61 Miss. 569 | Miss. | 1884
delivered the opinion of the court.
The single question in this case is : Did the failure of the assessor to append to the assessment roll the affidavit prescribed by “ An Act in relation to Public Revenue,” approved March 5,1878, so vitiate the assessment as to render nugatory all subsequent proceedings with reference to it, and annul all sales for taxes made under it? We answer it in the negative. This affidavit is required to be made, after the completion of the assessment rolls, as an additional guaranty to his oath of office, to secure the performance of duty by the assessor in the particular matters to which the affidavit
Deoree affirmed.