The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-22
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION.
Monday, August 8, 1908.

MOnuay, august 5, 1SVS~
The Board of County Commission
ers of Walla Walla county State Of
Washington, met as board for The
equalization of the assessment of the
tax rolls of said county for the year
1903, in the Office of the county audi
tor, in the hall of records, as required
by law. Members present: Edw
Cornwell, chairman; F. E. Smith ani
]. N. McCaw, commissioners, and w
j. Honeycutt, county auditor and ex
of1cio clerk of the board.
Each member of said board then
took and subscribed to an oath to
fairly and impartially perform his re
spective duties as a member of said
board.
The assessment rolls for the year
1903, consisting of five real estate
rolls and one personal roll, together
with the detail lists, having been filed
with the county auditor by the coun.
ty assesso" duly verified by his aft
davit, were presented to the board.
The board organized by electing
Edw. Cornwell as chairman, and w.
J. HOneycutt as clerk, and then pro
ceeded to examine and compare the
assessment of the property of the
county as returned by the assessor
and to examine and equalize the same
at it's true and fair value, subject to
the rules set forth in the laws of the
state of Washington.
It is ordered by the board that as
an error had been made by the asses
sor in listing the rolling stock of. the
Washington and Columbia River rail
way at mileage of 1927 instead of
1912 miles, that the mileage be
changed from 1927 to 1912 miles
and it further appearing to the hoard
that as the board of equalizat IN of
1902 hal reduced the valuation of
said main track from $3.50 per mile
to $4,000 per mile, and the assessor
having returned the assessment for
1903 at $3.50 per mile, it is ordered
by the board, all members. concurring,
CudI III SOAlO1 Ally Will tAt dCLAOn VI
the board for 1902, the assessed val
uation for 1903 on said trackage be
corrected from $3.50 per mile, as
returned by the assessor, to $4,000
per mile.
The minutes of the foregoing pro-
ceedings we're read and approved.
Whereupon the board adjourned to
meet tomorrow at 9 o'clock a. m.
Tuesday, August 4, 1903.
The board met pursuant to ad-
jOurnment all members present.
A. Goldman appeared before the
board and asked that his assessment
for the year 1903 on Tax No. 5, Sec
ton 4, township north, of range Sc,
E. w. M, be reduced, for the reason
that portion of said tract had been
assessed at $50 per acre under the
impression that said tract included
garden land. Upon the recommend
alton of the county assessor, who had
made written statement that
an error had been made in
this assessment, it is ordered
by the board, all members
concurring, that said assessment be
corrected from $1,000 to $1,150, or at
the rate of $23 per acre.
Upon the statement of the assessor
that the improvements to the value
of $500 had been emitted on lot Z, block
2, College addition to the city of
Walla Walla, assessed to Grace D.
SLOVENIAN, it is ordered by the
board, all members concurring, that
improvements to the value of $500 be
placed upon said tract.
Upon statement of the county as
SCISSOR that an error had been made
is assessing Tax No. %, section 81,
township north, of range SO E. w.
NJ, owned by Cordelia Shaffer at 500,
instead of 1926, it is ordered by the
board that the said assessment be
corrected from 5000 to 1925.
Upon the statement of the assessor
that improvements to the value of
$3.50 had been omitted on Tax No. 1,
section 2, township north, of range
SO. owned by the Riverside Mill and
Elevator company, it is ordered by
the board, all members 0Dncurring,
that improvements to the value of
$3.50 be added to the assessment On
said tract.
Upon the statement of the assessor
that the improvements on lot 15
block 4, Powell's Park addition to
| Waitsburg, owned by Margaret E.
Guntle, had been destroyed by fire dur
ing the year 1901, and that an error
had been made in placing
| improvements to the value OF
5000 on said tract, it x is
ordered by the board, all members
concurring, that said improvements
be stricken from the roll.
Upon the statement of the assessor
that the field deputy had neglected to
allow Jane Mclean the $500 exemp--
ton on personal property provided by
law, it is ordered by the board, all
uomhorc cOncurriuc that cai11 orroy