The age-herald., 1900-08-08
ASSESSMENT ON
 DEPOT PROPERTY
Resisted by Louisville & Nash
 vile Railroad Company.
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION
Jefferson County Board of Revenue Take Matter Under Consideration Defendants Contend That the
 State Board Has Acted

A question of considerable importance to the railroads of the state is now under consideration by the Jefferson County Board of Revenue, and if the board decides ad- r versely to the contention of the Louisville and Nashville Company the defendants in the case, and is sustained by the Supreme Court, to which an appeal will be taken in such event, 1t means an additional tax upon every railroad in Alabama.
 It has been the custom, and is the law, for the state board of appraisers, consist ing of the Governor the State Auditor and other state official, to eappraise all rights of way, roadbeds and rolling stock of the railroads in the state and this as- sessment is pro rated among the counties ill proportion to the mileage in each. It i5 claimed by the railroads that the depots and other improvements and the right of way is included in the state appraisement and that they have not been listed in sep arate assessments made in the different counties.
 Recently the union passenger station and the freight depot of the Louisville &, Nash vile Railroad Company in this city were assessed by Tax Commissioner Wetmore, and the matter reported to the board of revenue. The case came up for a hearing yesterday. The Louisville and Nashville Company was represented by its attorneys, who contended that the passenger station and the freight depot both being on the Louisville and Nashville right way were included in the assessment made by the state board of appraisers, and were there fore not subject to separate assessment in Jefferson County.
 Tax Commissioner Wetmore contended that the depot property was not so in cluded, and in substantiation of this con tention he had State Auditor White ap- pear before the board of revenue as a wit ness.
 MT. White stated that in the State ap- praisement there was no reference made to depots.
 The Board took the matter under ad- visement and will probably render it's de- cision today.
 The Official Route
 The Louisville and Nashville has been selected as official route for the Depart ment of Alabama Grand Army of the Re- public, to the reunion in Chicago Grand Army Posts are located in Birmingham,
  Decatur and other cities along the Louis vile and Nashville in Alabama. A large number of Grand Army men are expected to go to Chicago to the reunion the latter part of this month. The route will be by Nashville, Evansville and Terra Haute. The Alabama Great Southern excursion to Chattanooga and Knoxville yesterday carried several hundred passengers. The train consisted of ten coaches.
 Special Rates
 Special rates have been announced as fol- lows:
 South Atlantic Tnnis Tournament, Att lanta, Ga, August 6-13
 Annual meeting National Shorthand Re- porters' Associataion, Put-in-Bay, O., Au- gust 14-17.
 American Anti-Imperialistlc League, Na- tional Liberty Congress, Indianapolis, Ind, August 15-17.
 Edworth League and Sunday School Con- vention, Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. Ensley, Ala, August 1920.
 Great Council of United States, Improved Order of Red Men, Milwaukee, Wis, Sep tember 10-15
 General Grand Charter Royal Arch Ma sons of United States, Cincinnati, O., Sep- tember 24-2S.
 Monteagle Sunday School Teachers Training Glasses, Monteage, Tenn, July 30 to August "A.