The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-03-30
SUPERVISORS MAY
HAVE TO PAY
No Money in the Treasury
for Attorney DUNES
Salary.
DR.. Clinton Offers a Measure to
Check Raises in Asses
mentS.
Red and Bull Rock Have an Inning
and the Rather Test Is
Sustain ned.

When the mem bers of the Board OF SUI
peryisors voted yesterday to retain Joseph
J. Dunno as an assistant in District Attor-
ney Barnes office, even after they had
been warned that Auditor Broderick would
not sign his salary warrants because there
is no money in tue special counsel fund,
they probably did not understand that
they were OFFICIATING themselves TO pay
him out of their own pockets. There will
probably be a wild scramble to rescind the
action when they learn the true import of
what they have done.
MS. Dunno was employed some time ago
to assist the District Attorney, and in a
strong COMMUNICATION to the board Mr..
Barnes urged that he be retained.
Mayor Phelan warned the board that
there was no money to pay him, and said
that he had been retained to prosecute
violators OF the pure-food laws Ell the
Board OF Health had an attorney at $3.50 a
month, whose duty it was to perform the
work. Nevertheless the board voted to
retain him.
The following resolution was introduced
by Supervisor Clinton for the purpose of
preventing discrimination in the assess
ment OF real and personal property and to
prevent property in the City and County
of San Francisco from being raised by the
State Board of Equalization:
WHEREAS. The State Board of Equalization
has repeatedly raised the total assessment of
real and personal property of this City and
County to make it MORN TO the assessme nts
OF other counties as alleged and in support of
said action has presented cases of assessments
illustrative OF a discrimination in the assessed
| valuation OF property in this City and County,
| and by reason thereof has increased the
valuation OF the assessa BILE property of this
| City and County, notably the increase of 20
| per cent on the assessed value of the present
| year; and whereas. the taxpayers of tins City
and County have no desire 10 escape by an i'm
| proper valuation the payment OF their quota
| of taxes for State and county purposes and OBJ
| 5ect 10 any such action as results IN imposing
an increase of taxation because OF the alleged
! fact tnat certain property is not assessed on
| fair and equitable valuation. as required by
| law, thereby imposing an unjust buid den upon
/ property which is fully and fairly assessed
! creating discrimination and burden wholly
In violation OF the fundsmental principles
that all property should be assessed at its cash
value; and whereas, the action of the Stale
Board OF Equalization, as prescribed, is limi ted
/ to equalizlng the valuation of the taxable
| property OF the several counties in the State
| Tor the purpose OF taxation. and If such causes
| exist as are claimed by said board the only
| remedy is in this board, which has power
| to increase or lower any assessment, or make
| the same conform to its true value, and
| for that purpose this board meets from the
| first to the third Monday in the mon tn OF July
|
| action should be taken by this board to ex.
| anime into the principles upon which assess
| men is are made and 10 invite the mem bers of
| the State board to examine the assessment
/ books and the assessments made therein and
| II complaints are made as to the assessed
| valuation OF any property assessed on said
| books to make with the Assessor such inyesti-
| gait into said complaints Tor the pur pose OF
| ascertainiDg the true valuation, and ii on said
! investigation it is disclosed that the assess.
| ment OF said property should be raised or low
cred to make IT con form to the valuation as
! provided by law to have said assessment adj
| justed by the Assessor as in of failure or
neglect on the part of the Assessor to cause the
| same to be corrected, as required by law: and
| whereas, if such informa ton is obtained and
/ the principles understood upon which ALI
| property Is assessed in this City and County
| its representatives, Ii required to appear be.
| fore the State board, will be prepared to pre-
| sent their case intelligently and with a full
| knowledge OF the valuation of property as
| made By the Assessor and equalized by this
! board; and whereas, If such action is taken
the discrimination in assessments heretofore
| prevailing will not exist, and each taxpayer
| will pay on true and equable assessment of
! his property alike fair to all, and the repre-
sentatives of this City will be in a position to
| warrant a demand for decrease instead OF an
| increase in the total valuation at the hands of
| the State board when it meets for the purpose
/ of equalizing the valuation Of the taxable
| property of the several counties for the pur.
| pose OF taxation; therefore
Resolved, That q standing committee of this