The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-28
TAX men ARE HERE
The Kansas Assessors Gather
for a Conference.
Will Consider Taxation Situa.
tiOn in Various Counties.
FACE MANY PUZZLES.
Details of the New Law Must Be
Understood.
StenOgrapher Will Take Testi.
mony at Hearing.

A meeting of the utmost Importance
In the new scheme of assessment and
taxation in this state is being held in
Topeka today.
About 100 of the county assessors of
Kansas, appointed under the new law,
are either here or will be here during
the day, to participate In the first BIZ
ennial conference Of county assessors
which is provided for under the new tax
law. This law reads as follows:
Ihe tax commission, shall, at least
once In two years, require the county
assessors of the state to meet withs the
commission at the state capitol, upon
a DAY designated. for the purpose of
considering matters relating to taxa
tlon, TO secure a uniform valuation
throughout the state, and to discuss
ana formulate any needed changes in
the law relating to taxation or methods
of keeping the books and accounts
thereof. The actual and necessary ex-
penses of the county assessors in at
tending said meeting shall be paid by
their respective counties
SO there are good reasons for a large
attendance of county assessors at the
meeting here today. They all have
| their expenses paid, they have many
| matters of the utmost Importance to the
assessors are to be- discussed, they are
anxious to attend.
| No doubt many of the Republican as
SCISSORS will improve the opportunity to
attend the Kansas Day club banquet
here Wednesday night
The state tax commission depends
upon this meeting more than any other
one thing to promote uniformity of as
seSsment throughout the state. The
county assessors will be impressed with
the fact that the new law means busi-
ness, and that assessors will be held
! r-nC raCfh f%,-
They viii be told what 1t means to as
sess property at its actual cash value,
| and Will be assured that the tax COM
| mission, for it's part, will assess the
railroads, teIegraph,' telephone, and pipe
| line companies at their actual cash
value.
| There are hundreds of puzzling pro
| positions, which confront the. tax asses
! sors of the various counties in regard
| to the discharge of their duties and
| to present all his difficulties to the tax
commission to be frohed out. 1t is ex-
| pected that a vast amount of informa-
| ton of value to the assessors will be
| presented, and it is proposed to have a
stenOgrapher present to take all the
Testimony" SO that the tax commission
| may know exactly what the the trou-
! bles are which are perplexing the as
| SCISSORS of the state. st.r-
| There are altogether los counties in
| the state, and each one is entitled to
an assessor All these assessors are ap-
| pointed by the county commissioners,
and will receive So per day for their
| services. The state tax commission has
| just compiled a list of these county as
SCISSORS, and it is here printed for the
| first time. Nearly all of these asses
sors are in Topeka attending the meet
| ing, and will be here several days.
Allen, Charles H. Schaffner; Ander-
son, D. W. Ramsey; Atchison, F. w.
| West; aBrber, H A. Bailey; Barton.
Fred w. Newcombe; Bourbon, James
| B. Connolly; Brown Fred c. Burk-
| halter; Butler, F. NJ. Anderson; Chase,
| D. J. White; Chautauqua, D. NJ. Wood
worth; Cherokee, r. P. Miles; Chey-
enne, A. ]. Trent; Clark, D. w. Daily;
Clay. w. H. Fletcher; Cloud. "A. r.
che, John E. Todd; Cowley, o. S. Glib
son; Crawford, Grant Winger; Deca-
tur, J. w. Allen: Dickinson Hiram
Springer; Doniphan. A: L. Wynkoop;
Tatum; Elk, A. ]. Maddox; Ellis, J. M.
| Schaefer; Ellsworth. c. w. Hamilton;
/ Finney. I. N. Blanton; Ford. R. S.
Crane; Franklin, Oldroyd; Geary. A.
ham, B. F. Poston; Grant, Henry Mil
| Ter; Gray, George NJ. Garrison; Gree
ley, J. S. Dawson; Greenwood. G. w.
Barrows; Hamilton. w; E. Patton:
Kaufman; Haskell. j. T. Miller:
Hodgeman, H NJ Waterhouse; Jack
son, G.. R. Porterfie1d; Jefferson, Geo.
A. Frisbie; Jewell, Edgar Young;
| Johnson, w. A Mahaffie; Kearny.
Fred M. Sower; Kingman. L. w. Kab-
Ter: Kiowa. o. L. Stockwell; Labette.
e. C. Savage; Lane, w. F. Freeman;
| Leavenworth, Stephen Meagher; Lir.-
| coin, H. T. Tatum; Linn. r. E. Bot
| treIl; Logan, F. E. Hickman; Lyon, W.
L. Spencer; Marion, O. M. Shirk:
Marshall, c. F. Travelute; Mcpherson.
D. H. Grant; Meade. Charles H. Tai
ley; Miami, E. R. Barker; Mitchell,
Foster; Morris, A J. Marks; Morton
c. B. Combs; Nemaha. John E. King;
Neosho, T. B. Limbocker; Ness. H. c.
Tenny; Norton, Charles Simpson;
| Usage, j. P. Banker; Osborne, d. W.
Bliss; Ottawa. A. D. Todd; Pawnee.
j. j. Nesbit; Phillips, Frank Donovan;
| Pottawatomie, A. Rokes; Pratt. Milton
John A. Myers; Republic. ]. c. Cur
nea; Rice. W. T. Nicholas; Riley,
Frank All Schemerhorn; Rocks, U. E.
| Hubble; Rush, A. G.. Bortz; Russell, r.
P. Mills; Saline, George W. Benfield;
Scott, A. L. Sisam; Sedgwick, Geo. w
Bristow: Seward, B. L. Keating; Shaw
nee, S. H. Hanes; Sheridan, George Z
Smith. w E. Ross; Stafford, w. H
] Ball; Stanton, ]. B. Renolds; Stevens.
John T. Gray; Sumner, Abe Perry:
| Thomas, o. B. Clark; Trego Leavitt
| S Myerly; Wabaunsee. j. B. Fields;
Wallace. Charles C. Halsey: Wasting
ton, ]. K. Hood; Wichita. Fred Weld
mer; Wilson, NJ. Fl. Cox; Woodson,
James Dutro; Wyandotte. John
| Caskey.
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