The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-30

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and attorney general OF state, and that
they also in their respective official ca
! pacities, give due and legal notice to the
county boards Of commissioners through
out the state that such boards must not
audit or allow the accounts of their town
snip and city assessors until said asses
sors have complied with the laws of the
| state relative to the assessment and tax
alton of property in this state at actual
cash value.
motion to adopt the above resolutions
excited hot debate and the resolutions
were not adopted. Auditor Cole said he
thought the resolutions were good but
perhaps at this time impracticable. In
his opinion the present assessments were
ali illegal; that no assessor assessed prop
erty according to law; that If the reso-
lutions were adopted and put into effect
1t would be the means Of doubling the
amount of state taxes by reason of the
state levy already being made and the
law providing that the state board of
equalization cannot reduce the assessed
valuation of the state Auditor Cole
urged the clerks to adopt resolutions and
formulate plans and present them to the
next session Of the legislature. Mr.. Cole
also urged the clerks 70 agree upon some
basis less than actual value and endeavor
10 have the same adopted by the boards
Of assessors Of their respective counties
for the year 1900
On motion, a committee consisting Of
Mr.. Sloan of Cowley county. Mr.. Flanni-
gan Of Miami county and Mr. Swinney OF
Cherokee county. was appointed TO draft
resolutions relative to a proper basis to
be recommended to boards of county
commissioners and boards Of assessors
for assessing property for 1900.
The committee reported as follows:
Resolved, That we. the county clerks
in convention assembled, do respectfully
recommend to the boards of assessment
in the various counties throughout the
statelthat they adopt the following SEIZED
ule Of valuations: All real property to be
assessed at one-third it's actual value,
and all personal property to be listed at
actual cash value. Then deduct the con-
stitutional exemption of 500 from the to-
tai amount, dividing by three to find the
assessed value"
The resolution was adopted, after
which a vote of thanks was rendered to
Hon. Geo. E. Cole for hfs many useful
and valuable suggestions to the associa-
ton.
The question, Resolved, That all town
ship officers should be elected for two
years and should qualify and file bonds
with county clerks by December L. was
ably handled by H. E. Peach of Lyon
county, who favored the resolution ex-
cept that part providing for filing bond
by December L He thought the time
intervening between election and Deem
Der too short and that more time should
be allowed to secure bond. Mr. Wood of
Sumner county thought December / suf-
ficient time and that it was essential that
a bond be filed at this date, for the reason
that without such arrangement many
township officers would serve as officers
for considerable time without having
filed a duly executed and approved bond.
The subject first considered after the
opening of the afternoon session was:
Resolved, That all duties now devolv-
ing upon clerks in road matters should
be performed by the county surveyor"
This subject was handled by J. c. Cor
nell of Norton county. whose remarks
were wholly on the affirmative side of the
question, and the convention unanimously
concurred with Mr.. Cornell's opinion.
There was no contest over the selection
Of the next place Of meeting or the cleo
ton Of any of the officers. The clerks
had talked so much that everything left
to be done was done with a rush and by
reclamation. The clerks are jolly set
Of fellows, and during the entire two
DAYS session there was not a wrangle,
although some of the discussions were
heated. Mr.. King Of Atchison would
have asked fer the convention at Atchi-
son next year had it not been for the
legislature. and knowing that the clerks
would want to elbow the legislators. he
quietly submitted for the meeting to go
to Topeka, with the understanding that
Atchison te to have it the next year.
This convention adjourned with good
opinions and good words for Wichita. The
clerks said that while the attendance was
not as. large as it should have been they
thought the meeting had resulted in much
good and were well satisfied. Wichita
would like to have them come again
some time.