Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-10-12


tion committee. piacin. r,,n','' ph \
PER head prevailed. -' hDn-l
Motion To adopt Ser. :, Of tLo
comulttce on valuation r,.,,., r,,s r. POI !,
OF iand. which is 10 b.. A.>.,ss u :
cash value. said value la w.. Nv al
the assessor of c;,ch COUNTY ,Iaerns
Motion To take Ii recess ,uhiaess ales
OF The Chairman prcvaIlaJ % n
MOTION that the county as;esso
ton assembled. agree To nm, in
as possible The agreed yaluar,jos \
Molten TO adjourn sine t!ie-,,r,,,al
g II BAss,s
FRED WHITE. casss
Secretary
The result Of this meeting .. \
SCISSORS and OF the State board j
ization was that, in all Of Il.
Ties In the state, the aSsessn,l
individual and corporate :.
other than railroad and ts,J
lines, was raised to its fun cash
Action Of the state Eoa I'd of E.-..
The constitution of the !,
Idaho directs that
There shall be a state hoard NJ o,.,5
consisting Of the governor. secr,.E
attorney general. state auditos
| treasurer. whose duties shall IL. ~.
| law. p'sss
Sec. l., Art. VII, Const. Of n
The law prescribes as follOvs
| The state board OF equalization a.,
exclusive power TO assess and valrs
| poses OF taxation. ali telegram and
| lines and the railroad track and r"Is.3
OF all persons. companies or ~.
owning. operating or construcfins
graph or telephone line or railrms :,
partly within this state
Sec. 9, act creating state h.
equalization, page -, second
laws.
1t is their duty, under the
assess railroads at their l.s3
value as other property is ass
| Sec. ll25, Rev. Stats. OF Idahl
The supreme court of Idab.
ease of Orr VS.. The State h
! Equalization used the /,
! words:
| We believe that railroad pruper,
other property. should bc valued Al
cash value. and like all other .nu,
capacity TO produce profit Should
into consideration.
Orr VS.. State Board of Eou1
IS Pac. Rep.
The legislature of the fifth
passed the following act, viii
approved by Governor Ste,ll,esa
March Is, 1899. 1t is plain an
and is as follows:
The state board of eQualiia,iOs
directed and instructed to asses
the valuation Of railroad. telegram
phone property throughout tho ~
portion to the amount that the ralj
other property is increased under q
ION of this act.
Fifth session laws, page Isl
The act referred to is the
revenue act, and it directs
property shall be assessed at
cash value.
What was the result? Th
assessors uniformly raised th
individual property in some
almost 100 per cent. The stat
of equalization raised the bu1
main line of railroads on 4
scale, running from II to y y
and as Il consequence the pro-
the individual had to bea
creased burden while the
made a distinct saving.
by way OF illustration we
that 4. B, c, ID and OtheH
property that had been beretd
sesSad at 81, 900, 900. The rail-
within their county, railroad
heretofore assessed at sl,0N
der the old system the burdel
ton would be borne alike BY
viduals and by the railroaS
the new method the aSsexms
be as follows:
A, Il. G. y and other assessed ras
doubled. ...........-..... ....,.. ..-..
Railroad company advance by star
board. say 20 per cent -.......
And the individuals would
Fights Of the tax inst cad Of
and the railroad company thu
1t is Il matter of common
I that the railroads made ella
of many thousands of doa
the expert administration Of
ent state administration
At the last meeting Of
board of equalization that
cept the secretary of state.
no. felt further constrained
further reduction on branch
| railway and in order to eq1
loss promptly voted 10 pet
crease in the assessment
county assessor on the farm
north Idaho. CommentlH
the Standard of Grangeville
The asscssor of Idaho county
dtgnant over the action of the ~
| raising the assessment on farm
/ the exact cause of this audacfos
Justice Is. We will perhaps nevss
/ We do know the land owners oi
'shonid vote rs one man in MCKEE
/ oihclaiS who can lend thcmx
! scheme that means In the end s1
oppression tn the home buildeL
/ be bound To seek shelter as a ~
| nous prices instead OF having
own The Irish land law was pN
IN the same way.
Two of the most promiN
assessors who attended the
March 2i-22S, 1899. made the
statements:
The general understanding 81
Qf the ASSESSORS OF the state h.N
March 9Th and 18th. was 10 "
he state board Of equa liiatix
the valuation OF all railroad
telephone property in prop
agreed raise i'm the valuat ion o.
Were raised from St.fo per head =
ana on cattle which were rals,N
head "a 3. per head and on otha
proportion.
1t is significant in view y
that faith was not kept
SCISSORS as agreed upon at y
Int II MI