The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-01-15


regardless aof;tthe fact that one hors.
NY pe worth two or three times as
Nhat another cts. even In the same
.Snnty. And yet this Is swhar town
slip uoaras OF assessors and the. county
board OF equalization understand ns
property for taxatinn. This
esrtatniy 10 not the purpose for which
tHsse boards are created And yet II
- Impossible for q township board To |
meet ana spend only, Dne day going
oNsr the returns TINT have. been made,
anu get them :equali2ed. 1t is also nv
for. q county board or ,
equalization to meet and In one or two.
uaEs equ.sliZe the assessments upor M !
ne property In the county. Much more |
Souia be accomplished If the law were |
county. auditor shall after notice In
me public prints take returns in each
township. ana shall not take these re.
turns except while present in the town
snip. In case any taxpayer fails or
refuses TO make return while the au-
auditor and the township board shnlI
ne required TO assess such propertv
ana notify the owner of the valuation
placed upon his property. That there
siiaii pc appointed "A township buard
or assessors, consisting of three dis
Greet freehulders residents OF the town
Hnip, VINO snail meet with the auditor
10 receive the returns and assess th.,
property. That this board shall be
appointed by.uthc county auditor and
IEtcetve coinpensation for its services
lid In the presence or the I nuI,tnr in pup, ",,,
the township board. and that the owner
or the property shall be required To
answer the questions az now provided
py law, ana make affidavit as to the
correctness OF his answer. If the town
ship board, thinks the return 20 ,no
high or too JloM .it shall. he 10 dut,; ~
in the presence OF the owner or tba
property and tho auditor. to raise or
lower the. return In order to- reach
the true market value OF the nronertv.
The ichairnia ID OF these townshin hon rIs
shall constitute the county. hnn,,J nT
equalization. and this board shall meet
turns for, the; county with Inc county @
auditor And hear acOmplaInts and an
peals. their stleGisioii to. ;Ha is,,l,fact IA
appeal I'd tile state board. ssThe aiiiiitSr
shall ii not be- permitted I'D 10 7intn IN
primary, but shall he tapppointed NV he
governOr,. as, proyidefi Nv m ". 20 a :,
I, to Sbe: as tree an frdependent ,fs II a.
possible. In thlH sSayay Il believe much
VIII be gained tow Ard, having ali pron-
erty. assessed.. equitsb The honest
taxpayer would much prefer 10 Tret,iry,
his property at Its true value. aif ty
doing So he would .bearSno more Than
his ~ st portion or the burden, and. the
man who ,tieairhs ,fT, evrd.,, :, shs,,,id. ~,
made to, bear. his part Of tfit burden
by haYings tiis2 nfoperty. I re turned = nj
its true value. p s 80 IS. {. =,
E There is mo question; that so ,,,,,cb
demands your earnest, - your !carefui.
y,oslra ), athoush htsgl, and your diilgent con. or
this question of tuxitionI II Ems .ra-
ceired. the attention OF every siegisla tor
who has hadathe; interest OF his people
at heart SINCE taxes have been 'ieviet'
and. a gov ernment q organIaed.r and d yet yet
more oonn,s for reform than that OF
.ei1nalizing taxation and placing ,Inon
the. books sfor taxation that property
WHICH Ia snOW ;eynuing the officers of
the faW.s &, .i.''s.,s.. ]; ~ u N
There has been d. gratifying increase
In the taxable property j during the
Year just closed. In fact the iricrea se
is greater than, for any one year for
severHl years past. & ,1'his. or course
has Made an Increase In the amount
of taxes, collected, hut your .npprupri-
atiors. were larger at the last session
than the year before. ana INT for e.
increase in taxable values there w.orld
have nSeGm q deiicit and .she sfpronTi- :
ations. could not have been met ont
OF; the income for the. year. Instead.
however, of having $IS9 O0O. .OcO OF tax.
able, property ave should have near.
s400, GOO. .000. :; .s1- ! ..'.-,,,
The following comparative flg,ires for
1900 and 1901. are taken from the COMP
troller generals report:
,t. 1900 1901.
Reai. =. -. $iD2,148,42T SI03, ,25S. .44O
Personal 4 52,OO6. $50 5a.O30 4o4
Railroads 25,359,27Y 27.044243
, ;.:s -------i .-.,- ---,-- 80 -
!. Total. siT9.514,53o!- sise. aga. 1D7
These, figures show n total increase
In the taxable values for the past year
OF $9.61S,577 80 ss:.... 4: - =,
For further !, Information in regard
to this tdepartment lyour attention. .;s
directed to the excellent and suneest-
i've report Of the s:o,nntrnIIer 'sana,o,
SINKING FUND. !. -; :, :" :
In my last message TO the genera,
assembly attention was called 10 the
fact that at, that time $241.O3O.84 Of the
$685.. .202.23 Of assets; OF the cumulative
sinking FUND for reduction nr 8 ~
Brown 1-2 :I,ei. cenrs wer. on GdanoaJt
an suapAs una although drawing a ner