Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
A BILL

For an act to create state Doaru OF TAX com
misSiOnerS, and TO prescribe the mem berSh1F
thereof, and its powers and duties, meetings
and procedure, and for appeals therefrom
providing for its expenses, and compensation
OF its members: conferrng up' II 1t general SUI
JcrviSOry power over the syste OF taxation
and public revenues in this state; providing
for the assessment for taxation by 1t OF the
property OF railway, union station ana depot,
electric and street railway companies, owners
and operators, and Of such heat, light, power,
water, gas and electric companies as may be
doing business as one system, partly within
this state and partly without, or so doing busl-
ness in more than one county OF the state, or
persons, firms joint stock companies, asSocia-
tions, syndicates, partnerships, or corpora
tions engaged in carrying on any OF such busl-
nesses; to require certain afildavltsf state
nents, and reports under oath, certhcates,
books and papers to be furnished and pro
duced by certain persons officers and corpora
tions, and making the failure to furnis sh the
same, or the furnishing of a false or fraudulent
statement, a crime, and prescribing the penalty
therefor; and requiring persons to appear and
testify, under oath or otherwise, before SAID
board, or any member thereof, and making the
failure so to do, or the giving of false reports
. or testimony, II crime, and prescribing the pen
atty therefor and prescribing the duties OF state
county and other municipal officers in aid
ing said board in the discharge OF Its duties +;
and providing for appeals to the circuit court
from the determination OF said oard in certain
cases, and the manner OF taking, hearing and
determining the same and defining the Jurls-
rdctiOn Of the circuit court OF the several coun-
ties on such appeals and prohibiting the mem
bers OF said board from accepting any pass frank
or gratuity from any person or corporation la
BILE TO assessment under this act, and making
the violation of such provision crime and PIE
scribng the penalty therefore; and repeating
sections 305o, 305l 1852 1858, 305 of the Codes and
Statutes OF oregon, complied and annotated by
Hon. Charles b. Bellinger and William W. Cot
ton, and all acts and parts Of acts in conflict
herewith.
Be it enacted by the people of the
state of Oregon:
(Board created: OF whom composed
Governor shall be chairlnan-Seal.) }
Section l. There is hereby created a
state board of tax commissioners, TO be
composed C of two persons appointed by
the governor, secretary of state, and
state treasurer, acting jointly as in this
act provided, and their successors, who
shall be skilled in matters Of taxation,
and shall not be members of the same
political party, and who shall devote
their entire time to the performance of
the duties herein imposed and the gov
ernor, secretary Of state, and state treas
urer, the last three of whom shall ex
,oficio he members of said board. Said
board shall perform and have the du-
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cernor shall be chairman thereof. Said
board shall adopt and use an official
seal, which shall be provided by the
secretary of state.
[Appointment, bond, and qualification
OF appointive members).
Section 3. The governor, secretary
OF state and state treasurer, acting
jointly, shall appoint and commission
all persons appointed under the provis-
ions of this act, and before entering
upon the discharge of his official duties
each such appontee shall execute
bond, payable to the state of Oregon,
in the penal sum Of 10000, with sure
ties 10 be approved by the governor, for
the faithful discharge of his official du
ties; and each appointee shall take and
subscribe an oath for the faithful dis
charge of his duties and office, which
oath shall he indorsed upon his official
bond, and said bond and oath when so
executed and approved shall be filed in
the ofiicce of the secretary OF state.
<First two appointive members ap-
pointed on taking effect Of act.)
Section 3. Immediately after the
taking effect of this act the governor,
secretary OF state and state treasurer,
acting jointly, shall appoint two per
sons, possessing the qualifications re-
quired 10y this act, to serve rs the APP
pointive members Of the board hereby
created, subject TO the provisions in
this act contained.
<Term of office of appointive MEM
bcrs)
Section 4. The members of the
board first chosen by appointment shall
he appointed to hold their offices, one
for two years and one for four years,
and the governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer, acting jointly, shall
one of the first appointive
members of said board To hold his office
for two years, and the other one for
four years, and thereafter persons
chosen by appointment as members of
such board shall hold their office for