The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-15
UNEQUAL STATE TAXATION.
rFTonTs TO SECURE MORE EQUAL DIsTRrDU-


rFToITs TO SECURE MORE EQUAL DIsTRrBU-
special committee or the Union League Club, ap-
pointed to report upon the inequalities or State taxa
ton and 10 take legislation there
upon has prepared two memorials to the Legislature,
which being signed extensively through the city.
The nrst will be below. calls attention TO the
necessity for reform, and cites numerous well known
Instances OF unequal distribution; the second asks
support bill introduced into the Assembly giving
10 New York city representative on the Board Of
state Assessors The following the memorials
TO THE HosonABLE TUE LEGISLATURES or rnx srArs or
The UNDERSIGNED memorialists respectfully present to
Of New YORK. and the urgent need for reform thereof rest
ing this memorial upon the following. other we'll
ina, aains the the contributed BY
= ss JAS ths. n $50 she state taxes amounted to
That tie Imposition Of this large snm in addition to
county and municipal taxes + owing The desc
cause Tor alarm and discon.entalarm q the
tent account Of tho manifest inequality in the dstribu
claimed on the part Of the agricultural districts
that owing 70 changes IN the system OF agriculture farm
While on the aad The city Se% YORK soas &
posed upon an amount IN excess Of half
them 70 De excessive and out proportion their relative
That nm anagonsm Is between
s s ss Z, and ss ~ her IN
and provocative OF constant and growing discomfort.
other owing defects the system escape
as nai many d sasn sx, BY viz
The conser. alton Of which entails tho state
nothing and IN many cases proportion entirely made
That the unanimous public ssnmont Of the state acts so
directly upon the officers charged with the auy OF
BY she express terms Of the law - ''a'''so
That the state in their reports to tho
suh
msted resosnze she OF this fact and expressly
Your memoriasts believe that class Of citizens the
equitable proportion to the support Of the state
ucn % ss =, Is unjust
There e no matter the subject Of law which 80 directly
law the execution Of which directly appeals
s % as nec s to ns wsSrs o. The state
depends their convictions Of the Justice GIFTS provi
They would respectfully represent 1t is a rcproach to
the state that any law should be ON its statutes which
ton detrimental TO the moral sense OF its citizens and
Your respectfully request that your
body By these and other equally eogent
Ient Of commission q able ana impartial 70 whom
liant subject with such instructions and authority may
70 rus HosonAsLn THE LrclsIAruxz or THE STATE or
citizens Of tho city Of New York. respect
Syssdin.o the ASSEMBLY y Hon George Forster. q
The Board state Assessors and respectfully pray
pirate may be adopted which viii give this sisy
representative and an immediate herring in the State
The local according 70 well known practice,
valuations q all real One valuation he eassed
, or or n, the valuation which
aud the other valuation be cIassod the full
which the local have declared state asses
q % Ss ssss 70 the s
aa the ratio ,n1 s 5 aus at. WI
Inc state assessors in their report o. $50 give the
n ana The wee s a ~
I'll the towns o. the state except few towns whose full
quen Of no testimony from town assessors and which cs
state assessors in 1874 in equaiiring tho
State the real estate u valuations ls73
estate valuation that county the state
from the ioc full Valuations II Il.
ui,yeEht interior counties. which operated
We have no from this city on the Board Of
State Assessors 20 make or suggestions
tor rs but We have the positive evidence that IN ts edae
stale h.ye acted IN direct conflict with the opinion
msr with the value OF lands in their and no can
have conceivable motive to overestimste the full value
must Ss ass.TaIas AZ IssoFssd rules
IL
faith Nor melnorIa.. believe this wide d
The local assessor w,o are senera men insissnes
aud capacity. sporadic Of iinbeety might arise,
STATE cannot be presumed be considered probable
Alter the alton Of Of wcschcster county
eeuaze valuations in the old and parts
ry. raise the valuation Ia the annexed territory
territory found to be above the full
made the year by the state the
properly when II was part Of Msstchester county The
rolls 1878. In several entro
%aas IN 1871 Or BY either the or oe
the great depreciation Of in the
antime The sssessinen valuation OF real estate In
Monroe county In 1875 than $oooooo in
the uli valuation OF the State ON the
valuations OF 1878 These and other which
full valuation Of the local should
diminished in the superintendent OF the State tax
full valuation realty this city they that our
Tax Commissioners had made their full valuations low
aud high they assumed the country had
done. and consequently. they added valuation
Of Tax Commissioners xof0532574 Thus, BY dimin-
ishng full valuations parts state
except Kings county. by adding Tax Commssio
full valuation believe
York unnsty and dsprcpcrtionately burdenod
than 81 The State At
the total i valuation OF realty In this city agrc
gate about S2uoaOoo0O or more than onchfth q the
value OF all the real estate In the United
1870, and that mssessmsnt valuations in 1874
only forty three per Of the actual value
these estimates and conjectures numerical aud they
naturally feel that the opinions OF Tax
segry should be dsregarded without the fullest
sultstion and without the closest examination Of
sworn iu valuations made BY local assessors in ali The
other counties than New York and kngs shon be arbt
rarily without diminished the manifest
Your win add that York city pays more
than half Of the entire state and they believe that
state resident OF this city familiar with the
property hero. and disposed scrusnire and
closely examine valuations other sections Of the State,
will be able assist the state Board la equitable dis
trbution Of the state burden
The memorialsts very hopeful OF the passage Of
she bill referred to- and anticipate good results