The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-02
TAXES SHOULD BE REASsEssED.


TAXES SHOULD BE REdSSESSED.
Section 90 OF act No. BOG, public acts
OF 1893 says The Auditor general
shall prepare and forward to the county
treasurer "a statement OF such rejected
taxes, and n description Of the lnnds
upon which the same were assessed;
and such county treasurer shall iay the
same before the board OF supervisors
at their next session thereafter, and u
such taxes shall have been rejected or
charged back by the Auditor General,
except for the reason that such land
was not subject TO taxation at the
time Of the assessment for such taxes,
or that the taxes thereon had been paid,
or there had been a double assessment
thereof the board OF supervisors shall
cause the same 10 be rcasscsscd upon
the same land, and collected with the
taxes OF the then current year, and IN
tho same manner. II such taxes cannot
be properly renssesscd upon the same
lands the bonrd OF supervisors shall
cause the same To be reasscssed upon
the taxable property OF the proper
township.
In an article. two weeks ago, we called
attention to the iact that during the
last two years S2I 10000 worth Of
taxes have been returned by the Audi
tor General ms uncolectable. A portion
OF the tax 80 returned was upon proper
~ that was not subject TO taxation but
the major portion oi IL was due 10
taxes that had been declared voId by
the courts or, ON account 81 errors IN
the description 81 the property. Ac-
cording TO the statutes, all OF the taxes,
except that upon property exempt or
doubly assessed, should be reassessed
against the property which escaped
payment This law has been upon the
statue books during the past three
years, when thousands 81 dollars ~
taxes have been declared void by ia,
circuit court but the county board ha'
never made move towards enforcing It
A reporter for The DIAMOND DRILI
called upon the prosecuting attorney
ia regard 90 this matter anc
was informed that the law will b'
enforced this year and that the schoo
tax, which was declared void last fll
and which has just been returned 10y thu
auditor general, will he reasscsset
against the properties that escaped pay
ing last TALL. This is move in th'
right direction and the people Of thi
county want to watch closely and Sc
that the proposed work tx carried out.
When the tax dodgers find that eyad
ing payment oil tax TINS year means
double tax next year they will not h
as anxious to pick out every flaw IN th
tax roll. The cvnding payment OF take
IN the past bas been madca premium b.
the neglect ~ the county officers To d.
their daty. We know Of concerns her
in Crystal Falls that have not paid
cent 81 tax Tor three yenrs nnd for III
fourth year they escaped paying th
school tax. Instead OF that same tn
being reasscsscd against thbt Sumo pro
berry, II was assessed against all III
taxable property in the township
These people have not only escaped pay
ing their just dues but they have been
burden upon every othce taxpayer Il
che township.
We would not have IL understoo,
that Tar DIAMOND DRHL u in inyor q
enforcing the collection Of unjust taxes
Let the assessments be Just an equa
aud then collect the taxes at all hazards
bet Ia nine cases out oil len these tax