Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-07

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and shall be understood that such valua-
tions do not apply to the Southern Pa
cific railroad. This board, after careful
consideration, has fixed the following
valuations upon the property of said
Southern Pacific railroad. Said railroad
shall be assessed to the compa or COM
panies operating the same, and which is
subject to taxation on the 1st day of
March, 1897, and shall be valuable for the
purposes of taxation in the various
counties through which it may run, at
the rate of $1,000 per mile for each and
every mile of main line and at the rate of
$4,000 per mile for each and every mile
of switch and side track. Said valuation
shall include all rolling stock of said COM
pany used thereon, consisting of loco
motive engines, and cars of all descrip-
tions, except Pullman palace cars, but
shall not lnolude any buildings, tools or
machinery used in repair shops, nor sup
plies nor material on hand, nor shall it
include telegraph lines.
| The ruling of this board is, in fixing
the values of standard gauge railroads
south of the city of Albuquerque, N. NJ,
that it shall be understood that such
valuation does not apply to the Pecos
Valley railroad running from Peoos City,
Texas, to Eddy City, n. M. This board,
after careful investigation, has fixed the
following valuations on the property Of
said Pecos Valley railroad. Said rail
road, which is subject to taxation in New
Mexico on the 1st day of March, 1897,
shall be valued for the purpose of taxa
tion in the counties through which it may
run at the rate of $4,000 per mile for
each and every mile of main line, and at
the rate of $1,000 per mile for each and
every mile of switch and side track. Said
valuation shall include all rolling stock
used thereon, consisting Of locomotive
engines and cars of all descriptions, ex
cept Pullman palace cars, but shall not
include any buildings, tools or machinery
used in repair shops, nor supplies nor
material on hand, nor telegraph lines.
1t is ordered and decided by this board
that all telegraph lines that are completed
and in operation within the territory of
New Mexico, on the first day of March,
1897, shall be valued ard assessed to the
company or companies operating the
same within the counties through which
they are operated, at the rate of $25 per
for each and every additional wire.
1t is further ordered and decided by
this board that all telephone lines shall
be assessed to the company or compa
MES owning or operating the same on
the 1st day of March, 1897, for the pur
pose of taxation, as follows, to.wit:
Every telephone company having cen
tral Office in any city or town within this
territory, with fifty phones or less, shall
be assessed at the rate of $50 per phore.
This includes all poles and fixtures, but
each additional phone shall be assessed
at the rate of $50 per phone, and at the
rate Of SIS per mile of line for the first
wire of telephone across the country, and
at the rate of $5 per mile, for each addi-
tional wire.
1t is further ordered by this board that
all workable coal lands, situated not
more than ten miles from any operated |
shall be assessed at $40 per acre,
and all of ths above classed coal lands, !
situated more than ten miles from any |
operated railroad, shall be assessed at
the rate ssf-sSsa9 per acfSe
It is also ordered that all merchanta-
BILE timber lands, situated not more than
fifteen miles from any operated railroad,
shall be assessed at the rate of $3 per |
acre.
All merchantable timber land, situated
at greater distance than fifteen miles /
from any operated railroad, shall be as
sessed at the rate of $1.50 per acre.
Each quarter section, or fractional part
thereof, of land with permanent water
thereon, suitable for grazing purposes
only, shall be assessed at S1.25 per acre.
All lands suitable for grazing purposes
only, and without permanent water there
on, shall be assessed at 25 cents per acre.
All other lands and property, not herein
specified, shall be assessed at their actual
cash value, but under no circumstances
shall they be assessed for less than other
similar, or adjacent property.
1t is further ordered and decreed by
this board that the following personal
property shall be assessed and valued for
the purposes of taxation for the ensuing
year, 1897:
All stock horses, s. per head.
All COW ponies, $40 per head.
All American horses, $50 per head.
All American mules, $40 per head.
All Mexican mules, $40 per head.
All burros, So per head.
All stock cattle south of the 35th paral-
lei at 81 per head.
All stock cattle north of the 35th paral-
lei at $8 per head.
All improved sheep at 81 per head. :,
All unlmproved sheep at IS cents per
head.
All graded Angora goats that produce
fleece that is clipped for market shall be
assessed at the rate of 50 per head.
All common goats that produce no clip
or fleece shall be assessed at so cents per
head.
All improved cattle that are suitable for
dairy purposes only shall be assessed at
$25 per head.
At the session of the board yesterday
afternoon the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That vote of thanks ia OK
tended to Adjutant-General George W.
Knaebel for courtesies extended to the
board of equalization during its meeting
at Santa Fe, at its January meet
ing in 1897.
There being no further business before
the board, on motion, an adjournment
was taken subject to the ccll of the presi-
dent of said board as pr divided by law.
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