The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03
ASSESSMENTS EQUAuZD.
ASSESSORS RETURNS REVISED
eY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
SOME ARE RAISED, SOME CUT
After Revising Individual Schedules
The County Board Of Equalization
Equallzed Precinct Ratinss--county
Board Allows Bills.

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Board Allows Bills.
Madison, Neb., June Is, 1908. at p.
m.--Board OF equalization met pursu-
ant to adjournment. Present Commits
sioners John Malone, Henry Sunder-
man and Burr Taft. County Assessor
=. w. Ruth and County Clerk. Geo. H.
Richardson.
Minutes OF June 9-l0-11 and IL. 1908,
were read and approved Matter OF
personal assessment OF Diers brothers
in Madison Neb., taken up. Mr. Fred
Diers was sworn and gave testimony
on behalf OF the county. On motion
made and seconded the assessment OF
Diers Brothers In Madison, Neb., on
the item OF merchandise was raised
from $l35O0.O0 to $1S0O0.00. Taft voted
Yes, Sunderman voted Yes, p. w.
Ruth, yes, Geo. Il. Richardson, yes,
John Malone, no. Carried.
Matter OF assessment OF Avery,
Eichoff & Thompson Of Tilden, Neb.,
was taken up. w. II. Avery was sworn
and examined on behalf Of the county.
On motion made and seconded that
assessment OF Avery, Eichoff Il
Thompson on item of merchandise
in Tilden village, Neb., be raised from
100000 to 100000, Taft voted yes,
Sunderman yes, Ruth yes, Richardson
yes, John Malone yes. Carried.
On explanation of II. w. Winter that
the valuation OF his stock OF merchan-
disc as suggested by him to the deputy
assessor was the assessed value or his
stock and that the assessor by mistake
returned the same as the actual value
when in fact said actual value should
have been Ave times as great, his
assessment was corrected by raising
his assessment from $4,000 to $4,000
90 actual value.
The matter OF the assessment OF
Stanton & Thomson on personal prop
erty came up for hearing. Patrich
Stanton, member of the firm was
sworn and gave testimony on behalf
Of the county. On motion that the
assessment of Stanton & Thomson on
the item OF merchandise in the Village
of Tilden, be raised from 100000 to
$S500.00, Taft voted yes, Sunderman
voted no, Ruth voted yes, Richardson
voted yes, Malone voted yes. Carried.
The matter of the assessment Of c.
p. Parish on personal property In Nor
folk, Nebraska came up for hearing.
c. p. Parish was sworn and examined
on behalf of the county. On motion
40 Nd hot
ment of c. p. Parish in Norfolk, Ne
braska, on item of merchandise be
left as shown on schedule, that $4,000
be added to item of fixtures as 1t now
appears on schedule and that item Of
horses be reduced from 100000 to
$4,000 Carried.
The matter OF the personal assess
ment Of the Norfolk Shoe company
came up for hearing. V. A. Nenow,
manager, was sworn and gave testi-
mony on behalf Of the county. On
motion to raise the assessment Of the
Norfolk Shoe company on item Of mer-
chandise in Norfolk Nebraska, from
100000 to $S500.00 actual value, all
voted yes. Carried.
On motion assessment of WIZ of
lots and Z, block sc, Clark and Madi-
son Mill company's addition, Madison,
Neb., was reduced from $2S00.00 to
$4,000.
The matter of the assessment of
personal property of H. c. Sattler in
Norfolk city, came up for hearing.
1t appearing that a mistake had been
made in the item Of cattle, on motion
said item was raised from 100000 to
$150000 actual value, otherwise his
assessment to remain as returned by
the assessor.
On motion the board adjourned to
June 10, 1908, at 8 o'clock a. m.
Madison, Neb., June 10, 1908, s a.
m.-Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Present full board.
On motion the assessment on lots
2 and 8, block 80 Clark's addition,
Madison, on complaint of C. H. Glenn
was reduced from $4,000 to $4,000.
On complaint of w. c. Elley the
assessment of nwA of 1922, was re-
duced from $1150000 to 100000.
The matter OF the assessment Buet-
tner & Zessin in Madison city came
up for hearing. Gottleib Buettner was
sworn and examined and case was con-
tinued to enable Mr.. Buettner to pro-
duce record of merchandise bought
between date Of invoice and April 1,
1908, Money on hand April l, 1908.
Debts during April l, 1905
On complaint Of c. w. Sprout the
seA of 22-22-2 assessed at $16400. 90
was reduced to $14500,00.
The matter of the assessment of D.
Q. Nicholson on personal property in
the city of Madison, came up for hear.
ing. d. Q. Nicholson was sworn and
examined in behalf of the county. On
motion the assessment of D. @
Nicholson in Madison, Neb., on the
item of merchandise was raised from
100000 to $12S0000.