
which
such
decision
was
made
or such
change
recorded,
and
the appellant
or
owner
of the
property
whose
valuation
|
has
been
changed
or
whose
rights
have
|
been
affected
by
said
decision
shall
be
~otified of the
same
in writing and
entry
|
shail
be
made
in said record of the action
|
of the board
that rhe
notices
required
by
this section
to
be sent
to tax-payers
have
been
given or posted,
which entrics
shali
be
conclusive
evidence
ot ‘téxe giving
or
posting of the notices
requided.
BOOKS,
ETC.
TO BE DELIVERED TO SECRE-
TARY.
;
3ection 37.
Che
said
Board of Review
|
and
Ejualization
shall
deiiver
to
the
!
L LilUil
X
A v
Secretary
all
the
bogks,
schedules,
re-
-
cords
and
papers
which
may have
been
~
received
or
used
by
said
board
in
its
-
work of correction
and revision.
During
~
the
progress
of
said correction
and
re-
~
vision
the
Secretary
shall
furnish
said
~
board
with the clerical assistance,
books
|
and stationery,
necessary
for
the proper
~execution
of the
duties of said
board.
(To be continued.)
|
L
|
LOCAL.
{
t
. 'Ne have
been
asked
to
mention
that
|
th
: Native
Brass
Band
will give
a
con-
!
cert
on
the whart
to-morrow evening.
|
1
Monday July
4, being
a
legal
holiday
}
there
will
be
no
issue
of
this
paper.
|
From
St.
Thomas
papers
it is
noticed
.~
that
a Raporel
steamer
the
freat
Falls
!
is
expected
in
St.
Thomas
on
Monday
‘
4th
proceeding
to
St.
Croix
and
other
|
island>.
This
may
be of interest
to folks
'
in this
island
as regards
mail
and
cargo.
|
|
e
‘
We have
information
that
the laying
of
pipes
from
Protestant
Quay
to the
.
Custom
House
for the
purpose
of supply-
'
ing water
to the
town
is
now in progress
|
and
tnat
it
is
expected
(o have this
ar-
|
rangement
completed in
tw) weeks
time.
!
The
Distriet’
Coart
of-'B:..
Thomas
’
opens
on the sth.
it is
'understood.
Po-
|
lice Juldge
Jensen
and
D rector
of Polic
|
Coulter go
to St.
'nomas
tonight
to offici-
|
atein
its opening.
During
the
abdsence
|
of the director
Senior
District
Cnief
of
i
Police
Espersza
will act
as dirazior.
=
-
Football.
Remember
the
great
football
contest
o~ the Holger Danske
Ground
tomorrow
'
afternoon
at
4.30
o’clock,
Dreadnought
.
of this island,
vs.
Stars
of
St.
[homas,
.
The Native
Brass
Band
will be
in attend-
ance.
We hope the
day wi'l be
a
favor-
able
one.— Com.
|
VBLGR A Ms.
|
Si. CROIX STA[IUN.
|
New
York,
June
28tnh
—[ae
teature
|
of Saturdays
Wall
b.reet
Dbetting
on
.
the
Demsey-Uarpeniier
iignt
was
the
|
receipt
of
a
considerabiec
amount
of
.
cash
[rum
the
Demsey’s
Uamo
to place
'
at even
money
that
the
batrie
will not
last six rounds.
W.
[.
Dacrell
and Ce.
had
SIO,OOO
to
wager
that
way,
and
James
W.].
3all and Co.
also
has
sever-
~al
cnrusand
doilars.
Upon
the
closing
of business,
nowvever,
none
Os this money
.
had
oeen
covered,
Several
good
size
|
wagers
were
placed
during
the day at
|
8k
tol
to
4
to
1.
Several
thousand
dollars were
on offer at 34
tn 1, but with
out takers,
that Dempsey
with
sccre
a
knockout,
while
1
to
8
was
still to be
had
that
Carpentier
does
not
respond
to the second
round bell.
New York, June 28th.—The
raw sugar
market
was
unchanged
at
4
cents for
centrifugals.
The
market
for refined
was
easier
and
prices
declined
10 te 20
points
to the
basis
5.20 and
5.30 for fine
granulated
the
former
beinga new low
record.
Dublin, June
28th.— The
Southern
Ir-
ish Parliament,
established
by the Home
Rule Act,
opened
here
this
afterncon.
Comparatively
few
members
were pres-
ent, however,
and the proceedings
lasted
only
fifteen
minutes.
The
four imperi-
alistic
members
of
the parliament frem
I'rinity
College
and fifteen members
of
the
Senate
attended.
The
lower house
is comprised
almost
entirely of members
of the Sinn Fein, which ignored
the
sum-
mons
to the opening of Parliament.
The
Lord
Chief
Justice
Mr
Maloney,
was
present,
but there
was
little public inter-
est.
Rome,
June 28th.—King Victor Eman-
uel today called
separately
to
the Qui-
rinal,
Signor
Tittoni,
President
of
the
Senate,
and
Signor
Denicols,
kresident
of the Chamber
of
Deputies,
to
discuss
the crisis
caused
by
the
resignation
of
the Riolitti Ministry
and the best
means
of solution for it.
It is
said
that Signer
Tittoni
ard
Signor
Denicola
expressed
the opinion to the King that Signor Giolit-
ti should form
a new cabinet.
Londen,
June 28th.—Sir
Ernest
Shack-
leton,
who
commanded
the
British
An-
tarctic Expedition in 1507-09 which reach-
ed
within
97
miles
of
the
South
Pole
and
also
the
Antarctic
Expedition
in
1914-16,
wiil be
the leader
of a
new
voy-
age
of discovery
covering
3,000
miles
of unchartered
sections
of
the
Southern
Atlantic, the Pac:fic and Antarctic
Seas.
Barbados,
June
29th.—His
Honour
Sir Herbert
Greaves
K. T. Chief
Justice
sailed
tor
Canada
yesterday
on
six
months
leave
of
absence.
Sir
William
Chandler.
K. T.
President
ot
the
As-
sistant
Uourt
of Appeal,
will act
as
Chief
Justice.
St.
Luduia,
June
29th.
- His
Honour
Lieut.
Col,
W. B. Davidson
Hcuston
C.
M. G.
Administrator
¢f
St.
Lucia,
left
vesterday
evening
by the
S. 8.
"'Song
ster’’
en
six
month
leave
of
absence.
During
his Honour’s
absence
the
Govt.
of
the
Colony
will
b= administered
by
the
Hon.
U. B.
laborde,
1 8.
O. Treas-
urer of Grenada.
Paris,
June
Z4th.—Germany
has paid
54,000,000
goid
« arks
to
he Reparations
commission.
This
makes
a
toiw
of
about
one
quarter
of
a
Biilion
marks
that Germany
has
turned
over to the
re-
parations
commission.
The
balance of
the
instalments,
which
is
in
90
days
draft,
is due
at the end cf July.