The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-07-20
AND ASK FOR NEW ASSESSMENT.
Roll Is ''laimed to Be Inaccurate Tnpough h.
cat the Valuations Being In
&C. ce.t ina Great Number Of
Important Cases,

wrong, that they believe a new
assessment the only way in which.to
straighten out the tangle. They
have therefore drafted a petition to
the state tax commission, and it
was forwarded Monday. 1t starts
off in the following manner:
To the Board of Review of the City
of Washburn, Wis.
GENTLEMEN: Your committee OF
three, appoin ted to look over the
assessment roll for the city of Wash
burn for 1905 and report on the con-
dition of same, begs leave to report.
that:
We have gone over carefully the
real estate assessments as far as our
limited time permitted and found a
great many lots as we'll as the i'm
provements thereon, assessed far
below their present actual true value.
We furtherssfound other properties
assessed apparently too high vi en-
compared with others of the same
character and taking into consider
alton he.earning-powers of same.
We refer you for veri6cation of
our findings to the attached lists on
which we have set fourth the ap-
proximate assess sole values of GER
tain properties, arr vived at by US
after careful vestigation.
The personal property assessment,
which we also hand you, attached
hereto few pages, for your careful
inspection, is still more at variance
with the actual values of the proper
ties listed therein, and is very de-
fective in so far as some Of the per-
sonal property has escaped assess
ment altogether.
Jn view of these facts. aud for the
further Season, that we believe it an
iimpossibility to collect on the afore-
said a assessment roll sufficient sum
to cover the legal expenditures of
the city of Washburn for the year
1905 and still remain within the
bounds of the legal tax limit.
We recommend that an entirely
new assessment be made of all the
taxable real es tate and personal
property in the city OF Washburn
for the year 1905.
FRED TERRILL
E. BERGMAN
q Fl. J. FINsTAD
Washburn. Wis. July 18th, 1905.
Following this formal protest are
eight pages OF typewriter figures,
in which the equalizing committee
gives the ass essor's valuations,
missions, etc, followed by their
own figures on different properties.
AS result of this report Of the
committee the full board of review
adopted the following resolution
presented by H. P. Axelberg.
Whereas, it appears from the re-
port of the committee of this board
of review that the assessment of the
city of Washburn heretofore made
by the city assessor and now before
this board of review is not in SUBJ
stantial compliance with the law,
and that the interests OF the public
will be promoted by reassessment
of the property within said city,
therefore belt
Resolved, that this board of re-
view make complaint and application
to the state tax commission for re-
assessment OF all property in said
city for taxation as provided for in
chapter 259. laws of 1905.
Dated July II, 1905.
H. P. AxEBERa
The Supervisors have many or It'll
~cisms to make OF Mr.. Liens roll.
They evidently do not approve of his
assessing the grain in the elevator
$50, 900; and say that the new law
providing for the local assessment of
THE elevator building, coal docks,
ware house and other dock property
has been entirely ignored, and that
none of these items appear on the
assessment roll.
Mr.. Lien has been out Of the city
since turning over his roll, and
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