1891 private laws – Ch.307 Sec.57

That the secretary and treasurer on or before the third Monday in May of each and every year may make advertisement in some newspaper notifying all persons residing in the city of Winston who own or have control of taxable property in the city on the first of June to return to him on or before the last day of June a list of their taxable property in said city; said lists shall state the number of lots or parts of lots and all other property now taxable or that hereafter may be made taxable by the laws of the state or the ordinances of the city, and the list so returned to the secretary and treasurer shall be sworn to before him, and he is hereby authorized to administer the following oath: tI -__.—- , do solemnly swear that the tax return made out and signed by me contains a full and accurate list of the number of lots owned by me, all county bonds, and a , full and accurate list of all personal property, and a full and accurate list of all other property subject to taxation by the laws of the state and ordinances of said city, according to my best knowledge, information and belief : So help me God. And from the returns so made the secretary and treasurer shall, within thirty days after the expiration of the time for taking said list, make out in a book kept for that purpose an alphabetical list of the persons and owners of property who have so made their returns, in the same manner as tax-lists are made out by law for the collection of state taxes. And the said secretary and treasurer shall copy in said book the assessments in [on] file in the register of deeds office of all property within the city limits, which assessments may be revised, corrected or amended by the board of aldermen.