Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-05-19
BULLION TAX SUITS
The Authorities Looking AZ
ter Some Delinquent
Mines

Some time during last fall the State
Board for the enforcing of revenue
and tho prosecution OF delinquents'
thought that the amount of bullion
tax turned in from several mining COM
panies in this State was insufficient I'M |
der tho law, and decided to ascertain |
what the deficiency amounted to.
At the end of each quarter the law
req uires the mining companies to file a
sworn statement Of their operations with
the State Controller. showing the net
proceeds of their business, which Is
taxed The net proceeds is what re-
mains after expenses of extracting,
transporting and milling ore 10 deduct
ed In the case Of the De Lamar Min
ing Company, the net proceeds we're
quite insig nifcant owing to the high
charges of milling, amounting in the
nejg h borhood of sl2 ton. This was
regarded by the Beard as rather large
for milling when the April Fool mine
in the same district and bat few yards
away was charging but 50 80 per ton
for milling. The DeLamar Company
was notified by the Board to pay in
more taxes on net proceeds, or explain
why the milling charges we're so high.
Their agent, Mr.. Cohn, came to Car
son and defended the action of the
Company on the ground that the ore
| h,1l hot h,
Company fully s12 ton to MILL It
transpired that the mill was the prop
erty of the Company, but had been
leased, and tho lessee charged Sl2 q ton
for milling. Manager Cohn was unable
to state what Capt. DeLamar charges
per year for the lease of the mill
He stated, however, that by the end
: of the first quarter OF 1900 he would
furnish the Board with further lHfor-
5 nation which was asked for.
No such Information being furnished
D the Board. which consists OF the Gov
ernor. Attorney General and Control
ler a letter was addressed to Mr. Fru-
denthal, Assessor of Lincoln county,
instructing him to collect the unpaid
taxes from the DeLamar Company.
and if SUIT was necessary the State
would render him all necessary assist.
ance.
He replied by asking what authority
the Board had in the matter, and also
asked why the Board singled out the
y DeLamar Company and why it did not
S proceed against other mining corpora.
tons that were evading taxes.
The Board replied that it doub ted it:
own legal status and that its letter wa.
advisory and not mandatory, also i
the Assessor knew of any other mining
II companies in the county that were de-
/ linquent or evading just taxation t.
y proceed against them and the Stat,
would render all the assistance in it
d power. Mr.. Prudential replied tina
h the thorities of Lincoln county woult
n proceed to attend to the matter OF
- their own hook and needed no assist
t. ance from the State. Mr.. McNamee
l. however, the District Attorney of Lin
,e coin county, was disposed to recognize
x the State Board and called at the Car
itot where he had long conferenc
relative to the points and issues in
- volved in the suits and agreed to pro
W coed as soon as he could secure the net
essary evidence. As result ne file
on last Saturday three suits in the Di
y trict Court against the April Fo,
Gold Mining and Milling Company t
as recover in the aggregate some 1920
DC alleged to be due the State and count
IS. for bullion tax for the quarters endin
st Septembe 80, and December 81, 1885,
and June 80, 1900.
NJ Just what authority the State Boar
FOR has in the matter has not yet been d
ire cided by the Courts as the Board W;
in created by the last legislature and give
INT very vague standing The Boart
IN however, is doing all it can with Il
"e co operation of county revenue Office
and after these cases are disposed
ME will use it's best endeavors to cole
ley the full legal tax from all the mimic
OF companies in the State.
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