Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-02-02
ADOPT CON-
M|TTEE REPORT
Recommending That
a Percentage of
Value Be Agreed
Upon
FOR TAXATION ASSESSMENT
The Matter Of Adjusting
Rates Brings Forth a Gen.
eral Discussion.-.Reso
lutions Adopted.

At the conclusion Of the general
discussion relative to taxation and
equalization which characterized the
meeting of the chairmen of the boards
of county commissioners of the vari-
GUS counties OF the territory at the
court house yesterday afternoon a
committee was appointed to consider
the matters of equalization and re-
port later. This committee composed
of Jose Amanda Lucero, Rio Arriba
w. M. Atkinson, Chaves; M. r. Spring
er, Bernalillo; Jose Y Pine, Allen C.
Heard, Eddy; Damian Tayoya, Mora;
Edward Dickinson, Grant; c. V. Har-
ris, Roosevelt; V. S. Miera, Sandoval,
met at the Office of the travelling audi
tor at the capitol this morning and
a general discussion ensued during
the forenoon.
The convention opened this after
noon at o'clock in the court house.
Mr.. Lucero, chairman of the commit.
tee, presented the following report,
which was adopted:
Santa Fe, Feb. 2, 1909.
Mr.. Chairman:
we, your committee, appointed to
confer and to recommend to this meet
Ing plan of procedure, beg leave to
submit the following:
We believe it is the sense of this
gathering, that the objects sought to
be accomplished-the better and more
equitable assessment of property over
the territory better results can be
obtained by the members hereof
(chairmen of the several boards of
county commissioners), by passing
resolutions and agreeing to bind our
selves thereto, to the effect that on
all such classes of property on which
the territorial board at it's January,
1909, meeting, fixed values for taxa
tion purposes, that such scale will be
by us adhered to in our respective
counties. In this connection, we
would say, that it is our understand
ing that the scale of values as fixed
by the territorial board, except on
railroads, telegraph and telephone
lines, are the minimum values, and
that each board Of county commission
ers and assessors, can at their discre-
tion fix higher yaluations-not to ex-
ceed an agreed percentage of the real
value, that we at this meeting may
agree upon.
With reference to the placing of val
ues on other classes of property, the
cash values of which are governed by
local conditions entirely, such as town
and city property, We would recon-
mend that a percentage of value at
this meeting be agreed upon and that
the several boards Of county commits
sioners and the assessors be guided
and governed by same and that each
board hold special meeting, If pos
sible before the first day of March
next and fix scale of values in dol
lars on such property in their respec-
tive localities, in accordance with the
per cent of values that may be agreed
on at this meeting, as their basis OF
assessment on this class Of property.
We would further recommend that
in the case of the assessment of So
called Grazing Lands" of which, ac-
cording to the last assessment, there
were more than ten million acres, and
large percentage of which should
have been classed as timber, coal,
mineral or agricultural lands, that we
insist that under the provisions OF
Section A, Chapter %, Laws 1899, that
the holders and owners of large tracts
of land be required, when making re-
turns to properly classify such lands
and that assessors in accepting such
returns be required to see that the
provisions Of the above mentioned Sec
ton are fully compiled with.
We further recommend that the
above section referred to be amended
to the extent of requiring the holders
and owners of more than 1000 acres
of land to file with their tax return a
plot of such lands, showing the num-
Der Of acres Of each class Of land and
that in the failure Of such holders TO
do So, the board Of county commits
sioners shall be authorized to procure
such plats and classify such lands &C.
cording to law, and that in the event
that the owners refuse to furnish such
Mats and county commissioners be
obliged to do so, the cost OF sucn
Mats shall be charged to such own
ers and extended in the tax rolls and
be collected the same as taxes ieVled
are collected.
Mr.. Lucero then presented the fol-
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