Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-03
TIE REVENUE Committee.
they Get Down to Business
md Fix a Number Of
Tax Rates.

| mo fM a NUMBER OF
Tax Rates.
! Governor Sad er called the Rolrd OF
Asses dr. e~,"'.iav 1T 10
o'c'o~k Tho eo-'m;ttce on Order of
Business reported as follows:
I. Work Horses.
p Sadd Horses.
?. Stock Horses
4. Work M~-es
( Stock Mules
E Reef cattle
T. Stock Cite
g. Mich Cows
O. Stcc'- Sheep
! TO- Mutton Sheep
| II. Pail.o~ds
-. Contract unimproved grazing
land
3. Patented ard,
H. Cultivated lands
IS. Hogs
The report was adopted. The first
!
MIR. Guthrie could not see how uni
form valuation on work horses could
be no rtained. 1t was found that all
through the State some assessors were
asse ssing at SIS and others as high IS
$50. 1t was moved to pass the frs
heading and leave it to the discreet On
of the several assessors, but Mr.. Hol-
, comb said that the same objections
would apply to every head and moth
ii ing would be accomplished. 1t was
agreed that work horses were not OF
the same value and that a uniform rate
+ could not be established There wa
D much discussion. pro and con. Mr.
+. Beard of Washoe. said the average rate
: in his county is $3o ranging from $2s
to $50. 1t developed that Nye county
- is the only one that is now assessing
. at uniform rate.
Moved that wark horses be left tc
the judgment of the assessors Mo
|tion carried.
!. Moved that the second order-sad
X die horses-take the same course II
i the discussion that followed it devel
oped that saddle horses are now asses
h sed at from $40 to $50: Churchill as
k sessed at $40 Eureka SIS, Lander ST.
, to $40. Lincoln S. to $40 and so on
y Mr.. Holcomb wanted to know if tn,
3 assessors took the owners valuatio,
for it. Humboldt and Elko countie
We said it was impossible to examine al
1. the horses In answer to a questic,
these two counties said they swore tax
payers to their statements. A discus
sion arose. as to whether signing
iprinted oath was taking an o1th. TIL
0. original motion was carried with on
~ Washoe county voting nay and the sec
,e ond head passed
E. Moved that stock horses take tn
same course as the two previous mum
J. bers. 1t seems the stock horses are as
e, sessed at from ST to $40 per head AS
A. SCISSOR Kinney said that there wer
plenty of stock horses worth $40. TIL
motion carried
Work Mu,es-Seem to be assesse
on an average of about $40 The Go,
r. ernor said good work mules wer
9 worth $50 and $50 head. Assesso
LIT Kinney thought $50 was low enough
d. it was moved to pass the order Til
ill Governor said the purpose of the cor
vention was not going to be accom-
plished by passing every head. A:
SCISSOR Guthrie didn't want to make
h., rate for other counties nor did he b.
n liove that any other county should a
tempt to make a rate for Humboldt
This head was also passed.
Stock Mu,es-Passed.
Beef Catt,e-Esmeralda assesses
SIS per head, Doug'as about $40, Ell
IS. about the same, Washoe SIS and Chu
NV chilli $40. Assessor Kinney thought
would be mighty poor beef cattle TIL
would not bring $40 in the marke:
W. Mr. Guthrie said high rate woI
drive cattle out of Humboldt count
lcc Mr. Dolf, OF Churchill. took the san
view. The Governor said more be
ed cattle were sold by one man i'll Ell
county than were assessed in the who
,ill county and that Lander assessed 10
Of more head than either Humboldt
Dry Elko. The home ranch" proro,ti
sht was discussed The Governor said tn
twice the number of cattle assessed
! the whole OF Humboldt county we
shipped from Lovelock a'one. N