The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-30

mitted 10 be the best Is not to be obtained. The
assessor is bound to make return, and the au-
ditor IL bound to place the assessment
upon The tax duplicate, end when
- placed it becomes Ian az of
April the 1st, upon ...e property, and must
be paid withoEs any reference to the time when
the assessment is filed in the auditors Office
Sections 1894 and 6514 specifically provide that no
failure to complete or return an assessment or
any informality or irregularity shall vitiate
the assessment He found nowhere in the
statutes requirement that the board can only
ascertain its facts from the auditors Office.
The object of the assessment laws is to
see that all persons should pay their full proper
ton of taxes and the special object of the Board
of EQUALIZATION is to equalize taxation and to see
that no person or community shall be required
to pay more than their fair proportion thereof.
His opinion closed with the fact that the board
lawfully ordered new appraisement Id Center
township. He knew Of no princible of law that
would require this board to occasion the expense
of a re4ssessment in other townships when the
origin, assessment is correct in order to correct
an error that is found to exist only in Center
Having thus solved the problem of an ap-
praisement lower than any heretofore and fixed
the real-estate values of Center township and
Marion countyfor the next SIX years, the board
considered routine matters-had the record of
all meetings except that of yesterday prepared
for the official signing, and adjourned to meet
Tuesday next, only to sign yesterdays proceed
ings After that the Board of Equalization for
1856 will be no more. There was one or two
discrepancies in the record, and particularly
that the first and uncertifed return of the
assessor, upon which the action Of appraisement
was based, did not appear in the minutes.
This will 60 In, as will note to
the effect that the meeting July was not
one for the transaction of business. This caused
some diversity of views, but the majority carried
a motion to strike out that record, Captain Gin
ton and Mr. Reveal alone voting in the negative.
In this connection can be given the explanation
both of these gentlemen want the public to have.
They say they have never been opposed to re-
appraisement of Center township property, but
since it was voted to cut that 25 per cent. they
thought the out townships ought to share liz the
reduction. They did not favor a reduction linn
tied to ono township, particularly since the out
side townships have had lessening of their real
taxable values of only about per cent, on the
average, from the assessment six years ago,
while Center township, all things considered,
joys a cut of an average of nearly 90 per cent.
The county auditor will certify to the Auditor
of State, to- morrow, the returns given above
The corporation personal values. after many
changes, amount to So, ll9, l0l. The entire du-
plicate not counting railroad values in the out
townships, which have not as yet been fixed,
will reach $685. 237. 204. Add probable million
for railroad values ont of Center and over
$66000000 will be reached, which will produce
revenue for county purposes of 100000, or
something near that sum- Commissioner Sahm
was asked if his board could get along with that.
He replied: ut must meet our expenses be-
lieve in living within our income. 1t will be,
however. a tight squeeze"
The specific footngs Of the taxable values OF
the county were completed last night by Deputy
Auditor Walker They take no account of the
railroad values whatever, ana, without them,
stand as follows:
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