Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-19
ASSESSORS FIX A STANDARD
VIII Assess Property at one-sixth Fair
Cash Value.
REAL ESTATE MEN ARE LISTENED TO
Receive a Vote OF Thanks, but Moth
ting More-QuestIon Of Legality
Easily Disposed OF, with
Governor ms Guide.

All but one OF the twenty-nine assessors
Of Douglas county met at the court house
yesterday and decided that the basis Of
Hhe assessment for 1902 should be one-siXth
Of the fair cash value Of the property as
sessed Although there was no dissenting
voice heard when the vote was taken, one
assessor had previously raised the point
that he could find nothing in the statutes
authorizing an assessment on any other
basis than the full fair cash value. to which
another assessor made answer that he
didn't care whether their course would be
legal or not, as the governor and bis fellow
members Of the State Board Of Equalization
had practically sanctioned such action when
considering the assessments for the state.
A committee Of members Of the Real Es-
tate exchange was presen. and urged that
there DO equality in the assessment. They
received a vote OF thanks for their remarks,
but nothing more.
The meeting was called to order by
County Clerk Miller and organized by elect
ing Chris Boyer Of the Eighth ward Of
Omaha chairman and John J. Gillin Of the
Fifth ward Of South Omaha secretary.
who the Assessors Are.
Those present we're:
For Omaha: First ward, c.. r. Kauf-
man; Second ward, Anton Gross; Third
ward, Thomas Harrington; Fourth ward, c..
N. Forbes; Fifth ward, James d. Bruner;
Sixth ward. George w. Mccoy; Seventh
ward, f. A. Johnson; Eighth ward. Chris
Boyer; Ninth ward, c.. z. Malm.
For South Omaha: First ward. ]. N.
Williams; Second ward, James Kotera;
Third ward. A. MCGUIRE; Fourth ward, P.
J. Trainor; Fifth ward, John J. Gillin;
Sixth ward. Ed Halpin.
For the country precincts: Chicago, O..
e. Hollister; Clontarf, Hans Starken;
Douglas, Louis Wohlers; Dundee, l.. L..
Johnson; Elkhorn. H. Z. Lyons; East
Omaha, John w. Frogg; Florence, z. H.
Walker; jefferson, NJ. H. Friedrichsen;
McArdle, F j. Bleick: Willard. c.
Thoeclcke; Union. e. B. Knight; Valley,
Joseph McClenghan; Waterloo. John p.
Hanger. The absentee was S. @. Quinn Of
Benson.
Those who spoke for the real estate in
terests were F. d. Wead, c. G.. George, A.
H. Reed, j.. s. Knox and G. F.. Harrison.
They pleaded for a full return of the per-
sonal property and were asked how 1t was
TO be secured when people so deliberately
lie to the assessors. The real estate men
started to make an answer when an as
SCISSOR broke In with a motion to thank
them for their presence and to proceed
with the business OF the meeting" The
motion carried and the real estate men re-
tired in some embarrassment. After that
the assessors extricated themselves from
all annoying perplexities by calling for the
motion and carrying 1t by unanimous vote.
Bank Accounts Elusive.
Mr.. Mccoy started discussion early by
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requested to furnish the assessors with q
list OF the transfers for the year. Mr..
Malm arose to disparage IT. but wandered
from the motion to a discussion of the difh-
Guilty Of making returns on the bank &C
counts OF people OF the Ninth ward. He
said that in his previous experience some
people had declined to list the full bank &C
count that he felt certain they possessed,
but he could not get absolute evidence be-