The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-07-24
PUBL GII 4 IN TAXATION.

PUBLGITY IN TAXATION.
julius al. Schmanl Makes suggestions to
the Tax Commission.
N ] ulins Schlnahl: editor of
this paper app eared before the tax.
commission at ST Paul last Thurs
day, ID the interests Of publishers
Iof this State: on the question Of pub
llicity III connection with taxation,
as will be proposed by the commits
sion at the special sessionof theleg
islature to be held February. Mr..
ISchmahl was as general il the sub
siect as time and experience and S ug-
gestions permitted and avoided, so
| far as possible, any attempt to urge
Special matter for application q
part, he said
81 trust what have to say will
not be regarded assbeing in the IN
lterests Of the publisher, I have
given HE subject Of taxation and.
publicity considerable Of attention
prior to and since I received notice
that this honorable commission had
granted tothe publishersof the State.
| a bearing. have mingled with the
county officials Of Redwood County,
and some Of them are acknowledged.
to be the peer of any county officials
i'll Minnesota in the line of manage
ment of their Offices, and Offering
wise and salutary sn questions as to
the betterment of official. tax, school
and other conditions. My views are
in a measure their views, and they
are given without an y intention to
promote the interests OF the Mime
sofa publisher
First Of all let me say that I am
in favor Of the county assessor, and
while this may not seem to have any
direct bearing upon the question Of
! publicity. it will lead up to some Of
the points / have to offer. I would
have a non partisan county assessor,
free and untrammeled, elected to
Office for four or more years. He
Ishould be elected by the board Of
county commissioners, or by a spec
ial board consisting of the chairman
of the board, the auditor and clerk
LOT court. He should have absolute
power to appoint the deputies for
the different townships and pre-
cincts and these deputies should be
non-residents of township. InScase
one deputy assessor was unable to
cover his precinct within the time
allowed by the proposed enactment.
Of your commission the county as.
SCISSOR should be given power to APP
| point another The deputy assessor.
should be a veritable ferret, with
full power to ferret out valuations
land property where owners attempt
/ to conceal them His work should
/ be submitted to the town board the
city or village council, for review,
4 but that board Of review should not
have. the power to reduce the eutire
valuation OF the. township or pre-
cinct-- valuations OF individuals
might be reduced, but.a cores pond
ling increase must be. made at other
points, so that when the board Of re-
1 view concludes its work the valua-
ton must be as high, or higher, than,
the valuation returned by the asses.
scr.
Following the work Of the town
board Of review the books of the de-
putty assessors should be turned
lover to tho county assessor, with
full power, in case he finds errors,
to return the books to the deputies
for correction. In this way the. tax
sEsdodger would pass three hands IN
Ibis attempt to escape a fair and
Equitable assessment, And here let
me remark that the county assessor
should be a person we'll acquainted
] with every section Of the county
and when a good man is obtained
for such a place the less that he is
disturbed the better.
a numb Of news papers through
1.-THE State have heretofore published
gratis the personal property tax.list
of their respective counties. These.
llists have been published IN the in
Istallment plan, generally before or
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