Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
EQUALIZATION A BIC JOB
Terminal Tax Assessment the Most
Troublesome Of Any.
INSTRUCTIONS ON AMENDMENTS
what PurPOrts 10 BE Railway Mems
Protective Association Slate for
Stnte ORcisIs IL Given
Cut al Lincoln.

LINCOLN, Aus speclsL,-The state
Board Of Equalization met for q time This
afternoon and discussed the equalization Of
railroad property under the provisions Of
the terminal -BE law.
While u was not definitely settled, IL is
probable the board viii increase the assess
rnent O. banks IN Douglas county % per
cent.
The county assessor Of Sioux county re-
ported be had made q mistake in his fiE-
ures and there should be deducted from the
value Of lanes So 550 and from lots sg7,-
7sS. The board die mis- and also took Of
rs Is pr cent reduction, leaving tins
county practically where Il was placed Toy
the assessor
The county assessor Of Saunders county
reported d mistake IN his figures. After
correction the assessment reads: Personal
property s-.sSl sCS, lands S5.-4elss; lots.
S--A4s7 The old figures were. Personal
pe--y s2.g84 49,; land, S.-l71s4; lois.
s1z1lb.
ID the matter ~ the terminal assessment
the board has q hiE jsb, as The assessment
returned ~ the county officers varies con-
sidu-abg- Some Of the assess1rs returned
the N0rthvesteru property al the figures
gwen Lheu by The road, which were IN ex-
. cess Of The value uf the property, while
others made reductions. This makes il dif-
fcult for The board 10 work out g basis
upon which 10 begin j is practically set
tied however, Than every town through
which railroad runs VIII De the gamer hy
reason Of the operation Of the terminal
TAX law and not one single school district
VII lose one dollars worth q railroad
property by the operation Of the terminal
taE law. This rs interesting when cousid-
cred along with tire letters sent out by
Br0ther-iu-LsW Tom Allen. urging fusion
members Uf The legislature 10 oppose thai
OIL and when considered along with the Er-
tio- 1I those members tu voting aEaiuEI
me h.L The property oalt town VII Ee-
tor taxation purposes is not gel 1raIatls
4 but The following table shows the actua
f value uf The Franchise and rolling stock Co.
each reed and rh- assessed value E,er mile
, 70 TINS wlu be- aldrd -1= va-lc Of me
tracks and the value NJ lands and bulG
inEs which The board ls nov c5azld ariur
InsIructions Ga Amendments.
/ Several county clerks are u11euidad ab1u
printing ths no-ics %. rle raustltu-lana
amendment on The primary uaHot. To Sc
I them right Secretary o. slate JuuElu todsr
mailed Uur the following istter 10 all ID.
7 county clerks
z TINS department has received SO man
. inquiries from county clerks aE 10 me "a
4 The constitutional amendments EhaI appel,
foE the primary uai-- that Ne de=m ii bsF.
Ne should make short explanation
4 The amendment should appear 81 the fes
q The ballot m me sane wording as ID
. The cerrtflca-s q filings sou received from
4 rms d. 5parlmeuI 2 shuTr time ago ana ate
eaca flr and sEaiuF- etc. there Ehuul
. De & So -Izrl the same a. after al candidate
Z for office
For further Information We refer y0u =
4 Section Lk1 ri Chapter - o. the Compile
Statues % 1851
} TINS department lz rIcr seadirE uur an
Sample ballots as -1r primary laW sr.eeifl
. cEliV directs Tie r1EUtE clerks snan El-e
. pare the ballot We refer V1u along hi
. line no Section ----l SANE chapter as au5z1
slated.
RAilr0Ed Meas slate.
] N-ha1 plrIr1TlE % be- the poli1ilal SLATE sn
d0rs-1 by me REIH-Ev EmpIoFes' F-r-tsu
tive Association cane 10 hEhr ln IE1sr1l'
rodzF Whethsr Zhs Ela-s pubIiEhed !
iC,alllulHd on saccnd -