New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-03

MEETING OF TIE BOARD OF EoCALIzATION-DE
PROBATION OF FARM LANDs-THE AS

MEETING OF TIE BOARD OF EorALIZATIoN-DE'
PROBATION OF FARM LANDs-THE AS
SllssMENTS ON NETWORK.
Albany. Sept. 1.-The state Board OF Equalization
met at IL O'Clock this morning in the Office OF the
Secretary Of state. The state Assessors presenter
their annual report as follows:
In 1850 the total assessment OF real estate was
s. 29s. S23.43I in I-a- the total So
Showing an incIraie Of s dhG f. ias
1t Was S3ji ,o3e356 showing an Increase OF s't.,
O!03.o The apparent iu yalc OF NE Ica Zoo e o,"
The value of personal estate doubtless exceeds thit
sum. The average assessment Of the real state u,
IN the County Of New-York was determined at ~ pr
cent. ,.,,ds and
Of values in smaller illagcs has been more msrhea
during the year than in any year before; hs ms o %,
population in nearly every rural district. has reached
alarmg desr At the S,S same cnG mr the BEEN
up with the hope that In some wa. real estate j. s
get back to something near It's former va" ,no r ln
Commissioners Of faxes and Assessments OF tile cay
of New-York continue assert that the average rair
assessment in that city Is much higher 1as a as 'E %
time 10 an examination Of values In all portions OF inc
city, Tho result has been to confirm our loraer r Ihe
Commissioners Of Taxes and Assessments take the
rSen TO he state Assessors $ to come from them
alone, and that all other evidence. opinions ana IN
criticism and cross cvamna:ion second. that the
avcrsre outside the city IS not rs ish rs
determined by the state The allacy OF tle
first proposition too apparent for disrlhson ana the
fret that I'm almost every county complaints hrc con
,tantly being made of injustice in equalkati'n t'hoN
to establish the fact that dillgent and thoYueh OK
animation Of values and Assessments III aii tnc
ties la, enabled The stat" assessors TO approximately
determine the true condition IN each county. w
-trrnun,sly insist. dc.pr the clamOr raised by prrJu
dice and the unsupported assertions OF portion OF tn'
tv press and ird vdu> not convcrsant win IN" TAG
that the metre polls i paving too large Ioprtio u,
tho public burdens through all unjust rQna Iauoi " :,
New. York is paving than her .hai' aho II
ilcr. he any ground for complaint II might come WIN
10. si,v some consistency from the hNv mn" COUNT,
81 the state because If d ubO eAsts Now orh HIS
had the benefit IL that doubt.
The state Assessors submitted the annual radio o'
coualiza'ion based upon the prrccrtas" which Inc
assessments found in all the counties for the year
1s,9 bear to the full value IN each county
IL. A. bishop. acting under instructions from '"'
Committee on state Taxes Il the King County E"ar''
OF supervisory prc>cncd protest against inc MN
c1,nlizaton Of property in that county lie believed
that he Wa, Justified in ASKING f,r "A large rsii't"i
from the returned assessed valuation OF IN" '"uil
In c0uaiiIng for State taXati"n lie sal"
he had examined in the last ciIhtecn Wv.
sales and a>>c>>,d talucs In real rr'ert, III my c's
ca1utir, In the state outside Of New lork ana h''h
yu and fnund tc a,>,.s>c value WAS MOI % per ".',
Of the real value. while IN kin2l County thc s'''
yaIur Wi, 49, per cent on real vdiuc~ -,
The Lizard then went into c\"rutlV" - Nnn'
The EQUALIZATION table for this year wa >hbi," a'
,dnplcd without any chang" Whatever. ~ ' ..',
an, cunt DEDUCTED this year from som" couu''cS M"
added 10 other cOuntlc, !, sl"i ,'ic',-Oo