The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-06-07
PLEADS FOR A UNIFORM RULE.
An Argument Showing Taxes Will Not Raise by
Full Assessment.
s70 tie Edit0p Of TIE Pilot:

thought appro contribution to the subject
although wanting to antagonize r. but merely TO ro"
some light along the line of assessment
great said heretofore about assessing proper
v it's vaue what meant by that term! understand
ii should be assessed for such price that could or
dnry obtained private sale and in arriving that the
must take in consideration those things Wn'cn 90 TO k
price article sold In my mind this not the main trouble
property which unasessed The property owners who shr
who refuse to list their property with the assessor %
er on
at matters what your property assessed whether IS
H. u or the whole of it's What wanted is uniformity
should be standard by which all property is gagged
by which all the property weighed and
measured hall bushe for the town OF and peck
measure for the of B,
formty by what is sought by
assessing property full value to remedy this want OF uniform
gauge and Board of Review IS in posse
sion e a nS Sen be aw has 1ed
this one? Furthermore municipality fixing different stand
lowed would nalate axdeed besides render the whole
assessment null and void
funds which all must contribute
in with what & we own van Or
proportion this fund each must then in
eq guesse injustice and dissatisfaction will prevail and it is
out of this are trying exrcate ourselves.
county think in every other county in the
In
should strive for uniformity of ratio not much what the ratio
adopt per ratio that which is fixed by law and
and highly recommended and fact urged by our Tax commits
' s. says expected that full value of property
will be assessed the conn for that the met and
Manowoc county did meet and the following resolution BE
resolved that it the of this meeting of of Man
oWoe county Wisconsin, that the assessment laws OF this state
shall be complied with fully and that to the best of ability an
assessment shall be made in respective towns villages and cit
les in said county for full value OF all real and personal property
taxable therein
Now if that resolution anything, it what says
When p b a an t anu b county p u ON an ay
$4,000 they have agreed do just about what right
der the law assess Tor tu value Horses in county will not
a
worth much less and but in the whole they will
at more" that what they intend to do to average the"
again S. says that assessors ought to assess at an in
creased cenagc but not full and gradually in few
the trying make all the in the
state could agree uniform ratio percentage good and
we'll Its uniformity of assessment after Why agree
on the one proposed by law and the Tax commissioners and the
one timer Why put IT off and compcae matters? is the duty
Of every good citizen assist enforcing the law and
the and give information the subject
ter them from the right path and is the duty of
fault with the law assessing mortgages gives
Illustration the exchange neghbors of their property
give notes for full value in consideration therefore and
hence double and wrong hardly think
&c S. proposition correctly we exchange property is
and there boot money ought be There is
in assessing mortgages and any wrong
he owns but part The owner of mortgages notes and bonds is
DOES NOT MEAN HIGHER TAXES
Higher assessments does higher will
be different but will be about the it does
follow that raise assessment that will be raised
II that by raising opening
for bonding the city, but am willing that the wisdom
the representatives the city r. s.. unequal
taxation by comparing the assessments of stores here and in Chi
They not comparable at ALL they in dereut
different by different
don contribute to the fund that the
would be different taken
state don't know that Manowoc have been
ed Prporonatey higher than elsewhere if they
been and adopt this uniformity of sought
Tor 1t will remedy the evil,
r. s. calls our attention to low rate One that will
bring factories to the city Why What difference
paying tax OF per cent when assessed $4,000
when assessed at $4,000 His
you gurc It, IS the amount TO be paid Raising the
assessment viii not raise the taxes providing does the
same and why should he think that would be We
the remedy we want at home by the County board equa
these matters II IS not done by the if
by the county the state Board of Review
equities These equalng boards will stick-Ful