The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-23


-Iae al!egaslun mede " re ktoaInLzH q 2
g." g. -. 49, =, - pSs.s1 coentv ~ nas
poe q taxation upna resl essaie Tor 1881, wAe
ana Mi ~ 49, Is. iSor "a oS,sai 800.
IN our neHt Il csotnes DYE had noslcsa ne
C s,n = h the Esaid Sc eonld nsvcr
have doneIes The g's'nstoas i.lus'ise IMPLIED Il
- certain per cent on g, value Of realty
Is this the price, ohen isncifnl one. placed ny
- 70 Il. hv ,one sasoisiion 10 be vsIned
in dollars lby bic sentimental at,achuenii Our
n nUs You'd hr,ns = snv lin sim. i he oen
marke. as We bsve already explained. Tha, NO
Sen T n = siAJ s,sss 1Ss - nnc;nsi AMI
mated our Commissioners & eviden, when we
ss vesp under ne Cd I svsem
Give us a State Board of EqualIz alton Brother
DyAe' s"o Ju'''Cs'-1 o'"4'" 1'''a''' 2 "s''' ~
SP@so"o"e su0 YIN
mented on was made by the Journal OF
tho Ath mat and tho article IN which the
u,y ~ =.
AAe'0e~ cHi's our aSUe"CiVh 0PPc@tou !" ics
columns on the 9th. In point of fact no
.u..; u,y hL
=
we notice that it makes the same state
,,,,,. no - 4h>, h.s;s,, o...l,l;sh.,1 h., .ho
me"O 90 ~ "'i0 "eo'' 0oSHo'''"ou - sA0
commissioners as did the journal, tO-wit:
.L;.3 sc .ho 4.,o - orLo. ,,.lco Is
real estat % The FLoR1p1AN stated that
such a mode of valuation has no sanction
in law b Mt ia contrary to it. and ouoted
the law. which we repeat. In defining
the meaning of terms the Revenue act
saws: d" The term cash value whenever
"used in this act. shall, be held to mean
4" the usua al selling price at the place where
the PROBE to which the term is an
piled shall be at the time of assess
" ment. >" -(Section 5, Act of March s,
1881, PAGE 22.) In section ls, paragraphs
one and two, the duties of assessors are
prescribed az follows:
SEC "a He shall o., down in the 80. sssmeD,
roll in sen arale columns, according to The best
Information AL ne can OBTAIN
county and the number of their district. y '''
3D. A description Of each tract or parcel of
heads The township' range and section IN Which
the land lies. or il divided into lots and blocks
the Circnit Conrt then the nnmber If loi and
block, and the full cash Odtue Of each I0t tract or
O'',''''
III commenting '"e AohiDlAN saio
Now II Is seen tnaC return OF prop
erVy at one-thlro us cash Vaine' is con-
Crary 10 tne plain provisions OF the statute.
moreover II is aosoiutely unjust 10 sucn
countles as nave no such taxable basis.
In the DlacK oelt,' especially IN Jack
son. oapsoen' heon' Jenerson' Madison'
"c' inc RUE Is 10 lax At tne luli casn
value' a. o IL nlgh' as wen oe aooeo tnat
'ne aSsesSmehU ol properly 10 tnese coun-
Ties is q000e the usual selling price, II
the price property brings at sales under
execution Is 10 oe taken as a crlterlon. "A
Ia" "n1cn PERMITS sucn OASIS as tnat
ADOPTED In futnam' II Is thus manifest,
"orAS lnequa"'y III ta4at'on. Dut tne
ID" auynori1eS no'uiHg Vi Tue Aino-the
Oasis y mere arOitrary RUE aooPted
0u'sl"e Oh 'ne STATUTE, ana II ioilowed
ge"e,ai!S "ouiu Keep lorlua Oh ner OacA
ior oil me as W 'aAAD'e resources 10
one uop "'S 'nA' WIN iA.r Tax return our
Tax DOCKS ~ould snow nIty milllons az
ieas. y properly anu sucn q return
wou,u reuuoe 'SAa'ion 70 rae very
'n"0" y rio" Via, necessary W NC impoSeu
." " re turn Suon as nas oeen lnaue ior
years = rS'' winch WIN NC lounu not 10