Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-14

The Board CT Assessors met at [
10:15 yesterday morning and Mr.. Gu |
thrie. OF Humboldt stated that as most |
of the Assessors were dissatisfied
with the work done or the previous |
day in passing live stock, he moved
that they return to the order of bust
ness and place valuations On beef
steers. beef COWS and mich cows.
Kinney, of Ormsby. moved to am |
end by recinding what they had done,
and adjourning.
Lost by the following vote:
Aye Douglas. Esmeralda. Lyon, Nye
Ormsby and Storey.
Nay Churchill. Elko, Eureka, Hum |
boldt, Lander, Lincoln, Washoe and
White Pine.
Original motion to return to the
schedule carried
On motion of Gushing of Nye,
beef steers were placed at $25 head
The Chairman. Gentlemen, l con-
slider this altogether too low val
nation of beef cattle.
Randall, Of Lyon, moved to amend
and place the valuation at $50
head.
Kinney of Ormsby This don't
seem to be any where near the true
value We all know a beef steer is
worth $50 head.
| have to pay Is and 20 cents
pound for it on the plock. l L---eve
that beef steers should be S35 per
head any how.
Mr.. ingalls,. We have placed stock
cattle at SIT per head and there is
not enough difference between stock
cattle and beef cattle, to make this
q
We have placed stock cattle pretty
high.
Chairman. Stock cattle are too
high. there is no doubt about it.
Mr. Ingalls,. l move to rescind
the action and classify everything ov-
er again. as near as possible to cor
rect Motion carried by a vote of
nine to five.
Chairman. The same committee
we had yesterday Will be appointed
to draw up the new order Of bust
ness.
Nj. Kinney. Why won't the order
OF business do just as it is?
Mr.. Gushing, of Nye county. |
move we adjourn for half an hour
and arrange the order. Of business,
Carried. Adjourned
Meeting called to order at 80.
The committee submitted the fol
lowing order OF business:
Work horse.
Saddle horses.
Stock horses
4-WOrk mules.
5 Range mule.
6-Becf steers.
Beef COWS.
S-Milch cows.
Stock cows.
10-Stock cows.
1l-Buck sheep.
12-ThorOughhred cattle.
13-Telephone lines
14-Telegraph lines.
15-Railroads to be class ed as fol
lows:
STANDARD gauge railroads whOs'
terminals are outside Of this State
standard gauge railroads will
both terminals in the State.
3-Standard gauge railroads with or
" one terminal in this State, AM
under construction.
Marrow gauge railroads with Onl
one terminal in this State.
5-Narrow gauge railroads with bot
terminals in the same county 4
this State.
90
not in operation.
Mr. Kinney | move We take r.
cess until l O'Clock.
Mr.. Easton moved the adoption
the report The report was adopte
The first order of business is WOT
horses.
Mr.. Guthrie. In order to go ahea
a little faster, | move we pass wOI
horses, saddle horses, stock horse
work mules range mules and leaN
them to the discretion of the COun
Assessors.
MIR. Ingalls, 1t seems to me that
we are going to do business al
classify anything, we ought to do $
I would like to classify horses in Il
different classes.
Chairman. | think the AssessO
do that any way They always elias
ify horses in my county.
Motion to pass all the horses pl
and lost by a vote of seven to seve
Mr.. Randall. move that wo
horses be left to the discretion OF Il
various assessors.
Mr.. Cushing. move to amel
that motion and classify the wo
horses in two classes, with the ma
imum rate to he placed at $50 and t
minimum rate 10 De 20 MOllOu u
ried.
1t was explained that class No
should be fixed at $50 and the lowe
class at $25.
The Acknowledgement was then
ked if this would be legal
Attorney General. You are priv
xed to use your own discretion as 10
as you classify them in way II
will be uniform If you divide thu
into two classes, you are to decl
what the, two classes will be, a
Mace the valuation uniformly. |
lieve it would be in your power
place a valuation ranging betwe
two figures, as the gentleman fr'
Nye suggested, although | admit
that because it would be leaving
to the Assessors jffiudgment
would designate and define the eli
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