People ex rel. Cornell Steamboat Co. v. Hornbeck
New York Supreme Court
The assessors of the town of Bochester, Ulster county, ¡N. Y., made an assessment for the year 1899 against the relator, the 'Cornell Steamboat Company of $75,000. The assessors met to review the assessments on the third Tuesday of August, pursuant to notice. The relator appeared before them and made ■application for a reduction of the assessment.
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The assessors of the town of Bochester, Ulster county, ¡N. Y., made an assessment for the year 1899 against the relator, the 'Cornell Steamboat Company of $75,000. The assessors met to review the assessments on the third Tuesday of August, pursuant to notice. The relator appeared before them and made ■application for a reduction of the assessment. The assessors re•duced the assessment to the sum of $25,000. They completed their roll on the third Tuesday of August, and on that day verified ■it and filed it with the town clerk of said town of Bochester and ■posted notices stating that the roll…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
Section 35 of the Tax Law provides: “The assessors shall complete the assessment-roll on or before the first day of August, and make out one copy thereof, to be left with one of their number, and forthwith cause a notice to be conspicuously posted in three or more public places in the tax district, stating that they have completed the assessment roll, and that a copy thereof has been left with one of their number at a specified place,. where it may be seen and examined by any person until the third Tuesday of August next following, and that on that day they will meet at a time and place…
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