The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-01-25
whether the Board should raise or re-

whether the Board should raise or re.
ducs the assessment. nor whether it
should take any action further than to
hear the applicant. That statute was
passed in 1867 and is entitled as follows;
An Act, supplementary to An Act
entitled An Act TO provide Revenue
for the support of the Government of
the State of Nevada approved March
9th, 1865, and other Acts amendatory
and supplementary thereof" The First
Section of this Act reads as follows:
Section l. The County Treasures of the
respective counties of this State, in their
capacity as exOficio Tax Receivers, are
hereby authorized and empowered, and it is
made their duty, between the third Mon Jay
in October, and the third Monday in Deem
Der of each year, to specially assess all
persons and property, for taxation, and col
lect the taxes so assessed in all cases where
the County Assessor has neglected or omit
ted, from any cause, to make this assess
ment on any person or property In the
county, or where any person or property
has, since the closing of the assessment
roll, come into the county; Prorided any
person feeling aggrie,ed by anv such assess
ment may appear before the Board Of County
Co"n''ssfoners, and apply to have such as
se>sment equalized, modified or discharged
and the Board of Commissioners SHALL
hold general or special session, to hear
and finally determine the matter.
Is any man SO blind as not to see the
imperative reason for the order of TIE
Supreme Court for the conveniug of the
Board of County Commissioners after
this showing? Caunot the bliudest man
see the com ieie distinction between the
Washoe Case aud this
We should have stated before that IN.
der the law the Board OF Equalization
ceases TO exist in October aud ii our
readers will but observe closely that
whereas the powers Of the Board of
Equalization are greatly limited, the
Board of Commissioners have power not
only to equaiize, but 10 modify and, il
they should choose, to discharge the ass
essments levied under the supplement-
AIRY Revenue act. Moreover, the latter
statute says, imperatively, tina, the
Board of Commissioners shall sit aud
hear complaints Of any person either in
general or at special session.
This much thea in viudicauon of the
action OF the court. Now as to the as
sessment: We believe it to be, under
all circumstances, nothing more than
fair and equitable. We have given the
r r. Co., Two hundred thousand dollars
in seven pr cent bearing bonds ; and We
4 d il on promise that the company
would ada Que million of taxable prop
-rty TO this county. We did it also upon
the statements, often repeated, of The
agents and principal men of The company
hat the company would submit TO 40
assessed valuation upon their road OF
$40 900 10 the mile. The matter is now
entirely within the hands of The county
comm ssioners aud we trust they may ;
see the justice of holding the assessed |
saluation OF the v & T. R r. CO. road
10 be equal, at least with the amount
by the people OF this county.
We gave two hundred thousand dollars
outright There are ten miles of rail- l
-oad In this county. II certainly ought
o be considered worth twenty thousand
dollars a mile and We are astonished |
nat the company demurs TO being ass !
-ssed upon that sum, all circumstances
BENG considered.
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