The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-16
MR.. MAXWELL OBJECTS
To Some Of the Registers Statements
in Regard to the Assessment Of
1oronsr+,, IN the nountrv Districts.

To Some Of the Registers Statements
in Regard to the Assessment of
Property in the Country Districts.
To the Editor OF the Inrellsencer.
SGR:-Please allow me space to make
a few statements In Justice to myself
and TO enlighten the public US to some
erroneous statements In the list OF
property published in the Market street
Journal. The law says where the
owner Of property has two or three CON
tlguous pieces Of property they can be
assessed as one. That | did In many
Instances ut the request OF the owners.
/ notice In some OF the values given the
new assessment OF all the pieces are
aniSed to but one OF the old, which is
not correct. In the property Of H. q.
and Henri .tta Buckhanon. two pieces
80 acres lO4 poles and 40 acres i4a poles
the hrst piece valued at $3.50, The
second al $500, gives a total Of $3.50.
Both together make 100 acres 81 poles,
valued ut 81, $50. only 800 increase, and
not 81 900, ns published and that is on
Improvements Many more might be
mentioned. but deem one sufficient.
Now, there are Increases and de-
creases. many OF them on Improve
ments, some VI adjacent property OF
about the same value per acre, but con-
tain a different number OF acres and
improvements. will give few In DIFF
ferent parts of the county: L. ~. Akin
sons farm. almost at the gates OF the
city 2S2 acres, value, $1,000, AT SIG per
acre: George Rice's farm, seventeen
miles from the city, near Potomac. 60
acres value, $3.OOO,at $50 per acre; George
Woods farm, at Woodsdlle, % acres.
81. 600. at $j4 per acre; w. +! Whitham's
farm. on National road 1856 acres.
81. go: John Williams farm. one mile
from road adjoining. $50 aures, $3.50;
George Morrison, l29 acres, %,2OO:
I James Peters estate. $40 acres, $500;
improvements equal; james and Laura
Copn, Ave acres, poor, steep and rocky
improvements poor. s32 per acre; John
!. Jacobs farm, good land, .6I acres
sgs per acre; james and Margaret Tan
| ner, 30 acres. poor land, $40 per acre
John Blnney farm, iGi acres, Sl9 per
acre. good land
Z Elm GIoNt AbNll lNl'f 80
l.G acres. 500; building, $1,000; total
81 400: Mrs. Sweeney. Joins In rear, one
acre. $500: building 81 400; total, $1,000;
Hannibal Forbes. ncres, $500 build
ing. $500: total. $3.50: 4. j. Cecil, lOia
acres. total value, 1920; "a acres sold
no improvements, fnr $1,000; acres
vim threc good dwellings, left. Prop
erty IN Rltchic assessed at SISO sofa a
! low months ago for $1,000.
have given two pieces Of property
| ,olning In different parts OF the county
the increases and decreases were made
10 bring them as near uniform rs pos
sible. That believe TO be- one Of the
min fenturcs ef tie assessment law
Theye ar. all old valuations OF ten
venrs ago. Now. u the Registers
arithmetic can figure Out equality In
these. il must be the same kind they
use down In Kentucky to count in the
governor a..
Now. wish 10 say word rs to me
uooks hear It has been inumated
,hev were spirited away or some trick
or,. vns resorted TO. which " barely
f,is. The law requires three books
,nsJr out lust alike. two TO go 10 he
cIcrl, Of the court on or before the ist
~ January. the third one TO go to the
auditor ON or before the LIST uf April
as has been done according to diree-