The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-18
AN ACT
Providing For the Equalization of
Territorial ind Territorial School
Taxes

SECTION BE 1t enacted by the GOver-
nor and Legislative Assembly Of Ike Ter
ritory of Utah: That Territorial
Boare of Equalization of assessment Of
Territorial, and Territorial school taxes
is hereby created for the years 1888 and
1889.
SEC. 2.-Ssid board of equalization
shall consist of seven persons, all OF
whom shall be elected by the joint vote
of the present Legislative Assembly
Provided, that not more than one mem
Der shall be elected from any county
excedt Salt Lake County, which
shall be entitled to two mambes.
and subscribe the oath of Office, which
shall be filed with the Auditor of Public
Accounts.
SEC Said board of Equalization
shall meet at the office of the Territorial
Auditor of Public Accounts in Salt
Lake City, at II O'Clock, noon, on the
third Monday in June of each year, and
a majority of said board shall constitute
a quorum to do business. At the first
meeting of said board a chairman and
secretary shall be appointed from
among their number.
| SEC. 4.-The county clerk of each
county in this Territory shall on or
before the third Monday in June OF each
year, prepare and forward 10 the
Auditor of Public Accounts for the use
of the Board of Equalization, copy OF
sufficient number of pages from the
county assessment roll of his county to
show ct least two pages Of the assess
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| his county.
Said Board of Equalization is author
lied to call upon the county clerk of any
county for copy of any further por-
ton OF the assessment roll of sul h
county whenever they may deem it
necessary, and the county clerk so re-
quested, shall immediately prepare a
copy of the pages of said assessment roll
| designated by said board, o which shall
be attached his certificate of the correct
ness of said copy, and transmit the same
to said board.
Said Board, in the performance of its
duty, may visite any part of the Terri
tory; and shall also have power to ad-
minister caths by its chairman or secre-
tary, to summon to its aid the assessor
Of any county, or any other person, and
examine him or them under oath, and
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ment roll in order to ascertain the &C
tual and assessed value of taxable prop
erty, both real and personal, comparing
one county with another.
SIC. 5.-Said Board shall make such
changes in the assessed valuation of the
different classes of property in any
county, by increasing or decreasing the
same such per cent. as may be necess
ary to equaiiZe the assessment OF such
county with the assessment of other
counties; Provided, That the county
court of any county in which it is pro-
posed to increase the assessed valuation,
shall have not less than ten days, notice
to appear by representative and resist
such increase.
SEC. The action of said Board of
Equalization on the assessed valuation
of the property in any county of this
Territory for the said years 1888 and 1889
shall be final. The said board shall flu
| ish its iabors and file full and complete
report of all the changes made by it
with the Auditor of Public Accounts on
or before the first day of August of each
wear, and i'm ediately thereafter the
| the secretary thereof shall give notice
to the county court of each county or
the action of said board affecting such
county.
SEC. 7.-On receipt of said notice of
the action of the Board of Equalization,
each county court shall cause said no
tice to be entered upon its records, and
if changes have been made by said
board, the county clerk shall thereupon
enter such changes upon the assess
ment roll by adding to or taking from
the assessed valuation of the different
classes of property in the county, such
per cent. as such notice shall designate,
and give notice by, publication, in some
newspaper having general circu' alton in
the county, and by causing notice of
such change to be posted in at least
three public places in each precinct Of
said county.
| SEC. S.-The said Board of Equaliza
ton shall furnish to the Legislative AS
sembly of the Territory within the first
two weeks of its session, report Of its.
official rpo ceedings under this act, with
such recommendations as it may deem
proper.
SEC. 9..-Each member of said board
shall receive for his services while actu-
ally engaged in the work of equaliza-
ton, SIS per day and 10c. per mile, one
way only, and each person summoned
as witness Or aid shall receive So per
/ day and the same mileage allowed to
members of the board.