Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-09-16
ACTS ON LARGE
NUMBER OF APPEALS
Territoria Board Of Equalization Still
in Observation-Disclosures Are
Kept Busy

llltOTldl bOdru OF EqudllZdtlOn convened
at the capitol at 9:3O o'clock yesterday
morning with all members present.
The meeting was called to order by
President j. F. Hinkle and the minutes
of Mondays meeting were read and
approved,
The appeal of the J. J. Schmidt es,
tate from Mora county, was taken up
and argued by George H. Huker, at
torney for the appellant, and by c. w.
| G. Ward for the county board, and sub
mitted.
The appeal of the Longwll heirs, of
Santa Fe county was taken up and pre-
sented by julius Staab, attorney for
the appellant. NJ. A. Ortiz, county as
SCISSOR, appeared for the county. The
case was taken under advisement.
The John W. Tyler appeal from Mora
county, was taken up and presented
by the appellant in person. no one ap.
pearing for the county, and submitted.
and the board being sufficiently ad.
vised in the premises, the appeal was
Sustained, the assessment of real es.
! tate and improvements being fixed at
$1,500 and the assessment of the mer-
chandise fixed at $1,000. The assess.
ment Of the balance of the personal
property was left as fixed by the coun.
ity board.
The board being sufficiently advised
in the appeal of the J, J. Schmidt es.
tate from Mora county, sustained the
appeal. 1t was ordered that the appeal
be sustained and that the raises made
by the county board of Mora county
be set aside, and that the return of
the appellant stand as originally made
A recess was then taken until 2:3D
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The attorneys for the Roosevelt
county banks after a few remarks on
the cases submitted them for action by
1.-THE board.
| Y. w. Hayden, attorney for Emory
and George W. Griggs, submitted Ger
titled copy of the records. showing the
taking and allowance of an appeal from
the decision of the county board of San
Miguel county, and the perfecting Of
i the same by the appellants, although
nothing whatever has been received by
the secretary of the board relating te
such appeal, G. w. G. Ward, district
attorney, consenting thereto, it was
ordered that this appeal be docketed
land proceed to a hearing when called
Iup.
The appeal Of j. Van Houten from
San Miguel county was then taken up
land argued by Mr.. Hayden, attorney
for the appellant and by Mr.. Ward fol
the county board and submitted and
taken under advisement.
In the appeal Of the Elks' Building
Association from Grant county the
board having read the affidavits filed
and heard oral testimony, being fully
|advised in the premises, sustained the
|appeal.
In the appeal of Theodore w. Carter
from Grant county, the board having
heard the evidence, documentary ant
oral, and being full advised in the
lpremises, set aside the raise made b!
the county board and fixed the value
Iof the premises for purposes of tax
atlon at the sum of thirty-fve hundred
dollars.
j In the appeal Of the Steeple Rocl
Development company. from Gran
|county, the case being taken UP ant
mo one appearing for the appellant o
for the county, the case being looked
Into, and the board being fully advises
lin the premises, rejected the appeal
In the appeals of the Mountain
Range Cattle company, the G. 0. $
Cattle company and Gilchrist, Herndol
land Culbertson, from Grant county, tn,
secretary submitted an agreement be
| tween the chairman and one membe
of the county board and Wilson an
Walton, attorneys for the appellants
wherein these cases were compromis
. ed and settled as follows, subject t
the approval of the board:
The raise on 500 acres Of land be
longing to this company from 30 cent
per acre to one dollar per acre be sus
tained.
In the G. o. S. Cattle company
case an agreement was made that tn
raise on cattle from 1000 to 2,750 hea
be sustained at 2,4O0 head and that tn
raise of 800 acres of land from 8
, cents to 81 per acre be sustained.
4 In the Gitchrist. Herndon and Gu
, bertson appeal it was agreed that tn
, raise of cattle from 500 head to Is
head be not sustained, but that tn
, raise on $50 acres of land from 8
). cents an acre to 81 per acre be SUI
tanned.
) On motion the board adjourned unit
$3.50 o'clock this morning.
. Today at the morning session tn
!, board heard a number of Santa F
county appeals and rendered decision
upon the following appeals:
Leo Hersch, raise on real estate su
ltainnd. raico IN ctocI march a ndis