The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-02-22
State Tax Commission Named.

names of the members Of the state
tax commission, for which provision
was made at the last session of the
legislature. The members Of the COM
mission are State Attorney General E.
G Crow, Judge William NJ. Williams
of Boonyille and Hon. Peyton A.
Parks Of Clinton The commission
will meet in Jefferson City today and
organize by electing president and
secretary, after which permanent
quarters will be selected in the
capitol building for the sessions OF
the commission.
The act which passed the last legis-
latnre providing for the appointment
of the commission was approved on
the 18th of last April, the purpose of
which commission is to revise chapter
1l9 of the Revised Statutes of Mis-.
souri,, 1899, relating to revenue and
the assessment and collection thereof.
BY the provisions Of the act the
attorney general was to be one men,
Der of the commission, and the time
of appointment of the commission
was to be left to the discretion Of the
governor, but under no condition was
the commission to hold their Office
beyond the first day of April, 1908.
The act passed provides for the duties
of the commission as follows, says the
Jefferson City Press:
"First, they shall make careful
and complete compilation Of all laws
bearing upon the subject of taxation
now in force in the state of Missouri
and the decision Of the supreme court
of said state relating to said laws;
second, they shall procure, classify
and arrange in convenient tabular
form full and pertinent statistics
showing as far as practicable the
amount raised by taxation in each
county and municipality in the state
and the rates adopted, the proportion
between the true and the assessed
valuation and such other information
in reference to the practical operation
of the present system of taxation in
this state as they may deem it impor-
tant and essential 1t shall be the
duty of all county and municipal
officers in this state tofurnish the COM
mission with such information as they
may require Of them; third, they
shall thoroughly investigate all COM
plants which may be made to them
of illegal, unjust or excessive taxation
and shall endeavor to ascertain to
what extent and in what manner, if
at all, the present system is defective,
unequal and oppressive; fourth, they
shall avail themselves of all informa-
tion afforded by the reports of tax
commissions Of other states and shall
inquire into the systems of such
county and municipal taxation In
force in other states. especially those
in which new methods Of taxation
have been introduced with a view to
ascertaining what changes, If any,
in the tax laws of this state are ex-
pedient and desirable; fifth, they
shall embody the result OF their in
yestigation in a report which shall be
as plain, concise and comprehensive as
possible. Such report shall be pre-
pared in proper form for publication
with full index and shall be trans
mitted, when complete, TO the gov
ernor, who shall file the same with
the secretary Of state. Said commits
sion shall draft and file with the
governor general revenue measure
and he shall transmit Che same to the
general assembly for their action
thereon at its first meeting next
ensuing, whether the same be extra
or regular session thereof.
E. B Campbell, wife and little