Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-01-15

ii G 4. II , i sJI.A sIJs
sum to meet the appgo priat Ions and II
Will be large Or small In prop ort Ion to
the alnat tlon pl ced sup on the pr perty
and the SaInoun t II OF " ! appre pr rla IS
made by the Legl stature \. 4 he on " "
to ro1 1pce tax xat lon 81 to educeS the ai ai,-
prOprI Ion or coarse. the schG tax
fixed In the Const tut lon Woilld reals
ize more income if as Sc ssm ents wv srs
raised but that would be no disaSl yaIi-
,tage, Tor scarcel ys any one would object
I'd an iacfe aseS an is fun Il s;y
/ Under tho present systenl the STe-
B ,itns N are ma % !; to & The CoNnty
4 Aud tor. There IS is 4 a Township
1 sBoard q Of "a SCISSORS, & which moe ess
at the Court IL 1ouse af tor the Aud tor
has ta ken the returns, and slnd deTta kes
to go over al Sof them 3 In one or NO
day 81 Then re is AT County Board
iof Equal liza tionS IISSh ich also meets Sat
the Cour Houses al 5goes 81 the re-
Turns for the zen Ire county ty I'M on or
two gda p, OF TIL Is is done in some
what OF sa per f.ne tory ma nile y and hc-SS
comp ishes lit tie or no thing in securs
Ing IAN 'equi Bile asse ssIn nent sof prop
5erty 1'ter ref aro Cso0nt ties In the Sta te,
In which someS OF the q an q 81 assessed
at onel third sor one sfal II It's act tusl va Is
sIe, while other land Isl as ed sat It's
real value. In fact /, hero 4 ma ayy be two
twice as I'm lch ID 4 he other, and vet
Aoy.
taxa tion mt the me prlc lce per d re. q III;
many cases 1t is the rui to assess live
stock at SO mitch per head regard less.
OF tho fact that one h orse may be
sWorthSt tWo or. three time swh lat anotl thor,
is, even In the same Count VI And yet
this Is what Township Board IS OF AS
SCISSORS and the County Board u of,
sIldual alization understands as equallzlngi
property for taxa ion. !. Thi is certainty,
is not the purpose for VIII ich 81 these
Boards arc created. : lid yet 1t is}} iip-,
possible for a TOWNSHIP Board to gmeat,
and spend only one day going over the
returns that have been ma de, and get
them equalized i t As; also as imp racti ~;
cable for a County Board OF Equ llsn-i
{tion to meet and |! In one or two, da.ys'
Iequalize the assessments upon all the
property in tho County. Much more
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rIiba 3 hars ii, Z II ,a s 1, IA i ToyyY,.
m, $poard nf "a 90 &c sprs cs,n ,sf & y M
'threa Siscraat 4 frnei, Il A. ard = residSni s
20 ~. ~, ~, oh |, !, IA all
tha Anditor No fn 9rsce,ve III . ~ st,,ri,s q & n
aasass tIai 1rnn S,,h - .thia TI,oar;,.
al, = Il Ia q npni Z IN! bv tbe Z SnMnf1 Amt
to,, 81, ,5 ,.an 4 Am ne ( on III, EN- 10
serv ice rh af MI returns "A ailg ha ,,,a q
n nml,JiS in fbe 'nres j en- 20 ~ IN ! SAntlitoT
and tbo Town shi = Rna ~ and that no
nwner' az he nrhnertv sIa,i 'he ren,i,re,i
sto answer tbe nme : fiona as now inrh-
,yided" Nv law and Inn te 3 ffidayit 40 10
the correctness OF his answer. II the
Township Board thinks the return Is
too high or@to low 1t shallAbe Its du-S
ty,tin the presence OF the owner. ofsthe.
property. and the Auditor, to raise or
lower the return in order to reach the,
true market value OF the property. The
Chairman Of these Township Boards
shall constitute the County Board OF
Equalization, and this Board shall
meet at the Court House and go over
the returns forSth County with the