The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
co. ASSESSORS MEET
Decide on Personal Valuations and
Discuss New Laws.


Tho assessors of Mahaska county
met Saturday afternoon at 1880 u
aae supervisors room at the cour'
,,,,,se IN their annual meeting. The
.,,,-oose Of this meeting is TO go oVel
.,a list of personal property to De as
sassea ana make any corrections &C
Tordins to the fiuctuation in the Naaue
- snos perscnal property. Other dls
cusslons about means and INGENIOUS y =
assessment are discussed at SUCH
meetings. ,,
Al me meeting Saturday afternoon
Awenty-fiye of the twenty-eight asses
Soa,s of the county were present. KEEP
resentatiyes of Pleasant Grove oowh'
shin Barnes City and University fark
were absent The first business Oh
s,ba meeting was to elect a chairman
ana secretary. C. w. Anderson was
obosan chairman ard E. w. England
was chosen secretary. After dAe ron
call the chairman read the hist OF per
songl property assessed and asked loq
abe assessors disposition OF the mat
ter Much discussion over the assess
mani OF some of the personal proper
III was had, but after the final discus
sion had been heard it was found fhat
only enc article had been changed,
,hat being hogs, which were raised
from four to five cents per pound
The list of personal property as 10 De
assessed during the coming year was
decided upon as follows:
Mules and asses over l year olo'
s36 per head.
Colts / year old, $50 per head.
Cgsbs two years old, s4S per head.
Horses three years and over you
per head.
stations left to the discretion OF
tho assessor.
Cattle in feeding. s3.75 per hundred
pounds. e.-
Heifers l year, $12 per head.
Helgers 2 years, SIC per head.
Cows, $24 per head.
Steers, l year, SIG per head.
Steers 2 years, S24 per head.
Steers 3 years, s32 per head.
Bulls left TO the discretion OF the
assessor.
swine months or over, &c per
pound
sheep or goats months or over
&c per pound.
The rest of the personal property
ia left to the discretion of the asses
sor as heretofore.
After settling the above list to the
satisfaction OF the majority the dis
cussion OF the new law relative TO
the manner in which an assessor Is TO
keep his books was discussed. Ac-
cording to the new law an assessor
is net to make totals or any computar
lions ether than entering a complete
list and amount OF all personal prop
erty on the books. This keeps the
assessor from making any indoor rec
ords or computations as these are TO
be made by the county auditor &C.
cording to the new law. Formerly,
when the weather was bad and the as
SCISSOR could not make his calls over
tho country, he was permitted to
work on the records that were unfin-
isled. This is what the assessors OBJ
pected mostly to, and lively discus
sion was had. County Auditor Briggs
and Member OF Board w. F. McVay
gave their opinion in the matter, say
ing that they thought it wrong to dis
obey the law, but that their sympa'
thy was with the assessors. 1t was
finally voted that they would go on
Keeping their books as heretofore
and hand in their time for the same.
The new law also provides for an in
crease OF compensation of from $500
to $3.50 per day of eight hours. The
assessors express their opinion as be-
ing able to collect for the work which
the law provides the auditor shall do.
The meeting adjourned at about 300
+. m.
Those present were as follows:
A. p. Timbrell. Richland township.
]. b. Heftsman, Prairie township.
G. p. Ehin, Union township.
Nicholas Meppelink, Black Oak
6. b. Coffin, Madison township.
n. A. Rockwell, Adams township.
Thurman Roberts, Monroe township.
Eff. belong, Scott township.
f. G. Bartlett, Garfield township.
Willis Petit, Lincoln township.
c. w. Anderson, Spring Creek town |
shiT
J. W. McBmney, White Oak town
ship.
Geo. w. Parker, Jefferson township.
G. w. Barnett, East Des MOines
tcwnshir.
z. w. England, West Des MONIES
township.
f. NJ. Powell, Harrison township.
]. Roof, Cedar township.
J. n. Perry. Oskaloosa.
VIM. Laffolletr, oskaioosa.
John Shannon, Oskaloosa
J. s. Reeves, Fremont
Vim. Young. New Sharon.
f. II. Vallandingham, Rose Hill.
w. Fl. Patton, Beacon.
w. s. Fry, Leighton.
The absent members are: w. f. |
I IDloagavt (yr.,y Anior,