Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-01-13
SOME STRANGE CERTIFICATES
Assessor ]. w. Hobart certifes Regard
ing the Assessment Roll.


ing the Assessment Roll.
Since the Columbia Implement
company, Of Portland, has instituted
writ OF review proceedings against
the state board OF equalization, and
also from the fact that the grounds
upon which such proceeding has been
begun, was based, To a great extent,
upon the Irregularity and non con-
formity OF the Marion county assess
ment rolls with those from the other
counties of the state, the following
certificates made by County Assessor
j. w. Hobart and County Clerk l.. V.
Ehlen relative to the Marion county
assessment roll, will not be out o.
place.
The following certificate from
County Assessor Hobart accompanies
the original assessment roll. as placed
IN the assessment books:
81, j. W, Hobart, assessor OF Mar
ion county, state of Oregon, do hereby
certify that this assessment roll Is
the original assessment roll of Marion
county, Oregon, for the year 1897, and
that il is true and complete state
ment Of the taxable property as re-
turned for the year 1897"
J.W. HOBART,
Assessor for Marion County.
The following applies to the alb
breyiated roll furnished the county
clerk.
II, L. V. Ehlen. county clerk of
Marion county, state o. Oregon, and
eX-Office clerk of the circuit court Of
said county aud state, do hereby
certify that the foregoing transcript
of copy of summary OF assessment roll
of Marion county tor the year 1897 has
been compared with the original, and
that IL is true and correct copy OF
said original aud of the whole thereof
as the same appears Of record in my
otjce aud custody.
L. V. EHLEN."
The certificate following, applies to
merely summary sent by the clerk
TO The state board of equalization, be-
fore the copying OF tue abbreviated
roll was finished,
~, l.. V. Ehlen, county clerk of
Marion county, state OF Oregon. do
hereby certify that the foregoing
transcript of the assessment roll OF
Marion county, state of Oregon, con.
sisting Of two volumes, for the year
1897, has been by me compared with
the original assessment roll, and that
IL is true and correct copy Of said
original assessment roll. and OF the
whole thereof, as the same appears Of
record in my Office and custody"
Following Is the certificate the
board prevailed u Assessor Hobart to
make, and II is Incorporated In the
report of the boards action sent out
by the secretary Of state.
SALEM, Ore, Dec, II, 1897.
To the State Board Of Equalization.
GENTLEMEN:-In accordance with
your request, | herewith hand you
the original assessment of the prop
erty of this county for this year,
made by me, and | hereby certify
that the same constitutes all OF the
assessment made of all the property
Of Marion county, Oregon. for this
year ard the whole thereof, and that
IL is the same roll that l presented
to the county board of equalization at
its last session in this county for this
year, and that IL was corrected an d
the property equaliZed by them there
on, and that the county court at its
session in September of this year had
no other roll than this to act upon
from me, and it was returned to me
after the equalization and corrections
had been made thereon by them;
that there has been no change In the
same either In values, classes, form
or otherwise to my knowledge.
j. ". HOBART.
Assessor for Marion County.