The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-05-03
ASSESSORS
OF the County Meet in Solemn
Council and Discuss
Taxation.
AUDITOR DUN N
Sends Out a Few Pointers to-
assessors and Property
Owners.

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The various county assessors
met at the court house Saturday
forenoon to nle their bonds with
the auditor, to receive their in
structions and to discuss taxation.
Ln expectation of this State Audi
tor Dunn has issued a circular let
ter to county auditors and assess.
ors throughout the state setting
forth the methods to be taken in
the lesylng Of the assessments.
Ia addition to these instructions
\ be also has information and adj
6 vice for those upon whose proper
ty assessments will be made, and
/ says:
81 " I wish to give notice to all
Il concerned and especially to prop
sl-erty owners, that if they fail to
'f see thatstheir property is properly
for taxation they, and they
alone, are to blame. IF any
property owner has a grievance,
I the proper place to have the griev-
/ allce redressed is before the local
& board Of review. Hereafter few
applications for abatement Of tax
Y es will run the gauntlet Of this
4 Office. =
In regard to the work Of the
board Of equalization, Mr.. Dunn
/ warns against the under-assess-
ing Of property and points out
that the state board will not re-
duce valuations below what they
q now are. He calls attention TO
the resolution passed BY The state
4 board Of equalization which re-
quii1es ilr The assessors tO present I'd
The board assessments made ia
/ zach county of goods, etc.,
! Amounting 40 $3, 900 Of over. when
the various articles must be clas.
/ sifisd. The d4ty Of every prop
! erty owner is declared to be to
list his holdings with the assessor.
IfIf he fails to do SO the assessor
is clothed with the power to as.
certain what property there is and
to place q fair valuation upon IL.
A copy Of the assessment must be
given to the property owner.
Assessors are required by law
to personally view each 4O-aere
4 tract. In the timber country, es.
pecially, assessors should know
whether tract Of land is denr1-
ed of It's timber OF not.
The various assessors from their
respective districts who attended
Saturdays meeting were: s..
Coyle, Grants Valley; j. H. Nc
Kemen, Eckles; J. B. McMullen,
Hagali; CT. Marble, Bird assess
ment district; John Sinclair. Sim
clair; A. Mccormack, Nebish; !;
u a. Cunningham, Langor; O. Hill,
Maple Ridge; John McDougal,
Black Duck; Henry Lundgren,
Port Hope; H.A. .Dickerson, Shev-
lin; John Pearson, Pine Lake;
aChas. e. Scott, Itasca; A.E. Whit
ney. 4th assessm't dist; Geo. Hal
vorson, Moen; B. Johnson, Cop
l ley; A. Elverson, Popple; John
Rustin, Eddy; r. r. Meland, Buzz
zle; A. nj. johnson, Hoist; J.. a.
/ McCulIom, Moose Creek; p.
Booth, Bemidii; !. W. Johnson,
/ Demon; VIM. Zipple, sth as'mt
dist; D. Simmon, Turtle Lake;
I Henry Taglnnd, Bear Creek; R. S.
Coombs; village Of Bemidii.
The discussion of the ralue to
be placed on cut-over lands re-
suited in a decrease from the price
first suggested. There were other
warm controversies, but the fol-
lowing rules were adopted:
Cultivated lands. $500 per acre !:
uncultivated land, not containing
pine, 1926 per acre. All pine
Ilands to be assessed according to
| the value of the pine In the iudg-
)aent of the assessor.
Green logs, $500 per thousand:
1 Dry logs, $500 per thousand com-
mon sound lumber, $500; all
arrfaoad and f1niahjnp linn hpr