Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-10-30
new PERSONAL PROPERTY LISTS
TO CORRECT INEQUALITIES.
The State Tax Commission An
nOunCcS the Adoption of New Tax
Lists Upon Which it has Been
Working for Some Time. Tax
DOdging TO be More Difficult.

New detail lists for personal property
assessments that have been designed to
correct many OF The Inequalities OF taxa.
tiOn OF that kind Of property as we'll as
to forestall tax lodging, were given out
| by the state tax commission through
Sec. Frank Morse last week. The lists
snow radical changes from those here.
tofore in use hyc3nnty assessors as we'll
as to add newer features which the com.
mission believes are essential to the Just
and proper Assessment of personal prop
ertv. Not only are the items of personal
property enumerated with more accuracy
and with greater specification but the
custom of claiming debts az an Offset for
credits is put in position of enumerating
every credit and every debt in black and
| white.
By the time the property owner is
| through with the lists he ls confront ed
! with an affidavit t. which he must take
oath after tht atfiIaviI has been read to
him, in which he swears that ne has
correctly listel all of ms property and
has attempted or accomplished no tax
dodging. false atli iaviI. OF course,
constitutes the crime vi perjury.
Some OF the changes IN the actual de-
tails OF personal property will illustrate
the completeness OF tbs .ew lists.
The first item in the old lists covered
"Horses, mules and asses" The new
lists specify separate, horses. one year
old, two years Old, three years old and
over; work horses; stations mules and
asses.
The old lists contained the one item,
"catte" the new lists specify yearlings,
two years Old; three years old and older ;
milch cows; bulls tor breeding purposes.
Stock sheep and goats and breeding
animals are also separately listed. Poul-
try has been added to the list.
The advance OF the times is noticed in
the subdivision of the old item OF "wag.
ons aud Carriages" into "drays, trucks,
and sleighs' Carriages, cabs, hacks.
buggies and cutters; "bicycles"; "auto-
mobiles"
Watches are listed separately now and
clocks placed with" I'D furniture. +"
Melodeons, organs and pianos are now
separately under the heads of "orga us
and melodeons'; p amos, automatic and
electric pianos and orchestrians"; "band
! ,,,kr ,t,o nd
musical boxes"
"Statuary, paintings, engravings, etc"
and libraries, books and scientific in
struments," are now items on the lists
and Office and household furniture have
been separated.
An entirely new sub-head is "thresh-
ing machines, hay presses, traction,
donkey and logging engines, etc." as is
also the special listing of all classes OF
boats.
One Of the most important changes is
the addition Of the classification of ''lum-
Der, sawlogs, shingles and lath," "sash
doors, etc." "wood, coal, wool and
hides"
Under the head of moneys and credits
in banks a note calls attention to the
fact that this item must be for the aver
age money used.
Several items cover farm produce and
Others are added to include all of the
property of public service corporations
OF all kinds. The lists aso include fish
trap locations and timber on state lands.
Further questions are appended as to
whether the property owner is an execu.
tor or administrator OF any estate, a
trustee, receiver or agent; whether the
wife or children of the person making the
affidavit owns property.
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