Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-12-11
A. Lively.
! REPORT
THE WAsH0E COUNTY GRAND
JURY
Il RIMS a Broadside. Into the
Assessor

u OJpS OTO0uSsU6 tOAO luC
Assessor
The grand jury of Washoe county |
completed it's labors last week and |
made one of the, warmest reports to |
Judge Curler that has ever heen made |
by any grand jury In the State. 1t
compliments the clerk. auditor. and
treasurer for their efficiency and rips
the commissioners. assessor, dis
trict ATTORNEY, justice of the peace
and constable of Reno iupand down
the back in great shape. That por-
ton relating to the assessors way of
fixing valuations and his diligence in
performing his duties his office shows
that he falls far short of the require
ments of the law. The concluding
portion of their report on the assess
are made in Washoe, county and the
poverty stricken. condition of the
people, Notwithstanding the the great
prosperity they enjoyed last year.
AS it will interest the people of Orm-
shy county to learn how the people of
Washoe county are laying up wealth
and paying taxes on it, the conclud-
ing portion of the grand jury's report
on the assessors office will be found
below:
! 1t will be remembered that the
| law says the Assessor shall as
certain by diligent inquiry and exami-
nation all the property subject to tax
alton.
Dill he do this last year?
| 1t will also be remembered that
each blank statement contains mem
orandum list of nearly all kinds of
property. This list is presumably in
tended to assist the property owners
and assessors in making out his state
ment.
For instance, the list mentions
house hold furniture, pianos gold
and silver ware, Libraries, goods
wares and merchandise, money, sol
vent debts, capital, loaned, watches OF
jewelry, horses, mules, cattle, sheep
hogs, bees, lumber, BICYCLES etc.
: 1t is now in order to inquire how
near the Assessor came by "diligen1
., inquiry to finding all the assessabfe
property in this county.
For instance, was it by 'diligent in
quiry'' that he found only 48 persons
who had money" and is it to be
presumed that the other 1431 were
moneyless?
! Was it through "diligent" search
that only 113 pianos" were fount
and did he discover by examination
, that their value was only $35 and up
wards?
Shall we belive that out of 157!
taxpayers, only IL had solvent debts
or that Washoe county has no NOR,
than 81 bicycles, quoted at IS up?
Shall it go forth as fact that onl,
Is people in Washoe county had jew
elry, and of the Cheap john order
and that there are not more than G
watches in our prosperous county 9
5000 people and that the value q
these half dozen is no more than $8(
In closing this part of our repor
. it may not be inappropriate to il
clude part of Judge Hawley's deci'
: ion after hearing the contest in hi
Court at Carson last year in the cas-
= Of the Southern Pacific Compan
against the action of the State Boar
, of Assessors, during which trial til
manner of assessing was fully CO..
sidered. We may also note that Il
shortcomings of our several Count
= Assessors must have been exceeding
glaring to cause the language Of II
y Judge Here it is:
a IS. P. r. R. Co., VS.. State Board
IL assessors.
."If were to venture suggestit
IN this subject it would be to the {
~ feet that uniformity in the assessme
Is Of property can only be secured
u the election of intelligent, imparti
and honest men to Office. who W
strictly adhere to the principles of t
constitution of this State and asse
~ true cash value"
1t.
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