Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23
MIXUP OVER ASSESSMENT
Board Has q Meeting and Succeeds in Get
ting Out the snarl.
ONE MORE SESSION WILL Be NECESSARY
only Business 20 Come Up the Adop-
tiOn Of n Resolution the Terms
of which Have Been Agreed
Upon.
CFrom a Stan Correspondent

LINCOLN, May 22.-T'he State Board
Of Assessment will have to hold another
meeting before the assessment for 1905
Is finally made meeting was held this
morning and the minutes Of yesterdays
session read, so that each member could
see just how he is recorded in the mat
ter. The board after discussion of the
mlnutes instructed Secretary Bennett to
draw up resolution in accordance with
the statutes. containing the findings Of the
board. and when this is done another ses-
sion will be necessary to adopt this
During the meeting yesterday the board
got tangled up In discussing manner
OF procedure. searie had suggested the
adoption OF the resolution containing the
finding OF the board, which the secretary
had prepared. Mickey and Mortensen both
objected to this because they wanted to
20 on record favoring a higher assessment
OF the Union Pacific and the Northwest
ern. After some discussion the board be-
gan doing It's Thursdays work all over
again and had fairly gotten started by
noon. After noon Searle moved that all
the work of the morning be expunged from
the records, and in explanation he said he
would next move the adoption Of the reso-
luton in accordance with the tentative
figures of Thursday. Mickey and Morten-
sen, he said, could then move amendments
to increase the Union Pacific and the
Northwestern and in that way the work
could be done in a very few minutes
Mickey objected to this and searle with
drew his motion without II having been
put by the chairman
When the secretary compiled the minutes
he included that motion by SearIe without
the explanation. Searle objected to this
at the morning session and moved that his
motion be expunged and his motion car
ried.
The board Is now where Il was when IL
concluded its work last Thursday, ready
to adopt the final resolution The vaIua-
tion Is Just the same as fixed on the in
formal ballot. The value of the private
car lines'was fixed last year at the figures
returned by the companies the attorney
general having held under the statutes
the board could not assess this class of
property on other than its tangible value.
school ADpOrtiOnment Certified.
The semi-annual school apportionment
certified TO the state superintendent today
by State Treasurer Mortensen amounts to
S1S, S5lOs which is about $4,000 more than
the May spportionment OF a year ago. The
money was derived from the following
sources: School tax $50, $685. 5; interest on
school and saline lands, S198.OS5.05; interest
on school lands leased, 7,EaOl; interest
on bonds, $s6,2Tb17; interest on warrants,
e. sSs,Ss4.O6; game and ish licenses. So 1885; dis
count on bonds, 31,77l.os. The money will
be distributed S.lO for each pupil in the
state and there are at this time S75, 34s chill.
dren Of school age in Nebraska
Normal Board Meeting.
The state normal board will meet in Peru
tonight to pass upon the candidates for
graduation and attend to other matters.
Owing to a rush OF business in his once
superintendent McBrien will not be able to
attend the meeting. Commencement viii
hesln at the normal school tomorrow. The
board will meet at Kearney May 30. at