Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-01-06
TERRITORIAL EQUALIzERS.
Results i'll Detail of Three Days Ses-
sion of New MexicO's Board Of
Equalization.
VALUATIONS GENERALLY INCREASED
Railroad, Telegraph and Telephone
Lines Appraised for Taxation
Valuations Placed Upon Agri-
cultural and Coal Lands.

| Valuations Placed Upon Agri-
cultural and Coal Lands.
The territorial board of equalization
after three days session, concluded it
labors and adjourned until the first Mon
day in August, on last Saturday after
noon. Realizing the Importance of thi
meeting, the New MEXICAN prints belo,
a complete transcript of the official pro
ceedings thereof:
| TRANSACTIONS IN DETAIL.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Jan 2, 1896.-0n thii
day at the hour of O'Clock p. m, pur
suant to the statute in such case mad.
and provided, the board of equalization
of the territory of New Mexico, met fol
the transaction of such business as NIGH
| properly come before it, there being
present Mr.. G. W. Kennedy, Mr.. W. R
Upton, Mr.. George L. Ulrick, Mr.. D. G
Hobart; absent, Mr.. Romulo Martinez.
In the matter of the Las Vegas Hot
Springs appeal, which was brought be
fore the August meeting, and for lack oi
proper data referred to the January meet
ing, after due delberation, this board
sustains the appeal, for the reason thai
the clerk of San Miguel county failed to
send up transcript of record in said
case, and this board instruots said clerk
and the board of county commissioners
to correct their records of assessment in
said case in accordance with the return
made by said Las Vegas Hot Springs
Hotel company.
It is ordered by this board that the
following schedules of valuation for the
assessment of all property throughout
the territory of New Mexico, for taxation
purposes for the ensuing year, Is hereby
fixed and established, and all taxable
property shall be assessed at the valua-
tion herein fixed, to wit:
All workable coal lands, situated not
more than ten miles from any operated
railroad, shall be assessed at 800 per acre,
and all of the above classed coal lands,
situated more than ten miles from any
operated railroad shall be assessed at
$40 per acre.
All merchantable timber lands, situated
not more than fifteen miles from any
operated railroad line, shall be assessed
at $3.50 per acre.
All merchantable timber lands, situated
ut ieka %EaV,
from any operated railroad, shall be as
sessed at $3.50 per acre.
Each quarter section or fractional part
thereof of land with permanent water
thereon, suitable for grazing purposes
only, shall be assessed at $1.25 per acre.
All lands suitable for grazing pur-
poses only, and without permanent water
thereon, shall be assessed at 25 cents per
acre.
All other lands and property, not here
in specified, shall be assessed at their as
tual cash value, which value shall be con-
strued to mean the price such land or
property would bring at forced sale.
1t is further ordered and decreed that
the following personal property shall be
assessed and valued fo- the purpose of
taxation as follows: All stock horses, IS
per head; COW ponies, at $40 per head; /;
American horses, at $50 per head; Ameri-
can mules, at $40 per head; Mexican
mules, at $40 per head; burros, at So per
head; stock cattle, south of the. 35th par
allel, 81 per head; stock cattle north of
said parallel, at 50 per head; all i'm
proved sheep, at 81 per head; all unlm-
proved sheep, at rs cents per head; all
Angora goats or graded Angora goats,
that produce fleece that is clipped for
market, shall be assessed at 81 per head;
all common goats that produce no clip or
fleece shall be assessed at 80 cents per
head; all improved cattle, that are
suitable for dairy purposes, shall he as
aessed at $25 per head.
On motion, the board adjourned until
10 O'Clock January 8, 1896.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3. 1896.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment of yesterday. Present, @. W. Ken
nedy, W. R. Upton, Geo. L. Ulrick and D.
@. Hobart; absent, Romulo Martinez.
After due deliberation. this board has
fixed the following values for the ensuing
year on railroad property, telegraph lines
and telephone lines, within the territory
of New Mexico, as follows:
all railroads of standard gauge, which
shall be sub ject to taxation on the 1st
day Of March, A. D. 1896, in each county
in the territory of New Mexico, through
which they may run and are situated and
running north and east of the Atchison,
Topeka 4 Santa Fe railroad depot, in the
city of Albuq querque, N. NJ, shall be valued
and assessed to the company or COM
panies owning or operating the same, at
the rate of $1,000 per mile, for each and
every mile of main line, and at the rate
of $500 per mile, for each and every
mile Of switch and side track, and at the
rate of 44,50O per mile for each and every
mile Of branch lines, and that the assess
ment and value per mile on the above
stated main line, branch line and switches,
shall include all rolling stock of said com-
pRny or companies used thereon, except
such cars as belong to the Pullman Pal
ace Car company, and designated as Pull
man palace cars, and consisting of loco
motive engines and cars of all descrip.
tions, but shall not include any buildings,
machinery or tools used in repair shops,
or any supplies or materials, nor shall it
include telegraph lines.
II is ordered and decided BY this board
that all telegraph lines that are mpleted
and in operation within the territory of
New Mexico, on the let day Of March, A.
D. 1896, shall be valued and assessed to
the company or companies operating the
same, within the counties through which
they are operated, at the rate of $25 per
mile for the first wire, and IS per mile
for each and every additional wire.
II is further ordered and decided by
this board that all telephone lines shall
be assessed to the company or companies
owning or operating the came on the let
day of March, A. d. 1896, for the purpose
Of taxation, as follows, to-wit: Every
telephone company having central office
in any city or town within this territory,