Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-02-26
AssE,rnLY NIL NO. %.
Az ACT 4. Create . st.i. Board LIBERALIZATION

ASSEMBLY HILL NJ. %.
An ACT \. Create . slais Board Of LIBERALIZATION
The bill Is u strictly party affair. got
ton up merely for the purpose, ~ we
take il, Of creating Offices for lev
needy men. and IL IL especially directed
against railroads, 70 the exclusion OF all
other interests. We have not space to
publish the bill In to-day's issue; nor do
We think there IL any necessity for 30
doing, as the bill will most certainly be
defeated In the Senate. Tomorrow, II
time and space will allow. we shall give
the bill In full to the public; meantime.
a. Ii is being printed. We call on all
members Of tho Senate 10 consider on its
provisions. There are sinecures enough,
and the people recognize the fact.-Cdr-
son Trib'ue, 70. 25h.
We have not seen tho bill referred 10
by the Tribune. but II our idea Of the in
tents and purposes Of tho bill is correct,
1t Is neither u "~striet party affair."" nor
introduced for the purpose "of creating
Offices for q few needy men," There
may b something in the bill which is
Questionable. but to every friend Of
justice. to every man who desires to zee
taxation upon all railroads in Nevada
equalized. the creation Of q State Board
Of Equalization becomes Of interest, and
demands favorable consideration. The
creation Of such q Board was suggested
by our competent State Controller
two years ago. but the bill for its
establishment failed Of passage. In
his report, presented to tho pres
ent Legislature, no renows his re-
Communications in this particular. and
produces unanswerable arguments in
support thereof. The system Of rail-
road taxation in Nevada is a humbug.
1t rests entirely upon the judgment Of
County Assessors and differs In differ.
ent counties. In some counties on the
line Of the Central Pacific. that road is
assessed at $1,000 per mile; in others
at double this mount Tho practical
result has been that the Central Pacific
Company has hIed its own valuation OF
Its property by supporting and eleeting
Assessors in its interest. In washoe
county. where tho pope elected IN As
sesSor anu me railroad was assessed NJ
An ADVANCE over ~ha' enose
there has been IN exhaustive hueauon
and to protect Its interests d s'aie
was forced TO step In and JOIN win the
county in prosecuting suits against the
company. Tho State has an interest in
every dollar OF taxes collected. and to
our mind should hayo . direct voice in
hxing valuation Of property extending
through contiguous ~counties. TO the end
that valuations may he uniform and JUS
tico DO dono to all parties. The v.
X T. II. Il. pays taxes ON
$1,000 per milo in Ormsby, and 3d.
200 in washoe county. Tho Central
Paeifs pays only on $1,000 in any
county In Nevada, although assessed for
much moro in washoe and Eureka
counties. There is no justice in this
absurd method OF valuation. anil IL Is
for tho beat interests OF all concerned,
that soms svstem la devised whereby
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made uniform. III the Sentra rac'ne
Railroad Is worth for taxable purposes,
stq O mar mile In Eureka county 1.-THE
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A - noo
more 'nan s'.oo' "sno' " $500
In Elfo. Lander. Churchill. Humboldt
and Lyon. II 90, 900 is its valuc In the
l,.t nameJ counties. il il assossel loo
g., :. ~. IL w.. T,o,.;.
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no reason why mic o' Inv 'eh'"
ciio Railroad IL not worth Just M much
in Humboldt rs in Eureka county. The
n..,;on nj . S,ate Boari of Eoualiza-
o u ues'sh'u 70 lsmsu' mos
lous features oil tho assessment roll.
We cannot better close this article than
by quoting from tho late Report Of the
c. con,.,u., =, ~. sr,;.., H.
says;
The Constitution provides that the
Legislature shall provide by law for an
uniform and equal ratio Of assessment
and taxation. ard IL this method OF ar.
irving al railroad values is correct, tho
same method should DO used In arriving
at tho assessed value Of all other kinds
Of property in the State, even u II should
be necessary to place the ratio Of State
taxation. at i've per cent, and the county
rates in proportion. In order to raise the
necessary revenues. No one believes
that the railroad theory il correct, not
syep the County Boards OF Eaualixa-
tion Who foYsacing thu ecrtaintv nj
long. expensive, and uncertain liiiga-
ton. IL the assessments were placed at a
lair n equitable rate, anu the man.