The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-14
A COMMUNICATION.

To the Editor of the Roswell Record.
Dear Sir:-Upon my return from a
short business trip to the west coast
of Mexico, | find in the local papers
a report of the last Grand Jury and
in said report reference is made as
TO the fact that the Assessor was not
in his Office and no examination of his
books could be made, ETC.. and to
correct ine Impression that this re-
port might make on people not cog
niZent OF the requirements of said Of
fee, / submit the following facts:
First-The requirements of the as
SCISSOR are as follows: Commencing
Mch. 1st, of each year he Is required
TO visit or cause to be visited by
deputy, each precinct in the county,
and TO ascert ain the amount of taxa
BILE property, by personal solicitation,
or by leaving a printed schedule at
their residence or place of business,
and after this has been accomplished
the schedules are to be examined by
the County Commissioners and waen
approved by them are required to be
spread upon the rolls of the respect
i've county, and these books are re-
quired to be made in triplicats, one
of said books to be delivered to the
Treasurer & Ex-Officio Recorder of
the county, one 10 be forwarded to
the travelling auditor of the Territory.
at Santa Fe, y. NJ. and one to be FL
ed with the Probate Clerk of The coun-
ty, and no copy of said books are
kept by the Assessor. There is in fact
no books kept by the Assessor only
a record of the occupation license is
sued by the Probate Clerk, other than
saloon license.
Second-As to the office being oc-
cupied by an abstract company, l GER
tainly do not deny this fact nor have
any excuse to offer for same, for |
am not the custodian of the court
house and nave no say in the affairs
of the same, and the occupancy of
said assessors office by the Chaves
County Abstract Co. was | suppose by
permission granted them by the coun-
~ commissioners, and SHOULD this
committee have visited the assessors
office al any time this year with the
eXcep' ion of the time 1 was making
the rolls above referred to they would
have found a number of abstract en-
ployees at work in the assessors Of
flee and most assuredly to the incon-
venience of the Assessor. The fact of
this however is that the court house
is so badly crowded that there is not
room TO accommodate the abstract
companies. and the records of the
county can not he removed from the
cont house some arrangements had
to be made for them, and the asses
sors office seemed to be the one least
used, and consequently was so occu-
pied The abstract company referred
to in The Grand Jury report is no 9th
er than the same one that has been
in the court house for the past sew
eral years, the only difference is that
the new machine the company aas
could not be used in the Probate
Clerks Office and consequently was
transferred to the Assessors office.
Third-As to the finding of the as
SCISSORS books in possession of l.. A
Sanders, deputy who serves without
compensation, such is a mistake as
tae book in said possession does not
belong to the assessors Office but be
longs TO the Treasurers Office the on
ly book that Mr.. Sanders or any other
deputy assessor mas is a blank license
book for taking applications for oc-
cupation tax, and / have instructed
Mr.. Sanders in my absence to retain
the full amount received by the as
SCISSOR. which is fifty cents for each
license so taken by him. | will also
state that school superintendent c. C.
Hill is deputy and works the same
as Mr.. Sanders with out pay unless
he does something to earn same
Likewise all the deputies that | have
in the different parts of the county
are not drawing any salary at the
present time, as there is nothing for
them to do, unless ii is to explain or
show some one their schedule of
property assessed. | do not go to tae
office this time of the year, but can
be found either in person or by dep
uty at 202 S. Pennsylvania Avenue,
or by calling phone No. 432.
Respectfully yours,
GUY II. HERBERT.