The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-07-23
block 8, lots 8 and block Q, lot 4 block

block 8, lots 8 and block 8, lot 4 block
IL, lot IA block 20, lots !, 2, 3, 4, s. 6,
block 22, for the following reasons;-,
That the Supervisor in for the Town
ship Of L'Anse did not prepare an as
sessnent roll as required by the sta
tutes regulating the making Of assess
ment rolls of all property in the state
liable to taxation. That the supervisor
has omitted to assess and add to his
roll larger amount of personal pro-
perty, to him known to be within the
said Township and liable to assessment
and taxation. That in making and pre-
pairing his said assessment roll the said
supervisor has omitted from the same
entire classes of personal property to
him known to be within said township and
liable to assessment and taxation.
That the said supervisor has not assess
ed any of the above described premises
at the same or like valuations as all of
the Immediately adjacent properties.
That contiguous pieces of property to
all of the above descriptions are assess
ed in the same roll at lower valuations.
That the said supervisor did not require
every person Of full age and sound
mind who the supervisor or assessor
believes has property not exempt from
taxation, to subscribe to a true and
correct written statement, under oath,
administered by such sur ervisor or as
sessing officer or other officer qualified
to administer oaths under the laws of
this state, of all the taxable property
of such person, firm or corporation,
whether owned by him or held for the
use of another.
We respectfully request that you
will, according to law, review the pro-
posed assessment roll. SO far as it affects
the foregoing descriptions, and assess
each of the same in strict accord with
the requirements of the statutes relative
to the assessment of such property, and
that the said roll be corrected and re-
We'd accordingly.
Yours Respectfully,
MASON & O'CoNNoR,
Atty's for S. L. Smith.
The above protest by the agents Of
the Townsite Company comes as re-
suit of our placing certain lands on the
tax roll in the village of L'Anse better
known as the Water Powersite and
several other pieces" amounting in all
to about sixteen acres which hereto
fore had escaped taxation.
1t would appear from reading the
above complaint that the assessing Of
ficer had given an unfair valuation to
the property of the Townsite Company
but as a matter of fact an examination
of the tax roll will show that the valu-
alton was not changed from that Of
last year.
Equal and just taxation is the funda-
mental principle of our form of govern
ment and in view of this it does not
seem reasonable that the Townsite
Company would ask that any part of
their property be omitted from the tax
roll in the village. If this reasoning is
correct then it is to be assumed that
the Townsite Company does not know
of the fact that part of their pro-
perty has been escaping taxation. Be-
cause under such state of affairs
every property holder who paid his taxes
for all these years that this property
has escaped taxation has been paying
higher rate than he would have paid
had this property been bearing its just
share of taxation.
There is just so much money to be
raised by taxation each year in the
Township and Village and the larger
the amount of property the assessment
can be spread over the smaller is the
tax fee on each individual property
holder. In other words where property
holder escapes taxation his neighbors
must, and do pay it for him.
1t would seem that in justice to the
tax payers who have had to pay a
higher rate on account of this property
being omitted from the tax roll that
effort should be made at once to collect
these back taxes, and pay them into
the general fund of the Township and
Village, and so recommend that this
be done.
j. o. MAxEY.
Supervisor.
On motion of Maxey ported by
Bulger the following bills were allowed
by the vote following.
James Brogan, 2days fighting fire 4 0C
T.. Boivin, 81 days surveying j.. II 0C
w. S. Crebassa, livery. ......... 8 OC
L. Sanregret, 2days fighting fire 4 OF
N. Cosgrove, day fighting fire / u
H. Lampson, 81 days fighting fire Z OF
M. Hook, day fighting fire. -. zoo