The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20

| stock.
| The state board of tax commissioners
Tuesday heard appeals for reconsidera-
ton Of the assessments as fixed during
the first fifteen days of the session, from
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, the
Ohio & Mississippi and the Elgin, Joliet
& Eastern railroad companies r. ID.
! Marshall, general counsel, General Man
ager Greene, Capt. r. F.. Reifenberick,
tax agent and Ben f. Smith, attorney,
| appeared for the former road. They re-
viewed the condition Of the road as COM
| pared with other roads in the state and
! insisted that theirs was assessed pro-
poruonately high. Especial stress was
laid on the alleged exorbitant appraise-
ment Of the side-tracks of the company.
| William Ramsey, general counsel Of the
o. * NJ. road and f. D. Raymond, audi
tor Of the Elgin, Joliet * Eastern, made
the usual plea OF poverty and claimed
that the gross earnings of their respec-
tive roads were less in comparison with
those of the other roads than was the
appraisement made by the board.
Secretary flaming has prepared a list
| Of decisions Of the board on the appeals
heard during the second fifteen days OF
the session. They are given below in Il
| concise form. The decision which Will
have the most general effect is that in
the case of Susan IL. Francis from the
! board of review OF Nigo county, on APP
praisement, valuation and assessment OF
paid-up building and loan stock. This
/ will place upon the tax duplicate hun
| dreds of thousands of dollars hitherto
untaxed and will also have the effect OF
| weakening the building and loan associa-
| lions of the state as il takes away one
| inducement for the investment OF money
| in paid-up stock, without which invest
ments the ability Of associations TO make
| loans is materially lessened. The follow
ing is a complete list Of all the decisions
| of the board:
The Aurora distnling company, from
| county board of review Of Dearborn
county, on appraisement and valuation
| of capital stock, ordered: That the
| prayer of the petition be not granted,
and that the action of county board OF
! review be sustained
! $. $. BOsserman, treasurer OF Laporte
| county, from county board of review OF
Laporte county. on assessment of the
| Haskell & Barker car company of Mich
| igan City, Ind, on machinery tools, stock
on hand. notes, contracts, mortgages ana
| bonds, and accounts of all descriptions,
! ordered: That the prayer of the petit
! ton be not granted, and that the action
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| tanned.
Ananias Baker from county board of
review Of Fulton county on assessment
on lumber, ordered: That the prayer OF
| the petitions be not granted, ana that
| the action of the county board OF review
be sustained.
Orlando II. Cobb, from county board
| of review of Knox county, on appratse-
| ment and valuation Of personal property
| being paid up capital stock of the PeO-
| ra1ar aN-fr1 1Oqrn M A.
| ton, ordered: That the prayer OF the
petition be not granted, and that the
action Of the county board of review De
| sustained.
Alvin Coffin, assessor Of Center town
| ship, from county beard of review or
| Howard county, on appraisement and
| valuation Of the building and loan and
| savings association of KOk0mo being too
| low, ordered: That said petition be dis
| missed for informality and irregularity,
| in that said appellee was not served with
| the proper notice
| The Citizens national bank Of Kokomo.
| from county board of review OF Howard
county, on appraisement ana valuation
of the capital stock Of said bank, ordered:
| That the prayer OF the petition De SuS-
| tained and that the assessment Of said
bank be fixed at $4,000, exclusive OF It's
! real estate.
The Citizens light and power COM
pany Of Kokomo, from county board OF
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ment and valuation of the capital stock,
the tangible property ana the improve
| ments on lot Of said company, ordered:
| That the appeal be sustained, ard that
the assessment be fixed at $4,000 in
| stead of 10000, as fixed by the county
board of review.
John H. DePuy, from county board
| Of review Of Wabash county, on aprraise-
ment and valuation Of personal properly,
! ordered: That the prayer of the petition
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Noble township, Wabash county, be re-
| duced from $2O.465 to S6.465.
| William J. Ellis, from county board OF
| review of Harrison county, on assess
| ment of seventeen certificates of shares
| Of stock in the savings and loan aSsocia-
| ton of Corydon, ordered: That the ac-
ton of the county board Of review be
| sustained.
William L. Ewing, from county board
of review Of Knox county, on appraise-
! ment and valuation of personal property,
| appellant claiming to have been a ciu-
| zen of the state OF Missouri on April l,
1898, ordered: That the prayer Of the
| petition be not granted, and that the ac-
ton of the county board Of review be
| sustained.
Caroline NJ. Forsythe, from county
board Of review of Lake county, on ap-
| praisement Of real estate, ordered: The
| board, after due consideration, finds that
| IL has no jurisdiction and suggests that
| the proper relleL can only come through
legislative action.
William Green, assessor Of Jay county,
from decision Of county board Of review
| of Jay county, on assessemnt of personal
| property OF Joseph w. and Jennie G.
| Policy, ordered: That the prayer Of the
| petition be granted, and that the sum
| OF SAL 900 additional be assessed against
said Joseph W. and Jennie c. Policy.
| Robert NJ. Glass, from county board Of
| review of Knox county on appraisement
and valuation Of personal property, paid
| I'D building and loan association stock.
| Ordered: That the prayer of the petit
ton be not granted and that the action
Of the county board Of review be sus-
tained.
Peter Hahn auditor Of Marshall
county, from county board Of review Of
Marshall county, on assessment of First
national bank Of Marshall county at
Plymouth Ind; the Plymouth state
bank Of Plymouth Ind; the Union state
bank Of Bremen, Ind; the State eX-
change bank Of Argos, Ind. (private),
for the reason that all of the above
named banks were assessed at Go per
cent Of their actual value, except the
copartnership bank of Lewis Bose &
Co. which was assessed at IS per cent.
of its actual value, and for the further
reason that said assessments are too
low. Ordered: That the assessment of
the First national bank Of Marshall
county at Plymouth, Ind, be increased
from SCI, 900 to $4,000; that the assess
ment of the Plymouth state bank Of
Plymouth, Ind, be Increased from $4,000