The Arvada enterprise., 1910-10-21


without leave or knowledge f
the commissioners which is
against the law. In the same is
sue of the Globe we are beiaborcd
for having in the Office, "an OK
pert at five dollars a day, Sun
day ana all, for nearly a year, in
addition to the regulth, force, aid
an extra force OF deputy assess
-ors made the assessment and
saying further, This subject is
already a topic Of common coEl-
mental over this -ee,ttf+trsys ee,ttf+tr It 4-j +5
a thing that ought not to have
happened, but -reforners come
high sometimes. "
Let US see: the first term of my
Office | retained the clerk OF my
predecessor and thereby learned
the routine of the office as it had
been carried on, then for a time
we worked on without a clerk,
learning in the meantime that
some other assessors Offices in
the state had efficient cpcck.ng
systems, but that there vas 40
evidence Of any such thuE Ii
this office. On discoyelil. Sly
eral pieces of property th. H.l
escaped just taxation, VIZ ts-
came convinced lhal there .ighl
be others. After some G.. lay IL
was decided that help should le
employed andwe would systcma-
tie the work Of the Office. An
expert at $50 per month 81, S
employed but not in addition 70
the regular force of The Office.
The regular force of ln9 - e.
had for some time colss d e
the assessor, the deputy aid Ole
clerk with some extra help at
thetrnc o. making the as
sesSn.cnt, Our force nov con-
sisted Of tn assCs Csscr, the deputy
and the expert, the total autQ'-
ence in expense to the county be-
ing the difference in salary Of q
clerk and the salary Of tn" X
pert ior ten or eleven moaths.
making a total extra expense Of
nearly $1,000. In return for tbs
extra expense the sysLeraa &c
lplatting of lands and lots in this
! county enabled this Office 10 re-
| boft up 10 the treasurer. lands
and lots of sufficient tasSesseG-Va-
lue that he, as the law requires.
assessed and collected about
$500 Tor previous years: and tl. e
were other lands and los tn tie
assessed value Of about s-lg,t0u
that had not been asses. { .r
some years put on The tax .,il
IOr the county to derive r.N N.n.-
from in future years. T.. 49,
pCnse of 81, 600 has arca1 &c..
made up and q good deal .., Il.
But now thee arc some who
think it was mean to asses their
property after it had lain for SO
long without being taxed. How
about the taxpayer who has re-
uIarly paid tax on a just vaH4-
ton, and had been payiuE mo. =
than he ought because s4-ma !
escaped?
Possibly we did employ q 80
field deputies than had b. the
custom heretofore, we q MT
know how many were eni oy
but we found several men " lfo
claimed to have had eXIclilco
in that line in this county, h t
if they were needed it was the
thing to do, for while III. iaT
says that the assessor may ct
out, any time after the first #
January and deliver or leave 4
schedule Tor every person it
says specifically that: Every
such inhabitant shall male md
deliver to the assessor bCtu tn
the first day Of April and the
twentieth day OF May in each
year a full and correct schedule"
etc. of all property. We have
simply endeavored to comply
with the law by taking ached-
ulcs in the time prescribed by
law. Last year we employed
four field deputies while AraT a.
hoe county, with a lower valua-
I ton than ours and a Republican
assessor employed eleven and
this year employed twomore, de
claring that he could do the work
cheaper with thirteen men than
with eleven; and Boulder had a
dozen or more.
We are thankful-that these
/ things have become the topic
Eof common comment all over this
county " for we know we have
made good, up to date and we be
lieve all honest taxpayers will
appreciate honest up TO date
methods on the part of an official,
We most earnestly invite
investigation as to any extra
! expense and methods used as ap,