Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-29
The State Board of Equalization Fin
ish the Personal Property in
Unorganized Counties.
The Northern Pacific Files a Little
4 Protest in Order to Protect
\ Its Legal Right.
Resolution That Hits Grand Forks
County Hard-A Statement
OF Land Values.
A Good Days Work.

&GHh .n lEAoDD NaAoS DoAyJ
S&S#The board of equalization accomplished
sf6Xgood days work yesterday as a climax to
the weeks labors. In the morning per-
[SSbnal property in the unorganized% counties
I'M a gone over with and finally concluded.
SRS1she only material change was class of
SSS0attle in Flannery county which were ele-
waited $50 per cent. This came about, how
ggES8ayer, through an evident mistake in re-
Warming the abstracts, as the same assessor
S&Dr the same class OF stock in another coun-
StY made the proper return.
SS#&ssSThe board adopted a resolution calling
the attorney general to give an opin-
lion, showing under what authority of law
DID, state tax for the present year could be
HE assessed. This is expected on Monday
md will give an official Interpretation Of
B. HE evident omission of a legislative enact
sSssInent upon this important subject. Nor
EsSton county had evidently heard Of the in
Mention to boost up her real estate values
land her citizens turned out and registered
ss$#a protest. District Attorney Voss was as
Sisted in this by Messrs. Lyons, Carey, and
@agOthers. Final action in the matter of real
was finally postponed until Monday,
&@and it is understood that the interim will
BIA&be occupied by some of the members of the
Sssboard in making a personal inspection Of
the trans-Missouri reality, going as far
invest as Medora.
@ The assessment of the Northern Pacific
right-Of-way called forth a good
SsSdeal of figuring. Previous to the discus
SSSsion OF the matter, Mr.. G. s.. Fernold, tax
commissioner of the company, entered the
protest, in order, as he said, that
Vail legal rights of the company might be
Unprotected in case an amicable understand
ling was not reached, going on the theory
that it is a debatable question whether or
s5Esnot the state has control of the subject.
MHe had entered on the journal of the board
1.-THE following:
XII The Northern Pacific Railroad company OBJ
@ject to this board making any assessment of
ssany of its property in the state of North Dakota
saffor the purpose, OF levylng thereupon q direct tax,
the reason that there is no authority of law
this board to make such assessment.
III Mr.. Ellison, after a full and free discus
sssion of the matter, offered resolution that
1.-THE main line De assessed at $4,000 per mile
land the branches at $500 per mile. This
#was adopted n will probably be the final
n faction of the board. This being the basis,
#tle valuation of the company will be 49,
SOC, 900, and at an average rate of thirty
. mills, gives a tax to the state of 5000.
E# Quite a little ripple was raised over the
ESmatter of deductions on accounts of liabil-
Mites on the part of the person assessed.
%FThis is a new provision in the revenue
RMslaw, and in some of the counties was not
Mallowed, which brought forth the follow
#ing resolution:
vi Whereas, It appears from the abstract of as
" sessment OF the personal property in the state
that II of the 50 counties have returned deduc-
n amounting in the aggregate to ST., 595, 6S2, and the
81 other Is counties have returned no deductions
u from the personal property assessments; and
~ Whereas, In many of the counties returning
@deductions from the personal property ASSESS
Mment only a portion of a county allowed such
a$deductions.
81 Therefore, in order to equalize the personal
assessment of the state,
Rf Resolved, By this board, that all deductions
SSRsfrom personal property assessment returned by
various counties be dlsallowed and stricken
ssessfrom the abetract.
&t On this resolution the roll was called
Nand resulted as follows: Affirmative
#EllisOD, Hagen, Hanscom, Goodwin and
#Miller. Negative-Dickinson, Tharaldson,
"A Wanberg and Bray.
. This will make the largest difference in
AGrand Forks county, which had returned
%nearly a million dollars under this head.
ssSSIt is a debatable question as to the author
SSgity to do this and may cause a hereafter.
SsSsMonday will probably end the labors of
.the board, if the present values are re-
sStained.