The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-18

district attorneys TO prosecute actions for
violations of the law as to the assess
nlents in their districts; to require cor
porations and individuals to furnish in
formation under oath as to their capt.
tai. debts, ETC.; to summon Witnesses to
examine into evasions of the law; to re-
port to the governor 80 days before the
legislature meets, showing the taxable
property of each county, with recon-
mendations, etc.
There is to be a county board of reve-
nue. and assessment commissioners in
each county, composed of three qualified
electors of the county, who shall possess
the qualifications of supervisors, with
their powers as to tax equalizations One
Is to be appointed by the state board and
two by the circuit Judge of the district
1t is made the duty of these county
boards to confer with and help the as
SCISSOR in procuring a full and complete
assessment of the county at the true value
Of property; to investigate the assessment
of any person, corporation or association;
to SUMMON and compel attendances of
witnesses; to examine into evasions of
assessments or undervaluations; to see
that all property is assessed and valued
as required, and report to the state board !;
the members of state or county boards
The county board is to transmit their
tax rolls TO the state board as soon as
possible the state board passes on them,
and if changes are ordered the county
boards are required to make them.
All property shall be assessed at it's
true value, and such value extended on
the assessment roll in column headed
Actual and Assessed Value Another
column shall be prepared and headed
Taxable VaIue,' in which shall be ex-
tended one-half the assessed value. State,
county. levee and all other ad valorem
taxes shall be laEed and calculated on the
taxable value as shown in the second col
unul.
In addition to ad valorem taxes, all
banks of deposit shall pay a tax of three
tenths of ! per cent on the average
amount of deposits subject to check for
the IL months preceding the first day of
October. annually. On all time deposits
each bank ehall collect from depositors
the tax of thu ee-tenths of l per cent and
pay over the same with the tax on other
deposits. No tax shall be collected on
state. county, municipal or levee board
deposits upon which the bank pays -fYfter-
est All money en- deposit complying with
this section shall be exempt from other
taxes.
The tax assessors of the state are re-
CURED to meet in Jackson the third
Tuesday in January every year to per-
feet plans for the uniform assessment of
the property of the state. The state pays
cents mileage and the county pays the
remainder of the expense Of the assessor
to Jackson.
The oath TO be administered by the
county assessors is iron-c1ad in every
respect, and adequate punishment is fixed
for perjury.
Messrs Carnes & Jones, owners Of
the electric street railway and the
lighting plants in Jackson, have filed
suit in the chancery court here
against the city of jackson for the
difference between what the city is
paying for lights and what the light
company thinks should be paid.
Prior to last year jackson was pay
ing $114 per lamp for her lights That
old contract expired and new once
was entered upon, based on what the
five cities nearest Jackson are paying
The city figured out that she should,
under this agreement pay $3.50 per
year and the company made 1t out $685.
tasing their claim on different cities
from those the city based her price on
The company wants the difference
and asks for an accounting by the
court. q
In the meantime the two electric light
SoiiPdihco VI tuo city ndNe recently
combined and there Is more kicking
about the price of lights being in
creased than was ever heard here be-
fore. There is also talk of organic
ing an Independent mutual company and
still other talk of securing the pas
sage of law by the legislature to
provide for testing the candle power of
lights used by municipalities. The con-
tract here Is for 1000 candle power ana
If is C1af na1 and rhorUad mt ~,
is getting nothing like it,
The quarterly reports of the follow.
ing corporations have been received
at the office of the railroad commits
sion, viz
Southern Express company: Total re-
ceipts, s47.149.27 as against $6S,271. O4
the year previous Expenses, s43,579.56;
for same quarter year before, s6S,92S. SC.
The net revenue last year was $3,563 II
us against s4,342.3S in 1908.
| Meridian Home Telephone company:
Receipts. S7.414.21 against sS.439.36. Elk
penses, $3,752.Ss last year against 3d.
935.56 for 1908. The net revenues were
s320.s4 against $10S252.
Hattiesburg Home Telephone com
pany: Receipts last year, 1881. sc
against S3,531.40 for the same quarter
the year previous. Expenses were 3d.
OO2.29 against $1,996.49. Net revenue,
$1,000 against 1914.
Ex-Governor Vardaman enters very
stout denial of statement printed in
the Memphis Commercial Appeal to the
effect that he is behind the movement
to run in Speaker Street as dark
horse and that in course of time he will
retire in the interest of Colonel Street
Governor Vardaman states that he
Is in this fight to the finish and that
he expects to be elected before it is
over.