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HE SKATE EQUALIzING BOARD.
Adjourned Meeting -Railroad APP
praisal..

iournmcnt, at two o'clock on Wednesday at.
ternoon. They Immediately took rcces:
until Thursday morning to await the arrival
OF the rest.
Thursday morning all the members of the
board were prescnt-Julius n. North Of
Shorcham, representing Addison county
John v Carney of Bennington, Bennington
Jacob G.. Hovey ofSt Johnsbury Caledonia
Henry Gillett of Jonesvillc, Chitlcnden L.
G. Robinson Of Island Pond Essex o. b.
johnson of Georgia, franklin II. W. Mar.
win of Alburgh. Grand Isle ; j. NJ. Wilcox
of Jacksonville, Lamoille; B, f. Adams OF
Randolph, Orange John Il. Chamberlln OF
Albany, Orleans Charles A. Ram of Poult.
ncy Rutland; William Chaplin of Middlesex,
Washington John 5. Cutting of Brattleboro,
Windham; Don G. Pollard Of Proctorsvillc,
Windsor. Dr. George Nichols the Secretary
Of State presided.
Appraisuls OF Railroad Property.
Mr.. North, for the committee appointed be-.
tore the adjournment To consider the returns
of the apprlisals of railroad property in the
various towns reported. 1t should be
promised that first-cass railroad property Is
depots and land adjoining second class is
parcels of land Of more than ten acres each
third class is roadbed In Addison coun-
ty there should he added in Leicester 5000
worth of first class and Ss5,.Sl third class
in Middlebury, $500 first class New
Haven, first class. $500 Ferrisburgh,
$500 first class Orwell, $500 first class,
$3.50 third class Vergennes, $4,000 first
class. Washington county, Calais, add
$500 second class; Marshlcld $l450,
iiist class. Chittenden county, Colchester,
add first class, $3.50, third class, SIG 237 81.
l'ulpInpin ola
Burke class first, $1,000; Danville, first class,
$1,000; llardwick, first class Sl400 Lyn-
don, first class S57, 100, second class, $4,000 ;
St. Johnsbury, fist class, $3.50 Walden
first class, 800. Windsor county, Chester
add first class, $500 Norwich, first class
S2325 Hartford, first class $50, 100. Ben
nington, Arlington, adj first class, s400 :;
Dorset, first class, S700 Manchester, first
class, $500: Pownal, first class, S3475 :;
SALISBURY, first class, $3.50. Grand lslecouu-
ty, Alburgh, add first class. Sl400, second
class, $4,000. Rutland county, Fairlavcn, add
first class, S225O; Castlctuu, deduct second
class, So, 1868. which, being third class, had,
by mistake, also been rccko ned in MS second
class. The committee also reported that the
listers of Norwich, in Windsor county, had
adopted the appraisal of the minority of the
State Board OF Railroad Appraisers as to
road-bcds. and had put the Passumrsic road
bed in their town into the list at $685.
that the appraisal of the majority of the
board is S3S, S0o-a differ, nee of 500 80:
and the report OF the appraisers of third class
railroad property was entirely omitted from
the printed exhibits of Caledonia county, but
have now been furnished, and amount in all
TO about 80 miles, appraised at S33S, 2si. 20;
that the connected report OF Franklin county
had been put in by Mr.. johnson, but had not
been considered by the committee. The re-
port OF the committee was laid upon the
table. The corrected returns of the apprais-
ais OF Franklin county show that % acres of
first class railroad property, appraised
at SIS SOB, had been left out. The correct.
ed returns were handed to the secretary.
None of the towns in Frnnalin county had
reckoned into their isS the appraisals
of the road-bcd OF the st. .JoInsbury
and Lake Champlain railroad, upon the
ground that it had been exempted from taxa
tlon Tor eight years after its opening for traf-
nc, and the time had not expired Consider
able discussion took lace in regard to the
power possessed by tie board over the taxa
ton Of railroad property. especially railroad
lands. Mr. Chaplin moved that the board
adopt the majority report of State Board OF
Railroad Appraisers rs to the basis of taxa.
ton without regard to any exempt ons, unless
such exemptions are specified III the chartered
the Burlington and Lumoilr and of the 81.
Johnsbury and Lake Champaign railroads is
exemp, from taxation for eight years after
the opening OF the roads for traffic, aud that
in towns west OF liydcpark on the latter road
the eight years have not expired In John.
son ii will not expire until next December.
after which the properly viii bctaNahlc. The
Burlington and I.amollc Las been in opera.
ton some six years, and will become taxable
before the next qllaGrennial appraisal. Fl
nally all questions Of RAILROAD appraisal were
again referred TO the conn tee on that sub.
ject, which was iucr, ased in membership
from three To five, and now consists as fol-
lows Messls. North. Carney, Robinson,
Hovey t'lllett.
Orleans County
The consideration Of Orleans county, which
lad been begun previous tn the adjournment
was resumed. 1t appeared that there was u
grave error in the return Of the appraisal of
first class real propcrty-buildings with not
more than ten acres attached, mills, etc. in
the town of Derby.
MIR. Chamberlain moved that the secretary
be Instructed 10 change the returns from
$50, 314 to s220,111 The motion was car.
ried. This raised the total real valuation of
the county from s. 500, ZOE to So, 79S, 945.
He then argued that the report of the county
convention should he adopted, claiming that
the increase since 1878 had been ~ per cent,
and that all the real estate Of the county had
been put into the list at its highest value.
Mr.. Ram disagreed viii him and thought
the valuation of real estate in Orleans county
-Sl4 36-was too low. In Addison it was
SIG, % in Orange S14.i0; in Rut-
land, Sl4s3; ard he moved that
Orleans be raised 10 pr cent. Mr..
ri al MIA
said that if his county was raised ten per
cent, all his fellow countrymcn would per
sonally blame him when he got home, and
he didn't feel able to stand the racket"
Nearly all the farmers We're in debt for their
farms many houses Were descrted-hc saw
four empty houses in Albany, going one
mile, the other day-and property was hard
to sell at its appraised value Mr. Hovey
moved and Mr. Ram accepted an amend.
ment raising the appraisal live per cent. This
was carried six TO five.
A recess was taken unit il two O'Clock in the
afternoon.
Closing session.
The State Equaliziug Board was adjourned
sine die, al noon, Friday, Aug 81, having been
in actual session since ten O'Clock a. m. on the
18th inst. when they were called to order
for the first time by the president less than
seventeen hours For this work they have !
voted to themselves twelve days pay apiece, |
AT three dollars u day and travelling expenses
as follows; Mr., North, Sl9l5 Mr.. Car
ney, S3l, 50 Mr.. llovcy, &i5 10 Mr.. Gil. |
lett, 50 Mr.. Robinson S25 Mr. johnson,
sl7 Mr. Marvin, SIS; Mr.. Wilcox, 50 20;
Mr. Adams, 81 Mr.. Chamberlain, ST. |
Mr. Ram, so go; Mr. Chopin, 81. u Mr., |
Cutting, S25 Mr.. Pollard, so. Little |
Willie Pratt, the messenger OF the board Gan
office unauthorized by law, getsa dollar and |
Il half day for five days, and the secretaries
get three dollais dry apiece until their la |
hors shall have been completed which is |
none too much. The language of the |
statute in regard 10 nav is ne fol |