Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-16
FOR 1892 And 1893.
Report Of The Territorial Board Of
Equalization.
TOTAL ASSESSMENT FOR UTAH.
Taxable Properly Listed In tho Yari.
Jus Counties. Additional L,g.s.
latiUn Recommended.

tion flei iti report Tor the ycar 1892
ami 1893 with thu Governor anu Lugi..
lativo Assembly this Afternoon, and
thr Ugh the courtesy Of Secretary J. J.
rh0maa Ia furnishing an extra COPY
u the report the NEWS ls enabled 70
present iis readers with a illl synopsis
OF the rcpor, IN this issue The Board
u Equalization Is composed OF tho
following gentlemen; J.. r.. Dooly,
caaifm 10, H. G. Lund, J. T.. Booth,
w. w. Maughan, NJ. b. s5vlcs, a. b.
Richardson ami x. n. Hume, with J.
J. Thomas, secretary.
The report opens with a tovIew Of
iia organic ition, following with the
sialemonl that during tho ycirs 1892
and 1903 the board visltul every
county Ia the Territory with the cK.
ception VI KANE, Garfield aud Uintah.
IL reviews the action Of The uoafI b.
1892 In advancing the assessments
on tho following countless. BOX Elder,
real o3latU ami imprUyeuo w., 10 ttr
cent Weuvr county, rcnl fy.ie, prf
cont salt LnaU county, req il,glv, 10
yer cent Shuput1 county, Q 4 rsiRtv,
- per cent Jua1 county, real estate, 10 /
per cont anu details thu work attend.
ing the issuc OF asses iment rolls T. a..
aUgsofs anu county cJuul.
Regarding thu attempt maize Ia 1898 |
uy several unity b1aruH oil equnnEa. |
tlOn 70 mako u uniform reduction IN |
thu Valuations na returned by the 90. |
aCs'0ts, the Territorial bOarI, believing
tlht such action 10y the county boards |
would be- Illegal, pr0curel un opinion |
nom We attorney, which upheld tuat |
belief Toe OpluiJn nppUafs ia the a.. /
port. IL apptatUI la inll in tho NEWS
tue time II WAS given.
Toe board calls attention h lhg total |
disregard by some Of the county courts |
Of section 2U.1, chapter xl, session lave |
OF 1891 anu advises that measures be- |
adopted h secure the enforcement ol |
The law. 1. alto advises tina. a cuauge |
DO made in thu revenue law
90 that atsCsiOrs will report by |
May 10, county boards Of equalization |
complete their laDDu by july Lot, aud |
the assessment lisis hp.par' 81 fJr the |
toafd ~ July 10 Of each year. The |
expense Of tile board IN oxCe.s OF the |
I
sjlIUs This amount WAS largely for
assessment rolls for the various couu-
lies for 1894
The lotHl assessment ct the Territory
for the year 1893, ~ compiled from |
iho county reports " tho Territorial |
boatJ, amounts 10 slt76u5, S75lO. |
the Territorial auditor, iu his report
Ia the Governor, gave the amount ha
sll0, si2. This SHOWS discrepancy
Of 81, 800, 533 10, which the members OF |
ihn Territorial board say they are un.
able TO explain.
LrulsLAIiON RECOMMENDED.
The board makes tho following
recommendation ior changes IN the |
existing statute:
That the law making II the duty OF |
the board 10 furnish counties with NJ. |
BCssment rolls and taxpayer state. |
ueutu DO hmuulOd 10 Include notices /
60 Taxpayers aud tax.Toceipts, anu the !
systtm be made uniform throughout |
the Territory.
That the law he amended 30 that the |
nfst notice Of the Hsiesb0r should DOLLY !
npprise the taxpayer VI the kind and |
value OF his property.
That the law making II the duty OF /
the board TO assess railroad, railway,
depot, telegraph aud telephone cOuI. |
panioS DO amended 10 Include "uat
companies" This Is to reach the Pull |
man Car oompany's cars coming into
UtAh.)
Thai the preparing Of plats for the
use VI the county ASSESSOR aud their 10.
visions each year by the several o9un.
ties be made compulsory.
That there DO appropriated for
original anu duplicate assessment rolls |
anu laNpayerS statements, notices aud |
receipts for the years 1894, 1898 and |
1896, $4,000; 81, 900 to be drawn each |
year, or 30 much thereof rs may be |
necessary.
That tno law be amended 10 REQUIRE
county assessors 10 have their rolls com. |
pleted by May 18th.
That this county board OF equAliza. |
ton bo required to complete their work |
Rnd 10 nnally adjourn on or before |
July lst, and that lt Os made the duty |
OF the county CLERKS, immediately |
thereafter land not later than july |
l6th) 10 report 10 this board the totHl |
valuation OF oacn class " property ne |
enumerated ON the assessment rolls, |
aud the aggregate assessment OF the |
taxable property, as corrected anu ar |
proved by Too county board OF equal. |
zation.
RAILWANd,
The Union Pacific railway |
assessment per mile Of track. !
age for 1897 was $1,000 to slO.OUO |
on its main line; 5000 to SO
000 on its Oregon Short Line tFack; |
50 800 TO so, 900 on ~ Echo and Park |
City branch, with side tracks on ali the |
branches from 81 800 to $4,000 per mile. |
Tho total rolling stock OF tie Union |
Pacific AMI its various branches in |
Utah in 1892 was assessed at s462 1856. |
THIS, with real estate, stations, etO., |
made grand total on 50 Al3,22l.
In 1903, the Union Pacific main line
was ussessed at sj,uDO To $4,000 uor
mile; Oregon Short Line branch, ~. 500 |
to $4,000 per mlt, Echo nnd Park
CITY branch, $1,000 Iuf mile; Coalvills
| branch, $500 per MILF with ali other