Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-01-15
TAX REFORM MS.
Meeting to equaIize Assessed vaIua-
tons in the Territory,
TWO COUNTIES NOT PRESENT.

The meeting Of the assessors. collec-
tors. county commissioners and other
county officials of New Mexico was
continued yesterday in the council
chamber at capitol. Santa Fe. Every
county except Bernalillo and Socorro
was represented. Those present yes
terday forenoon were: Chaves coun-
ty, Mark Howell. treasurer and collec-
tor: John c. Peck. ASSESSOR: w. NJ. At
kinson. chairman of the board of coun-
ty commissioner. Colfax. John Hixen-
baugh. assessor; Harry Brainard. com
missioner: A. L. Burnam. treasurer:
NJ. NJ. Dawson. probate clerk. Dona
Ana, w. Z. Miller, commissioner; T.
Pouault. assessor. Eddy. Joseph 7.
Tanning, ASSESSOR; N. w. Weaver,
commissioner. Grant, w. ID. Murray.
chairman Of the board of county com
missioners. Guadalupe, Joaquin Gut
%ierrez, assessor. Lincoln. Sol. c.
Wiener, commissioner. Luna, Edward
Pennington. assessor. Mora, Acorsi-
milo Martinez. commissioner; Patricio
Sanchez. deputy assessor; Emilio Or
tiz, probate clerk; Bias Sanchez, depu-
ty sheriff; p. d. st. Vrain, deputy col
lector. Mckinley, Stephen Canovan,
assessor. Otero, o. ID. Warnock and
William O'Reilly. county commission
ers. Rio Arriba, Tomas Gonzales,
treasurer. San Juan, ID. j. Donovan,
ASSESSOR; G. Brimhall, commissioner.
Santa Fe, Fred Muller, collector; Eu-
genio Sena, deputy assessor; w. II.
Kennedy, chairman of board OF county
commissioners; A. Seligman. commits
sloner. San Miguel, Jose E. Esquibel,
assessor. Sierra, Andrew Kelly, as
SCISSOR. Taos. Bias Salazar. assessor:
Higinio Sanchez, collector. Union. r.
| p. Ervien, assessor. Valencia, Nabor
| Mirabal. assessor.
President w. NJ. Atkinson, of Ros-
well, presided, and the secretaries, h.
p. Ervien, of Clayton, and Bias San
chez. Of Mora, were at their places. A
committee appointed at a session held
Monday evening to present a plan of
uniform values for assessments
throughout the territory reported. The
committee consisted of Jose s. Esqui-
bel. chairman; andrew Kelly, W. NJ.
Atkinson, r. p. Ervien, w. II. Ken
nedy, o. ID. Warnock, Sol. c. Wiener,
W. ID. Murray, A. L. Burnam, w. f.
Miller and Mark Howell.
Its report was adopted with a few
minor changes, the most important of
which was the reduction of the assess
ment for Mexican sheep from $1.50 to
81 per head made upon motion OF Bias
Sanchez, of Mora.
The report as adopted fixes the fol
lowing values: Coal lands, ten miles
or neare to a railroad, 500 per acre;
over ten miles from a railroad, $40 per
acre; all improvements to be assessed
separately; timber lands with mer-
charitable timber within fifteen miles
from a railroad IS per acre, timber
lands beyond the fifteen mile limit,
s1.50 an acre; grazing lands 81 per
acre; irrigable and agricultural lands
to be assessed according to local con
ditions; stock horses IS per head; sad.
die horses SIS per head; American
horses $40 and over per head accord
ing to quality; American mules $50 per
head and over according to quality:
Mexican mules SIS per head burros 81
per head; stock cattle south of the
35th parallel Of latitude $11 per head
north $12 per head; milk and dairy
stock $40 per head; improved breeding
stock 500 per head; improved sheep
$3.50 per head; Mexican sheep 81 per
head; common goats 81 per head; i'm.
proved goats 81 per head; national and
other banking stocks. surplus and un.
divided profits at so per cent. of their
par value and all corporate stocks at
60 per cent. of their actual cash value.
All other property not enumerated on
the same basis that capital stock is as.
sessed. The report concludes with:
Resolved. That in our opinion, the
decrease in the value of property, as
shown upon the several assessment
rolls. was caused chiefly by the failure
of assessors of some of the counties to
list a considerable portion of the prop.
erty subject to taxation in said coun
ties.
We, therefore, recommend that
boards of county commissioners be
urged to procure the aid Of the district
attorneys of the several counties in
prosecuting delinquent officials for
m~alfeasance in office and property
owners who fail to make proper re.
turns OF their property as to quantity
and value.
The convention practically conclud.
ed its business yesterday forenoon,
Considerable discussion was caused by
an attempt to fix a minimum value for
patented mining claims, but finally the
impression prevailed that such claims
are not assessable.
Yesterday afternoon. the convention
vas in conference with the territorial
board of equalization.