White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-12-24
State Board Of Eo.aIixalion.

State Bonr0 OF Eqa0liZ3tiOos
If our readers will look into tbs vol
ums Of Compiled Statutes, page Sill. tisy
will find . chapter that tells Of Board
Of Equalization, to equalize the ss'es'-
nent Of the whole State. This Board
meets on the second Monday Of Ssptsm-
ber, in each year. and is composed Of the
Secretary of State. Auditor. and Trsssu-
rer. We suppose the good men who
framed this law. fondly supposed that
the .ction of this Board was to advance
justice, and to prevent one County from
assessing its property so much lower thar
the neighboring Counties. - to shirk it,
fair proportion Of taxation. and thereby
throw the burden Of supporting the State
Government upon others moro honest
The result has proven that "tbe wicked
in their generation are wiser than th'
children Of light"
The last Legislature passed Revenue
Law. making the State tax five mills
The worthy State Board Of Equalization
net in September. pondsred sagsly over
the average valuation Of the real estate oi
the various Counties. and then resolved
that Lesvsnworth Coun'y had shirked q
little. and raised her per centags to Eve
and half mills; then they. with greater
wisdom displayed. conned the return o
Doniphsn County, and concluded she
had sbirksd worse than Lesvenworth, &c
raised her per centags to 6vs and three.
fourths mills
We wonder If any Of the members ol
the worthy Board know anything .boat
Donipbsn County! Have they never
heard that this war has made rs poor?-
that from being ths best paying sgricul-
tursl County in the State. ws have BE-
come almost the worst! In spite of our
rich land and 6ne crops. We are poor
till very recently receiving almost moth
ing for our produce. Last year. the Rob-
inson Administration loaded rs with ex-
ira taxation in the same way, and We ex-
pectsd to get justice this year-sspecially
as We called the attention of this same
Board to the fact that the County Board
OF Lsavsnworth County had cut down
the valuation of personal property in
their County one, half. although the as
ssssment was made low; and in addition
thereto. refused to pay the back Terrific.
rial tax of 1860. which the Legislature
tried to enforce-failing through some
legal quibble. In the face of such shirk-
ing, swindling and shystering Of the
County of Leavenworth. and in spite of
the known poverty of Dsniphsn County.
snd the wealth made BY Leavenworth
County from the war-in the face of all
these facts, this State Board of Equaliza-
tion have had the assurance to make
Doniphsn County pay higher per cent.
age than Leavenworth County. We
have noticed other Counties that have
been served a. We have been.
We see but one way to protect eur
'elve.-not elect such men for State off,
sers.
If Leavenworsh County will not pay
he tax for 1860. and is determined to
ut the State to further expense and
rouble, We are in favor Of Doniphan
Jounty refusing to pay into the State
Treasury any mere money collected on
Territorial taxes: and we recommend the
anne course to all the other Counties.
We don't believe in the other Counties
saying all the taxes. ald then giving sll
be Offices to Leavsnworth.
We trust our Legislature will this
Winter make law that wiH hold.