Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1897-06-17
NO COMPROMISE
State Tax Commission and N,
r. Representatives Fail
to Agree.
Commission Offers to Ac-
cept Half Of the Tax
Railways Offer.
Comparison OF What the
Offers Mean to Stuts.
man County.

man County.
The special state tar commission to
compromise the delinquent land taxes OF
the Northern Psci6c railway hes com.
plstsd its conference With the reprsssn.
tativss Of the road and formal proposi.
tion was msde 70 Tax Commlssionef
Fernsld and Land Commissioners Phlpps
The commission agreed to wave all
claims for unpaid taxes prior to 1889.
In settlement Of the tax for 1859 the
commission agreed 70 accspt ono halt Of
the facs Of the tax, without penalty and
interest. For tho unpaid taxes for 1880,
81, '92, ,93 and '94 the commission agreed
to accept ono half Of the face OF the tax.
With penalty and interest added. For
the year 1896, the commission agreed TO
accept the face of the tax without
penalty and interest.
The disputed taxes on lands that had
not been patented and were within the
indemnity strip, the commission agreed
TO wave. The final proposition submitted
was believed by the board 70 be fair, and
to be a. far in the way Of compromise 20
the state would 60.
The rallwsy's representatives sub
mittsd proposition of what they BE-
loved the road would be willing to pay
in settlement Of these taxes. In the
counties OF Logan, Emmons, Kldder and
Stutsman they would pay twenty.fve
Per cent Of the face OF the tax a. levied
for the different years, without any
penalty or interest. In the counties Of
Burleigh, Mclean. Mercer, Morton,
Oliver and Wells, thirty per cont OF the
facs Of the tax % levied and in the coun.
tiss Of Barnes, Billings, Dickey, Foster,
Griggs, LsMoure, Ransom, Richland.
Sargent, Stark. Steele, Eddy and No
Intosh, forty per oent Of the face Of the
tax. This proposition 10 to pay about
halt Of the amount, or little less, which
Tie state agreed 70 sooept The repre-
sentatisss Of the road present disclaimed
any authority tn settle the taxes. but
stated that they could recommend .
settlement, and 1t il believed the recon-
msndation would be acted on by the
company. They intimated. however, that
they would not recommend the payment
OF the amounts as set forth IN the prop
osit,on Of the members of the commis-
sion and the state on the other hand will
not accept the proposition offered by the
representatives Of the company. Thus
the matter stands and there Is no settle
ment OF the disputed taxes 10 eight.
The matter will probably have to be
settled in the courts.
The recent meeting OF the representa-
tives Of the railway and the state COM
mission appointed to compromise the
delinquent taxes of the Northern Pacif-
10 which now amount to over half
million dollars, was unsatisfactory. No
settlement was reached. The commits.
sion made reasonable offer, the COM
pany's representatives, who said they
had no authority to settle but could rec
ommend basis Of ,settlement, made q
proposition too. 1le> were: The com
MISSION agreed to wave all claims for
unpaid taxes prior to 1889; for 1889 to
accept one half the face of the taxes,
without penalty and interest, and for 80,
81, 80, '93. and D4to accept one half
the face of the taxes, with penalty and
interest added; for '95 to accept the face
Of the tax without penalty and interest.
The proposition Of the railway segre-
gated the counties Of the state and placed
Stutsnan with three other counties IN
which they offered to pay one quarter OF
the face.of the tax levied for the differ
ent years, but without any pdsalty or
interest, In six western counties they
offered to pay 80 per cent Of the original
tax and in 13 other counties 40 per cent
Of the original tax; but no penalty or
interest IN any case.
What the two propositions mean to
Stutsman county and it's residents 10
shown by the following figures, the same
which were presented to the commiss-
sion. They were prepared BY tho ooun-
u suditor and show the original tax
with costs, penalties and inherent to
June l, ~, for each year, 20 follows:
1851
Penalty !. Observation-Disclosures. !. ses 50
AdyertisinR R....,............. 96 80
Interest e,llV "
Total. ................Sl .Sl5.s7s 81
lsse- 90 I.
M Penalty . ,,...,........ 6H 80
Advertising ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S2 70
Penalty, After sale %0l 10
Interest. Observation-Disclosures. 7,79B 50
AUDITORS certificates ............ us 8
Tosa, !. 1. !. \. Z. ..sl7,iss 81