The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-23
KINGS COUNTY ASSESSMENTS.

MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
IN BRooKLYN-THE LOCAL poAnD AND THE
.sUPnHvIsoEs ARGUE THAT THRY ARE uN-
JUSTLY BuRDENED. ayuc
A meeting OF the Committee Of the state Board Of
Assessors was held yesterday IN the Kings County
Court House where the special Committee OF she
Board Of Supervisors the Equalization ofTaxos
several local assessors. had assembled TO cause
why the rate taxation In the county named should
DO reduced Ths state Board represented By
Nsssrs. Brigga. Hsdlcy and Fowler and
Supervisors Mcdonald, Brown, sexton. Currsn
anu Moran represented the Board Of super
vsors. From q report maze by r. A. Bishop
II was the average percentage OF the state
VARIATION on the total Of twelve different parcels
real estate in certain counties, enumerated by Mr..
Bishop, The expert is 44,s per cent Of the actual
erly located In tue various wards of Brooklyn, which
was made by Edward Iruslow, wus also read. aud 10
appeared that total oil sl,G76 2oo was tho actual
vaiuc property, which assessed by the local
assessors AZ or % sl0 per cent oil is actual
valuc.
pervisOr Mcdonald, In Introducing the object vi the
meeting, etsted that the committee thcusht IN con-
shcring the reports made by tho state Board 70 The
Legislature that the latter had been influenced ~ It's
vAIua,ion VI property by tue personally IN Kings
county.
WANT RQuAL TAXATION.
Mr. John Trusiow, pres,dsnt Of me Local Board OF
Assessors argued that the assessments bv tue state
Board In Kings county we're mucn too high, while IN
some counties they were too low. The assess
ment personal property IN New York add
BROOKLYN, no said, 10 equal to 20 0-l0 per
cent while IN the other counties OF the State ~
averages IL 6.10 per cent only OF the value OF the
realty The real estate IL assessed ut fully TO per
cent OF It's market value, while Ia sumo other
counties ~ less than 20 PEI cs0t According to
the star dard In ngs county there can ps no county
IN the state up TO ITS iu value Tho statute
gives power equaiise the valuation vi personal
properly the personally IN the equal
State board In determining tho actual value OF
the rosl estate IN thu several counties. Inc
estimate Of tho iun value OF real estate ms
by that Board TOO high, aud the estimate OF
the iu value OF the real estate the oner counties,
taken together, was TOO low. Mr. rrusow Ia ms ar
gument, Ded that the personal property New York
and Kings counties together Is as fully assessed as
the aggregate OF tho remaining counties. Thcsmount
assessed In New York and Kings countcs In 1870 on
personal properly Ii 20 per cent Of toe amount oil
the real estate ana in the remainder oil tue state the
personal properly put lL6 per cent OF the real ss
tate Tho amount assessed 10 New York and Kings In
1876 personal property Is per cent oil the whole
amount assessed In the state personal proparty,
while the population OF these counties IL only thrty
three per cent OF the whole state
With regard To real estate the local Board OF AS
clam also that tue Stntc Board IN thor est-
mate oil tho full vaiue 1s7<wss TOO high, and that
the allowance Tor shrnkge IN the value oil buildings
Tor the last four years entirely inadequate, Tue
shrinksee buildipgs from 1873 to 1877 was thirty
per cent Two-tnirds oil tho total value OF tho real
estate oil kings county In bnhdins. the