New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-10
EOUALIZING TAX VALUE 5
oNONpAGA DEMANDS AND GETS BIG
REDUCTION.

OF THIS YEARS INCREASE sn5Oo.cco WAS PUT ON
HER. AND ONLY .45coooo on rrFTY-sENEN
OTHER UPSTATE CoUNrlEs-PER-
soxA1. PROPERTY VALUATIONS
Albany Sept ga delegation representing 'he
Supervisors OF Onondaga County appeareu pe'o'0
,ha State Board OF Equalization this afternoon
and requested that the equalized value Vi ie'' 20
tate for that county for this year De ieouVIu
q, 5rooa The Board Of Equalization met 'iiis
afternoon 10 adopt the equalization table LOT lo'o
This table was prepared and submitted Wy 0
State Board az Tan Commissioners. Inc ine'noe'S
Of the Board Of Equalization present We're lieu
,enant-Governor SaXton Secretary o4 o'"'o
Palmer. State Treasurer Colvin. State Engineer
Adams a,tornev-C;eneral Hancock, ana Inc 'hieo
Tax Commissioners Martin Heermance OF fo"s"-
keeps,e Edward l.. Adams OF Elmira' anu 'o,''"
l. Jenkins of Port Henry. upon whom now oe'o'''
the duties OF the former State Board OF Assessors
State Controller Roberts and Speaker FISH "e'o
che only two members not present
Tho deloeaton from Syracuse comprised Mar
.bal DYER Jacob Sneller. jr. Charles hiscocH'
e.-Coucctor Francis Hendricks and Dis'rlc'A.-
torney j. B. Kline. Mr.. Kline addressed 'he po"'u'
saving that asseseed values In syracuse were
greatly IN excess Of the prices obtained TOT i'"t
estate sold and that the county Of Onondasa hau
bee, sadded with more than Its propor'on"'c
.bara Of the additional equazed values IN 'he
State He stated that the Increased equaiiIeu
value this year in the State was S6'"""o OF Niicn
81 0cOOoO was placed upon New-AorK ana h.i,sS
counties The remaining $4,000" was olNioeu
among the other ffty-eight counties OF the state
go unequaily that sll.5coWo of 1t was saddled upo"
,ha co,intv Of Onondaga leaving only sA'N@ IN
creased eaualized value be apportioned among
afty-seVen counties. -,
Mr. Dyer speaking in the same STRAIN. sai"
s'The assessed value of realty In the CIT! OF o.l"
cuse was Increased couple OF years ago sIV"""
The city had been MAKING
numerous public improvements. and the increase
an valuation Was found 10 be necessary IN o'uei
that the percentage Of the city S deo' conp''"
with the assessed value Of real property therein
should not exceed that allowed by the state OH
s,itution There no reason why onohdas"
obualzed values should be increased this year
T3eu.enan.-Covernor Saxton sad that Il syracuse
had taken this action in order 10 escape the pro-
visions OF the Constitution the city should take me
consequences but that the towns IN ohohoat1
County were to be considered as well as me city
president Heermance. OF the State Tax Comnis-
xrn ea,d that the raie for Onondaga County had
been fixed upon the best information oo'ainaoe
Ex-CoKector Hendricks spoke few woEas ID idNo'
OF the red1ction and said ], was unjust ina s"ch
large addition should be made TO Onondaga equal
.zed value. $500,
Arornev-General Hancock moved tha; the equal
,zed valua of real estate in Onondaga County he
placed at s7O05.9o3 an Increase OF slV"'V" over "a
wear The Tax Commissioners opposed 'hiS' saSi"7
hey might favor reQnctoN o. S"vV'V''' ~
lion was put to a and was declared los
Nessrs Sax,on Palmer Co.vin and Hancock voting
IN favor OF 1t and Mr.. Adams and the three Tax
Commissioners against it,
John c. Feltman asked that Albany county
ooual,zed value be reduced si.S100W from last
wear instead of 10000 already allowed by inc
BOARD He declared that Albany was assessed 10 us
IN value and property Oh SAFE rdreiy proue,'
NINE amev pyepresenting seneca County wanted the
eoal equazed value IN tns' ,.o'.t Ssoi6 ne iabls
be materially changed there would have 10 be ~ re-
adjustment Of values all through me ga rnn.
.yas no, prac.icab,e AZ this time Cnder me rev
Nv Establishing The Tax commission that body has
nmch larger movers than the old Board Of Assessors
I'D !, Vas he Intention % the members TO gather
Ev next wear such information as YOU'D chao.s
thsn 10 resdjus, equally the peTcsniases foF
snusllzed valtai lions In all the counties OF the saie
The Boari then went INTO eXecuu i r %, ai
GLAZING of Albany and Seneca couhtes W. , ,0 Co..
lowed. The total amount OF sqSazsa S su TAI
Commissioners was reduced by nsarN s,'" 80 80
that thu increase IL the amour 5 OF kngeo Of 8 @
IN Onondasa County Will cause this amount 10 be
distributed among he other counties OF ne sac
s lsd VIII ysu rss@ Of Z S and $4,000 hoe q
BROOKLYN The Board Of WEN he revised
liable OF the equalized values OF Tea! estate oS
oo This ,a T viii show the following figures Total
assessed value Of real estate FOR i%S. SSs 81
scr l Amount Of assessed value Of real estate
taken from G ,sst Of @ equa
ized value OF real estate lsd &ss sS6, ,o' IN
s ,Ss s1s;s ysl%' 50 G5 Tfn s"0 persona ~
The total assessed value of personal PROPERTY, IN
1be state bv counties, shown by the eqnailzatioh
table TO be adopted tomorrow Is as follows; a a.
hany S. lOi 1885, Aleganv. N.Jl2.O9l; i5ro0inc 49,
sss. attara,,g,is X1i5027: Cayuga, 50 5 s4l; Chau
1auoua s2Sis,945 Chemung, Sl64.lS, 90. CheeiiHngo
81 ssi rs: Clinton s67i725 Columbia SsssoOi or
land ssSs 73 Delaware. 81 20 700: Du,chsss ,ss ;s
co. Erie SIC ESQ 1874 ESSEX Sl5955; Franklin SsSjl6
Frton sS1 4s2: C;enesee s. 265.3i5; Greene N.317-
zo: Hamilton 5000; Herkiner. 6l7257: Jefferson
si0oa S2i: Kings SO 676 1896; Lewis s5S96S: Living
ston sl52 $50; Madison, s5.!.G; Monroe ssh 90.
g. Montgowossry Nsw ~ a. S0ssy
;S5ss sss; Ontario, S277.s57: Orange. No4slc1 Or
leans 81 4ss 3s9; Oswego. $43l 4c7 Otsego. 81 .ssi'
e92 Putnam $S2237O; Queens. $2SJ0S50. Rensselaer,.
s72360Ss. Richmond. $i3lr5: Rockand 40;
Saratoga S.2S.l2s Schenectady. Sl.38.12O; Scho-
harie, s.2si452; SCHUYLER $3.50 sss: Seneca ns9S-
31s ST. Lawrence. &.95ll95, SeuDen. &457,C0C; Suf-
folk Ns37.es5: Sullivan, sl3is5?; Tioga. &75S26
Tompkins. S1.l53.4se Ulster. S2S76Os4; Warren
Westchester. S4ll: Wyoming. N,i7sio5; Yates,
se0S72. Total. s54i 81.
The total equalized value OF real estate by coun-
ties for 1896 Will be determined tomorrow
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