Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-13
THE DUTY OF GOOD MEN.

some matters connected with taxation
in the State and when so doing the
work Of Governor Sadler and Con-
troler Davis was mentioned, and by
the Journal approved and commended
The Governot and Controller did not
accomplish all they had in view when
they appeared before the boards of
the several counties they visited. The
judgment Of the county commission
ers wall be presumed to have been
that they did not possess the power to
make the changes that the visitors re-
quested the boards to make, ana
whether they had the power or did
not possess it is immaterial to the
view that we take of the business.
The law requires property to be as
sessed at it's full value. That it was
not 30 assessed appears On the face of
each tax roll in the State, and the
commissioners perhaps came to the
conclusion that if wholesale adj
vance was made to comply with the
law that the result would Cypress the
people because Of the large percen-
tage included i'll the levy made for
the present year, and if it be that the
commissioners so determined it was a
right conclusion to arrive at; and,
furthermore if the assessors in the
several counties in the State had as
sessed property at its full valuation
upon the levies made by the commits
sioners i'll March last, it would have
been hardship upon the people, be-
cause the levies were not made with
reference TO full valuation of prop.
erty III the State by the assessors.
1t will be understood from what
has been said that the trouble about
the assessment Of property at It's full
value is in the levy made by the
commissioners for the revenue year.
The levies made by the boards of COM
missioners Of the several counties are
much larger than the full valuation
OF property requires should be made.
Why it is that the commissioners
make the levies that they do in
the face OF the law that requires full
valuation, needs explanations. While
it cannot be said that the commits
sioners violate the law by making the
percentage much above what is re-
CURED for revenue purposes, yet by
80 doing the difficulty of valuation of
property is presented to the assessor,
when he begins his work under the
excessive levy made.
Should the assessor do his work as
the law requires that it should be
done, the revenue would be much
more than tie demands of the State
and counties require and the people
would be very much oppressed by
the levy and assessment made. 1t is
not necessary to form conclusions up.
on the why's and wherefores of the
buriness, all that is necessary to say
is that there is violation of the reye-
nue. law that should be avoided by
the commissioners and the assessor,
ard more particularly should tn,
commissioners take the law into their
confidence when making the required
levies for revenue purposes.
The only remedy there is in the
business for the people, as it is now
managed, is to be sure when they go
into convention that men are nomin-
ated who will enforce the revenue
laws OF the state, because in the just.
ness Of the enforcement Of the reve-
nuo laws good government largely
depends, and the good OF the people
OF the State is perhaps moro depen-
dent upon proper enforcement Of
the revenue laws than upon the en-
-forcement of any laws of the State
connected with the general govern.
znent.
1t has been said that the people
should give their attention at con-
yentiOns where mon nra non,;,otos