The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-02-01
For tie Eyis 8 Mteliiyencer
The Late Assessor emit.

The Late Assessor ent.
Mr. EDITOR Through the "Hyis"
permit me, Il tax payer, to call the atten-
ttUn. oi tie tax payers to some Of the in-
consisre"cics Of the late appralsement, and
by 50 doing enable the Commissioners TO
correct many grciyous crrcrs, which were
unavoidable, in the shor line allowed the
APPRAISERS; ara here will state that from
all | have learned, the appraisers for the
ID District If tins county have come as
near IA far apprasement as perhaps any
in the S ate.
Atou the proper time for re-appraiSe
ment of our property, have but little to
say. but would think this not fair or Ia,
voratie time, for the agriculturst at least,
VI on whom taxation seems Intended to
tall tie heaviest, perhaps with the expec-
tation, that 40 effective complaint will be
made by them. Their nd IS therefore
taxed, in many Instances, for as much or
mrrc than II would bring in tom Ben
to"'o MKT Drops" gold, to-morrow--
tier Turning Implements, their live
ST ok, gam Oh hand, household furniture;
aud if IN ambitious farmer, or one driven
to 1t by dire Ut cessity, should mortgage
his come. TO bonow money to improve 1t,
or to keep his chiidren from wan, aud to
educate them, he is douoly taxed again,
we might say 'retly, if We include revenue
stamps upon tie M rtgago. They tax his
live h"g and they TAX him dead, i: sold
they tax him if he converts his waste ap.
pies into cider, and if by great industry
and rigid economy, he saves few hun
dred dollars to lay by, and lends it to a
ncighbVr IN distress, he is taxed ou,the in-
vestment; and, in fact, in every concyiv-
able way be is taxed. He is producer,
benefact0r TO mankind.
Now how stands the man who holds
thousands aud tens of thousands of Coz
ernmem bonds? Are his bouds taxed ?
On, no; although purchased, perhaps, 1t
ten, twenty or even thirly-three per cent.
discount. Is the interest paid III paper
mouey? No, sir; go!d-wnlch can abe
again sold at from thrty-tive to forty per
cent. adv tnce. But he is not farmer,
aud theretsre is not expected to pay the
expenses of 1.-THE test Government the
world ever saw" Now, as the farmers
aud land owners have the taaeS to pay, let
them be equltably adjusted aud upon in-
tensile productive value, and not sup
posed one. Let. the Improvements also
be evenly appraised, aud not tax MIR. AS
farm OF ta0o hundred acres of thin land,
with common tcuant house, a small sta
ble aud old fences, at the same rate as
MIR. BIS adjoining 200 acres are taxed,
with fine dwelling, large new barn, good
fences, land highly improved, several leu
ant houses, commanding good rents-the
whole producing an Income to Mr.. b. at
least four times as great as Mr.. AS. Nor
should Mr.. C's land be appraised at SIS
taxable value, with house worth $500,
aud stable at about $500, half of his
land woods and waste, and the balance SO
thin that he eau just make enough to sup.
port h.s famll y spa,iugly. Mr.. BIS NO. y
land is taxed at S35, with dwelling worth
two thousand, barn 81 500, and other out
houses worth 81, 900, (total i'll buildings,
81, 5OO) which is about the amount MIR.
B lar,n is appraised at, the buildings not
heinS valued separately. lie boasts Of
IL DarieIs vi corn To Tue acre, au1 Az
bushels of wheat, and 40 waste land worth
namiLg. is this a talr aud equitable APP
pralsemcut? | Ihink not. Mr.. b aud
produces at least four tlmes as much per
acre as Mr.. C's. Mr. BIS buildings ale
Of four times the value of Mr.. Cs. He
has no waste lands half of MIR. C's is
WASTE.
Now granting, (Which we do uoD that
Mr.. &. is not appraised too high, what
should BE- the Valuation ON Mr. BIS place?
AT least one hundred dollars per acre, |
thiuk.
[ could go on and cite innumera bic in
stauccs like the above, but deem it not
as these two are sufficient to
call attention to the matter. | think the
should not have been cx-
cessi.e, if it had been equu, which it is
not. A large taxable property and full
might induce extravaganza aud
higher taxes, on a falling market and de-
paper currency, which would
certainly be ruluous and oppressive IL tho
already over taxed Agricultural communal
ty.