Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-27
The WALLS OF TAXPAYERS
sill Salute tho Ears Of The Board Of
Equalization.
FLUTES METHODS DENOUNCED
BY Nearly -Four Score More Indignant
Property Owners aud Taxpayers
Last Night.

nlloant. for remission and reduction
Of the excessive tax levies placed on
their property by true type Of Glib.
eral" assessors.
Following l. the business transacted;
4. r. Asper objected TO his property
being assessed at $1,000, ON the ground
that the assessment was one hundred
per cent. higher than that Of year
ago.
Elizabeth u. Emery, widow with
little or no income represented that her
property worth $4,000 was assessed at
$1,000, also that n portion Of Il had been
assessed twice.
Jane Stokes, u widow, asked re-
mission on account Of old age and In.
ability to pay.
Mrs. T.. II. Anderson represented
that her property was assessed ut n
higher rate than the property would
sell for and nsked for n reduction.
Lydia ThOrp objected TO her proper
~ being Assessed one.third more than
II was worth.
her husband was sick aud that she had
no income, and asked reduction.
Joseph Parry sent In petition Ia
which he stated that his property had
been nfsc-sed nj $500 while II could
not be sold Tor NOR. than 5000.
Mrs. j. ID. Murphy asked reduc-
tlon OF her taxes ON the ground that
she was widow aud had no Income
except 81 per month.
q. A. YOungbefg filed written
statement In which he represented
that his property waa assesscd double
that OF las, year while he had made no
Improvements.
Soren Ivcrson claimed that his prop.
orty was assessed Xix hundred per cent.
above that Of last year while he had
made no improvements whatever.
Hannah l.. Wright said that she
was widow aged ~ years anu had no
means VI support anu therefore asked n
remission Of her taxes.
Mrs. ID. II. Thomas, n widow with
Ave children, anu no Income, asked
for n remission Of taXes.
Paul Olsen protested against oNcus-
sive taxation.
Ellen Roswell, widow with no
means Of support, asked remission Of
taxes.
Mn. Alex. g. Piper, n widow, rep.
resented that she was unable TO pay
the tax levied on her property.
Sarah l.. Newton stated that she was
poor and therefore unable 70 ray tho
taxes lovled on her property.
sarah NJ. White, "A widow with threc
children aud no means Of support,
asked n remission OF her taxes.
Joseph II. Davis said the tax levy
on his property was excessive and that
he would sell for less than the assess
ment valuation.
j. A. Druce said that the assessors
valuation Of his property was extreme
ly excessive.
a representative Of the Edward
Parry estate asked reduction on thc
ground that tho assessors valuation
was excessive.
John snyder estate asked u romls'
sion for the same reason.
Alfred J. Higg- petitioned for n re-.
duction Of the assessed valuation Of "a
rods NJ property on the ground that II
was $500 more than last year when the
property was lOxlO rods In size.
Tho same petitioner asked reduc.
ton ON another piece Of property for
the reason that the assessors valuation
was 400 per cent In advance Of last
years valuation.
J. y. Oblad objected TO his property
being assessed 80 per cent. higher THAI
Il would sell for.
Mrs. Susan Edwards, a widow, asked
fota reduction Of her taxes ON account
OF old sge aud inability To work.
Fred. Befgan asked for a Remission
on the ground Of sickness and poverty
J. w. klddington asked n reduction
on the ground that the assessment was
excessivc.l
Mn. Jane Kiddington Represented
that her husband was III and out o
employment, and asked for reduction
Of the assessed valuation.
w. IL. Russell, Of Evanston, Wyom
Ing, filed n protest against Clute's cx
cessive valuation OF his property.
Neils Jensen asked for a reduction OF
the ground that his property was n
sessed for much more than II would sci
Mt public auction.
Bertrain Jensen protested on pay
Ing city taxes on $1,000 Ia money wheI
shu was not resident Of tho corpora
lion.
Al Castle asked for reduction II
taxes on the gronnd that the assessor
valuation was excessive,
James IL. James asked for n reduc
ton OF tho assessed valuation OF hi
property, ON the ground that lie wa
seventy ycarn Of agc, poverty stricken
and almost blind.
Greenwald aud Orbendorfer, hote
keepers, stated that they were not II
possession Of the key that unlocked tn
fund OF Information that revealed tn
fact that furniture would improve b.
wear aud age, but according TO Clute'
calculation such wns the case,
III. T.. Hansen said he couldn't quit
see tho consistency of paying taxes oi
$1,000 worth Of property when II wa
only worth $500.
Mrs &. Curtis estate asked for 70
ductlon OF taxes for the reason that tn
assessors valuation was exofbltant.
Moroni IL. kimball said his propert
was valued entirely too high.
Hannah NJ. Morris, widow, aske
for remission on account OF poverty
Mrs. Ann Nixon, also widow, HE
Aslmilar complaint.
Elias Morris, OF the Pioneer Role
MIL company, entered q vigorous pro
TEST against paying taxes on propert
valued by Chute at sb3,90D, when /
TACT The property did not begin to i
worth half Of that amount. The cOur
iy assessment on the same was Sl7, 00l
Mrs. Ella Pollock asked for redu6
tion on the ground OF excessive valul
ition.
Mrs. II. n. Pearson, widow withou
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