The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-04
A MUCH-NEEpED LAW.
The Bill Providing for the Terri
tOrial Board of Equalization.


Following is the long-debated, once
killed, resuscitated and much-amended
board of equalization bill as it has gone
to the Governor for final Deposit n:
SECTION BE i: enactedsby the Gover-
nor and Legislative assembly Of the Terri
tory of Utah: That Territorial board Of
equalization of assessment of Territorial
taxes.is hereby created
SEC. 2.-Said board of equalization
shall consist of seven persons. viz. The
Auditor of Public Accounts and the
Probate Judges of Salt Lal e, Utah,
Sanpete, Beaver, Weber ana Cache
! Counties. .-ls-s--'sai-. ,-r-s-
SEC. Said board of equalization
shall meet at the Cpunty Courthouse il
salt Lake City, at ~ noon, on the Sec
ond Monday in April OF each year, and
at their first meeting they shall appoint
chairman and secretary from among
| their number, TO act during the pleas
ure Of the board. A majority OF said
board may constitute quorum to do
business.
SEC. 4.-Said board of equalization
shall have power to call any County
Court together to obtain from or by aid
of the samei the necessary Information
to examine the assessment rolls of the
year previous, in order 10 ascertain the
actual and the ASST SIS values of taxable
property, both real and personal, COM
pairing one county with another.
SEC. Said board of equalization
shall prepare a report, making such
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different classes of property, in any
county, by increasing or decreasing the
same to such per cent. as they may
deem just and equitable; ProCided, that
the County Court OF any county, where
the property is proposed to be increased
as to its assessed valuation, shall have
due notice to appear by agent and resist
such increase, II such court so desires.
SEC. 3.-The action of said board of
equalization on the assessed valuation
OF the property i'll this Territory shall be
final, and Immediately after the decision
OF SAID board the secretary thereof shall
give notice to the County Court of each
county, specifying i'm said notice
the action of said. board, and, !
if changes have been made, Civ
ing the rate per cent. increase
or decrease on the assessed valuation of
the different classes of property within
the county. The said board shall fin
lsh their labors and apprise each County
Court of their final decision as touching
the assessment of property in the
county, on or before the first day of June
in each year.
SEC. 7.-On receipt of said notice of
the action of the Territorial board. of
each County Court lshall
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records, and shallsthereupon add to or
take from the assessed valuation of the
different classes ,,of property in the
county such per cent. as said notice
shall, designate, and thereupon give
notice. by publication I'm a news
paper published in the county, or.
if there is no such paper. thehlb |
causing notice of such change 10 be |
posted in some'public place;in each pre-
cinct of said county, of the action of |
said board. The said assessment roll, |
with the additions or deductions by per /
centage, as required by the said board,
shall be the assessment roll of the |
county to all intents and purposes for
Territorial taxes; Provided. That the
county board OF equalization shah |
have the same powers to'change the as /
sessed valuation of the property>of the !.
they now possess.
Sec. S.-The said board of eaualiza-
ton shall furnish to the, Legislative As.
sembly of the Territory within the first
two weeks of its session, report of
their official doings under this act.
Sec. each member of said board
of equalization Except the Auditor.of /
PublicAccounts,) shallg:ve bonds to the |
Territory N the sum of one thousand /
dollars with two sureties. for the faith
full performance of his duties in accord
ance with the provisions of this act,
which bond and sureties shall be ap-
proved sby the Auditor of Public &c
counts, and the bond shall be filed in
. S C.. 10 = Each member of said
boa d of equalization, Except the
Auditor of Public Accounts, shall re.
celve for his services, while actually en-
gagged in the work of equalization, four
dollars per day, and his reasonable |.
travelling expenses. The Auditor of I
Public Accounts shall receive hisreason. l.
able travelling expenses the same as T
other members of said board.
SEC. 1.-THE auditor of Public Ac.
counts shall audit the bills of the mem
bers of said board of equalization for I
per diem and travelling expenses, and /
draw his warrant for the amount due,
which shall be paid out of the Terri
torlal Treasury; and the sum of two
thousand dollars, or sos much thereof 4
as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
prlated for the payment of such bills