The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-09
ceding year.

ceQlng year.
Second class railroad property by a
change of the law is now assessed by
the State Board of Assessors instead
of by this Board. After the assess
ments are made they are certified to
the assessors throughout the county
and added to the duplicate for the
purpose of striking the rates and prop
erty SO assessed is then taxed by the
State Board upon the amount fixed by
them at the local rate which pertains
in the taxing district where the prop
erty is located. Second class railroad
property in the County of Morris was
assessed by the State Board for the
year 1908, at total valuation of $751;
DAT. This is slight increase from the
assessment put upon the same for the
year 1907 by the local assessors in con-
junction with this board. This
az ,unt of 1851, 047 is part of what
generally known as to the total as
sessed valuation OF the county.
All property, real and personal, used
for railroad or canal purposes is as
sessed by the State Board of Taxation
and pays tax upon an equalized rate
which is the average rate of the state.
For the year 1908 the equalized rate
for the assessment of railroad and
canal property in Morris county was
$16.81 per $1,000. Railroad and canal
property located within the County of
Morris was assessed for the year 1908
for about S19,000,0O0. This may seem
large as compared with the total as
sessed valuation of all other property
in the county, both real and personal,
which is S43, 1892, 000 In addition
thereto all personal property belong
ing TO railroads and used for railroad
purposes is assessed by the State Board
of Taxation and not included in the
above figures. Further, in addition
thereto all corporations located within
the County of Morris that are not
manufacturing corporations pay to the
state fixed sum upon their paid in
capital stock; this money is used for
state purposes. All corporations u.s.
ing the streets and highways of the
several municipalities of the county
pay franchise tax upon the gross re-
ceiptS of the companies. This is levied
by the State Board of Taxation but
paid directly to the various municipal
tiles where located and is not con-
sidered in making up tax rates and
budgets.
We had during the last year two
hundred and eighty-one appeals, (28l;
of these, reductions in real estate were
made to the amount of $lll, 800, and
personal to the amount of S55, l4l.50.
Fifty-Seven (57) appeals were dis
missed with no reduction.
SO far only one appeal has been
taken to the State Board from oul
adjudication.
| During the year the board held
meetings as follows: on ths first Tues
day of each month, and onlevery Tues
day during the months Oh November
December and January. at the county
seat, in addition thereto during the
months of May, June AID July, the
board spent on an average OF two days
I a week visiting the several taxing dis
trictS, and also in addition there
| to set in number of The taxing dis
tricts throughout the county durinf
November and December for the pur
pose of hearing tax appeals, besides
meeting on number Of other days Il
hear special appeals hnd cases un
4 finished.
All meetings held BY the board wer'
public and persons Interested eithe
directly or Indirectly we're welcomed
to attend.
AS between the taxing districts o
the County Of Morris this board be
lieveS that the ASSESSMENTS are be
coming, from year to year more near
Ily equalized. The greatest troubl,
seems to be in equalizinA the indiyid
ual assessments.
We haye always been Of the belle
that the best way to remedy this is Il
publish annually the tax lists.
i Last year the legislature passed al
act providing that municipalities
may, annually publish the Assessments