The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-15
STATE TAX
LEVY ONLY
one MILL
WITH QUARTER OF MILL.
ADDAD FOR SCHOOL
PURPOSES
bUARO III EQUALIZATION
N HAS DECIDED ON RATt
viii Not Be Official Uata COu'i
DscIdss Capital Location
Question

Where 10 the state capital? Are
The act Of the board OF equalization
duDe ether than at Guthrie or Okla.
Iona city legal? Are the state Off.
ceis who attended The meeting Of the
state board Of equalization acid sat
lijday night in Oklahoma CITY m cen
tempt Ct court These arc tme OF
the questions that are ntafing the
state officials In the face, the answer
ot which they are very desisous ot
knowing
Notwithstanding the recent deci
sion OF the state supreme court, that
the state officials. other than Govern
or Haskell, would be in contempt Of
court II they did business outside OF
the capital, five members oi the board
OF equalization met in Oklahoma City
Saturday eight and transacted more
business than has been transacted at
any other one session held for some
tune.
Jne question th2t arose was--are
the acts tranacted BY the hoard Of
equalization legal2 The Law is plain
that the state board CT equalization
muCt meet and transact IL business
at the capital However, 1t has pow
er to adjourn to certain places over
The state and hold Investigation
meetings and the Ike,
The Order
Whereas the experience OF preyi-
1Ous years shows tnst there IS consid-
trable loss n state revenues from
special privilege, .trauchise and cpr-
pcratlon revenues and other special
Aaxes. and large expenses, lecessitated
In litigation 10 enforce the collection
of the same. that until the courts
have finally adjudicated all such con
troversie3 relating to said revenues
whicn ibe state is entitled 10 recelYe
under the various laws proyIdi1g for
the payment thereof, that IT is neces-
sary for The state TO rely more large
u Gu direct taxation and to estimate
such Incomes from special privilege
franchise and such corporation sourc-
Ell al an amount which the state Is
certain TO receive without delay lrCm
litigation or otherwise; aud,
Total Valuation.
"Whereas. Il Is found that the total
valuation of all properly In the state
subject to levy ad yalorem taxation
Is Of tho sum { nine hundred aud SIX
million. three bundled aud elghty-four
thousand, three hundged ane eighty
eight dollars. and that In addition to
other state revenues II VII require
The sum OF nine hundred and six
tbousatd. three hundred and eighty
four dollars and thirty-nine cents TO
Dc raised by direct taxation levy upon
al taxable property In the stalo;
Therefore be II resDited, That y
levy OF cne mill for state taxes for
the expenses <of the current year be.
and The same Is, hereby levied ana
made. aDd that IN pursuance OF law
and for aid 10 the support Of common
.Ischoolsa a levy Of one-lourth of one min
upon all said taxable property of the
state Is hereby levied aud made In
addition to said levy of one mill Tor
the current expenaes. s
The adoption OF the foregoing fcs0l
ut'on being duly moved and seconded
vote was lakca thereon which re-
suited as follows West. aye; Con-
fubic, dftt mfHtttts fNtt FiHAth' hst
1rapp. aye; Haskell aye.
Comparison with Kansas.
Kansas has total valuation OF
about two billion dollar. nearly
double that of Olohuma. She hal
almost twice az many ratlOads as
Oklahoma aud the Individual citizen
Is worth more Than the same person
in Oklahoma, according to me com
parative valuation figures of Oblaho.
ma and Kans5s
Members Of the equalization board
say that If all the corporation and
special interest roncerns In OltlshDm
would pay their t9xec. The expenses
for the current year would be easily
met. and m1pes be left To pay ihe
deficit At preseut 4 large fumher
corporations have refuged to pay iheii
taxes and the matter Il hanging tir
In the courts. principally in the feder
al courts.
Il was the intention Of the board Of