The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-10-25
State Board for the Equaliza-
tion Of Taxes Considered
the Question of Main Stem
and Other R. R. Property
PREPARING TO REPORT
THE MEETING WAS HELD BE
HIND CLOSED DOORS WITH
ALL THE MEMBERS PRESENT
TAX LAWS COMPLIED AND
ABOUT TO ISSUE.
Special to .-rhe Jersey city News,

Especial to The Jersey City News,
TRENTON, Oct. 25, 1908 meet
ing of the State Board for rhe Eaualiza-
tdon of Taxes was held yesterday behind
closed doors. An the members Major
Carl Lentz. chairman; Charles c. Black
Henry j. Irfck, Theodore Simonson and
f. Amber Armstrong present
At the session they considered the report
they intend to make regarding the taxa
ton of main stem and other tangible
property of railroad companies
The law passed by the last Legislature
abolishing the State Board of Taxation
and erecting in lieu thereof Board for
the Equilzation. Revision, Review and
Enforcement of Tax Assessments, pro
yiles among other things that it shall an
nualy submit to the Legislature such
recommendations as it shall find neces-
sary to prevent the evasion of just and
equal taxation and from time to time also
report to the Legislature what changes,
if any, it considers should be made either
in the laws governing the method of tax
alton OF any changes of the rate Of tax
upon property of any person or corpora
tion, including railroad and canal com
panies, in order to produce equality of
taxation.
AT the same session the Legislature
passed a resolution requesting the board
In almost the same language to make
such report to the next session
Yhe first thing which the board con-
sidered yesterday was whether it should
following the law. include its recon-
lnendations on the subject in its annual
report or make a special report in COM
Dliance with the resolution.
There was much discussion on this
point. during which it developed that
there was some difference of opinion as
to whether the resolution should be
needed and special report mad. 1t
was finally decided to leave that matter
open until the next meeting of the
board. which will held Nov. 8.
IT was also decided that whatever re-
port is made should be based on reso-
| luton, which was adopted unanimously
and which sets forth that the board is
of the opinion that such adjustment of
valuations and rates of the railroad
| property known as main stem" should
be made. as compared with other tax
able property of the State. so as to pro-
duce equality of taxation
| 1t was decided that each member
should work out for himself the details
of the plan embodied in the resolution
and lay them before the board at the
| next meeting. Those individual drafts of
details will then be thoroughly discussed,
and the report, Of whatever nature it
may be, will be based OF such of the
recommendations as the board can agree
upon.
The board also approved form Of APP
peal from county assessments which has
been prepared by Frederick R. Leh,bach,
the secretary Of the board, and which will
be embodied in the annual report of the
body. sMr. Black particularly commend
ed Mr.. Lehlbach's work, saying he would
put it in his new book on taxation. which
will soon make its appearance.
The board also announced that there
was now in the hands Of the printer a
complete compilation of all the tax laws,
with the changes and the decisions of
| the courts up to date.
| fort to decanitate tha sersah rronnar