[or-roots] Douglas County 1895 census

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As they are county tax records try Douglas County Tax office and see if  
they have them and if they don't where they might be.
 
Linda
 
 
In a message dated 12/18/2013 10:25:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
glenkc7mbm at comcast.net writes:

 
The State Archives or the Oregon Historical Society may have them yet. 
Glen Jones




 
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From: "Robyn Greenlund" <rgreenlund61 at yahoo.com>
To:  "OR-Roots" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Sent:  Wednesday, December 18, 2013 12:00:46 AM
Subject: [or-roots]  Douglas County 1895 census

Ran  across this article in the The Plaindealer (Roseburg, OR), Feb 18, 
1895 pg. 3  - Does anyone know if copies of this census still exist, and where 
they can be  found?

Assessment Census for '95 
Tax payers should begin taking an  inventory and account of what property 
they possess liable to taxation. The  assessor is required by law to assess 
each man with what he owns on the first  day of March, and no matter if you 
sell your house and lot on the 2nd day of  March, and the assessor does not 
assess you until the middle of June, you will  have to pay taxes on that 
house and lot just as though you owned it in June.  It is a physical 
impossibility for the assessor to call on every man in the  county on the first day of 
March and hence you will save both yourself and the  county official much 
time, if you will prepare a list of your property on the  first of March and 
lay it away where you can place your hand on it when he  does come. the 
legislature of 1864, then meeting in October, passes a law  making it the duty of 
the assessor at the time of assessing his county in 1865  and every ten 
years thereafter to take an enumeration of the inhabitants and  industrial 
products of his county. In this enumeration there are 27 columns to  be filled 
out and Assessor Sterling estimates that it will take more time to  make the 
census this year than to make the assessment. For example in each  family, 
he must list the number of males over 21 years, number between 10 and  21 and 
number under 10, and the females between 10 and 18. He must get the  number 
of bushels of wheat, oats, barley, corn and rye; tons of hay, pounds of  
wool, butter, cheese and the number of horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep and  
all productions. The census rolls are to be turned over to the county clerk 
 when compiled and it is his duty to keep a copy and send original to 
secretary  of state. 



Robyn
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