Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-31
SALT LAKE CITY,
March 18th. 1880
To the Honorable County Court OF
SAT- Lake GsfT,fiL.

-@~Ns
To the Honorable County Court OF
SAT- Lake County:
Gentlemen-During the session o.
the last Legislature there was 9
revenue law passed and made law
to take effect upon It's approval, par
OF which reads as follows:
Sec. Z. The assessor and his
sureties shall DC liable on his Official
bond for all taxes on property with.
in or known 10 the assessor TO be as.
ssssiblc within the county, which,
through his wilfiil failure or neglect
is unassossed or which has been by
him wilfully assessed Mt less than
the cash value.
"Sec. 8. The prosecuting attorney
II the respective counties must,
after the assessor completes the as
sessment book for the year, COM
mence an action On the assessors
bond for che amount Of taxes which
it may come 30 his knowledge have
been lost from said wilful failure or
neglect to asses taxable property
ana from assessing property at lees
than cash value"
Under this law Salt Lake County
will reach this year IN valuation
not less than sixty million dol
lars, in its inflated condition. This
will give a revenue on the mills tax
as provided by the last law, Of four
hundred aud eighty thousand dol
lars, which IS considerable more
than twice the revenue VI last year
under the old 1a@ OF u mills tax,
but this is not the worst.
The new school law provides that
all taxes levied in December last BIZ
the trustees OF the several school
districts sre valid and must be as
sessed and collected as provided by
law. This will make revenue for
the district schools OF this county
for 1880 Of about one hundred and
thousand dollars, or one
hundred and twenty-six thousand
dollars more than was collected for
district schools last year. The total
tax OF this year l estimate to be
about six hundred and sixty-tWo
thousand dollars or three hundred
and eighty-fJur thousand dollars
more than the total Of the tax inn
posed on the people last year. This
Is caused by the Increase in valua-
ton OF the property, and being com
PEELED, under the new law, to place
the values at n fun cash value, In
place Of so per cent, as OF last year,
the trustees I'm lovying their per
cent having based their estimates
upon the valuation Of 1889, will n.
you can readily see, give to the
iistri schools a greater revenue
than anticipated, and far more
than there i any use for. Under
the present situation am placed In,
as assessor Of this county, ask
your honorable body TO define to me
in writing your version Of the law
Is 10 a cash valuation Of the proper
~ in this county. Is il what it will
In the judgment Of the assessor pay
I legal interest on? Or is It for
what It is bought at by paying 1
down and the property moTfgaged
ior the balance? And am | e1-
pectej b. assess these security mort
yages at theirface The law makes an
Effort to explain this POINT but does
no. to my satisfaction, and in orier
hat / and my bondsmen may re-
,eive some protection from prose
,ution, ask written instructions at
four hands as 10 the valuations i
I'M 70 be guided by, and upon re-
seiving these instructions / am will
ing to complete the assessment rolls
or this year, but under no other
circumstances can 1 continue the
work.
1 herewith attach approximate Iii
u special school taxes for this year
with last. which amounts
Ire not in excess, tor the cases /
ave made my estimates on are al
igures which will no more than
insure me ard my bondsmen from
prosecution for the recovery OF more
unds for the government, as pro-
fided in the sections Of law above
quoted. JESSE w. Fox, Jr.,
Assessor.
Approximate estimate Of district
'llOOA AtNtAlC AOL 1871 eOIlt1Tcu
With 1859 assessed in several dis
riots:
second Ward received in 1889 on
per cent levy-......... s a9I.66 |
second Ward will receive
in 1890 on per cent
levy abOut................- $4,000 |
Third Ward Tes'eived in
1889 on J per centlevy 536.0l
Third Ward viii receive
in 1890 on . per cent
levy about............. 1000. 90 |
Fourth Ward received in
1889 on I per cent levy Ss7.T2
Fourth Ward will receive
In 1899 on I per cent
levy about.-....-.......- ao0O. 90
fifth Ward received in
1883 on II per cent
leyy:.-;.@- s4sl.ss
sifth Ward will receive
in 1880 on per cent