The Republican journal., 1893-01-19

lle total number ri "Nvn IN tho state *
26,6'l9; number Of ,-year-rlel~, 26onl
number ot 4Ncsl Odds Nv Sti1: number WI
Ne,ulinos. "A. 81 number - CONS. is.
.E'4: Lumber OF Sheep. 31D, CO.: number NJ
swine, b ~: total value Of stock includ-
inc horses and colts, >lS.55:s. li~'i.
i'he affixed value OF slipping o~ ned in
the stare is o.'+h ~, affixed vHlur NJ
carriages, Il, 79>0l affixed yalle Nj
musical Instruments, ~l.T2l- 4st.
lANis~ ASSESSED IN lIlE RAILROADS
III he State for l~9- pased upon theil
earnings for l>9l, amounted tu M n. 04:3,. 4
d: tax assessed il pay expenses III rail-
road commissioners. ~lU, 5000.
The assessors say there i lack OF lui-
tormitv in the methods adopted IN tlir dif-
terent towns fol classification 81 property
Not only in 1ile distinctions between real
and personal but in many instances an
entire neglect TO take into account In
many some kinds of property.
There is little ur NO attempt AT rlassiti-
cation III lands. 1t Would be ii great
benefit if they We're divided into tillagc.
pasture. wood and timber lands 1t il ap-
parent that town assessors must 60 more
into detail IN their listing and Give more
complete returns 10 the State Board 10
the end that Il greater uniformity MAY be
had
The State assessors repeat the Sugges-
tlon OF il year ago that some legislative
enactment be made obligno town asses
sors to meet the Board of State assessors
in a county convention tu he called w the
State Board and at which the town as
SCISSORS shall have the town taSbooks ana
answer such questions as may be put To
l,,,,, ~, ~
der.
In order that the taxes Shall lie Borne
equally. say the State assessors. it is Ger
tain that the standards And methods of
valuation shall be uniform. With the ya.
riations in per cent. oI easll or market
value now in use in the towns. no decent
approach to equalization tan he made
There are more than 1880 assessors i'm
the cities, towns and plantations III tliS
state Get the consensus Of opinion vi
men who are daily dealing with matters
OF valuation and taxation. and it seems To
the State assessors that there would bc
greater uniformity. and what is more
there would DC less effort On tile part ii
the town aSSeSSurs to see how much of
the State tax they could avoid
Comparing the returns Of town asses
>or> with the statements WI the nitel
states census bureau a~ reported. il Az
pears hat not quite one halt III Tia. prop-
citN in the State is
EXPOSED FOR TAN ArInN
The State assvssols SAY. III Nc rnnuot
get all the property in the Slate into rN-
posture for taxation, il 4 pal1 must c;,rlN
the burden tol HE whole, III ii ~ .oud po-
icy I" exempt amy property from taxation,
then let MS get Il fair uniform value upon
such as can be exposed and determine
fairly What shall De exempted.
The relative value Of personal property
to real as affixed by the State assessors
shows the personal as being over 70 per
cent of the entire property of tile State.
exclusive OF the wild lands, and more than
one third OF the valuation Of real estate
in the cities, towns and plantations.
The State assessors say: .SThere seems
to be a quite general feeling that property
has 4 full cash value and another less.
value for taxation
referring to wild land tile State asses
sors say when one considers the fact
that there are about AZ: townships of
Wild land i'll this State, containing more
than 5000, 600 acres, the task Vi getting
at amy Just valuation is apparent To get
at anything like a Just idea Of their value.
explorations must be made, involving
months Of tlamping, camping and
thorough search in all directions We
lind great difference in the estimates of
value placed upon wild lands by those
who own o. are engaged in operating on
them and those who are neither owners
nor operators. The wild land business is
one having many conditions peculiar to
itself and unlike those obtaining in any
other business. That many tracts are
nndervalued goes without saying; that
some are overvalued is as true