The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-22
She is Assessed at Eighty Per
Cent. and the Other Towns
at Thirty.
ASSESSORS BROUGHT TOTIME
All Field Books Must Be On
Hand For Revision Before
June 1.

The County Board of Commissioners OF
Appeals met yesterday and struck
death blow at the derelict assessors who,
by their defiance of all rules of the Board.
and by making unjust Determinations.
have steadily increased the County tax
apportionment upon Jersey City. The
rebuke administered to the assessors ap-
plies to those men who levy assessments
in the outlying districts, and not to the
Jersey City assessors.
Evidence is in the hands Of the Com
missioners which conclusively proves
that Jersey City property is assessed at
so and 90 per cent. of its value, whereas
the property in outlying districts is not
assessed at more than 80 per cent
RIGHT AT LAST.
All the Commissioners were present at
yesterdays meeting President Van
Reipen had conferred with the members
before convening, and the result of the
conference was the introduction and
unanimous adoption Of the following
preamble and resolution
Whereas. under the act creating this
Board it Is made the duty of the ASSESS
ors from the several taxing districts In
the county to bring before 1T their respec-
tive field books on the first Monday OF
June in each year, and
Whereas. 1t has become the custom OF
the several assessors to hold back their
books under varions pretexts until the
latter part of July in each year, whereby
this Board is unable to make without
great inconvenience the careful examina-
tion of all the rateables contemplated by
law;
Resolved, That in the future this Board
will INSIST upon the production of their
field books by ALL the assessors in the
County on the first day of June in each
year and in default Of such production
will forthwith proceed to ascertain by the
best methods at its command the value OF
the rateable in such delinquent district.
Resolved, That the clerk of this Board
forward copy OF these resolutions to
each Assessor upon the adjournment of
this Board, and a like copy thereof to
each Assessor on or before the first day
OF May next, 1892,
The resolution must be complied with.
The assessors books once placed in the
hands of the Commissioners will be care
fully gone over.
NO MORE GUESS WORK.
last August by the Board, demonstrated
the fact that the county tax was
uniustly apportioned. From the first
day of May until the latter
part Of August the Commissioners will
review the assessments levied. No guess
work will be countenanced as the Com
missioners have stated their intention of
visiting personally the outlying districts,
make assessments themselves, COM
pare them with the work Of the
decrease the assessment, That this
course is to be pursued will be hailed
with delight. 1t is step toward reforma-
tion in the matter of taxation. and the
outlook is bright for Jersey City property
owners. It will be remembered that at
the session of the County
Board of Appeals last August
Bayonne rateables were increased per
cent. or $47S. 1874; North Bergen. per
cent. or s1.214.4O; West Hoboken, Is per
cent. or 57.O95; Union Township. 10 per
cent, making s14e,7oO; Kearny, so per
cent. or s1.745, ,295, and Town of Union,
10 per cent. or s21s. 1888, making total
increase of $3,167,767. These slight
increases caused much complaint last
year. They will be renewed again be-
fore August and further increases made
where occasion justifies it. The Asses
sors this year are;-For Jersey City,
Messrs Clark, German and Prigge.
Bayonne, Daniel Murray. Hobo
ken, James Doliard. West aoboken,
Edward McDermott; North Bergen,
George Bruce; Union Township. Thomas
F. Currie; Town of Union, Adam Muller;
Weehawken, John O'Donnell; Gutten-
berg, Jacob Schults; KearDy, William
Green; Harrison, James Nolan.
MISER LYNCH'S MONEY.