The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-06
The Quadrennial Apprase ment of All Taxable Prop
perty of Marion County

ings are appraised for taxation by this
board according to their true value
in money!" No they can't. They can
say that the business buildings are
taxed at $500 when they should be
three to seven times as much as they
are, and are not valued according to
law. l understand that the reason
for this horizontal reduction of As
per cent. on city property from the
first valuation, which ought to have
been and was so considered to be, an
appraisement according to its true
value in money and uniform, was be-
cause the taxpayers of the city would
have to pay state and county taxes
upon the value fixed by our city
board. This would be true, hence it
would be unjust to the city taxpayer
as between himself and the farmer
or county taxpayer to have a high
valuation of city property and a low
valuation of farm property, so far
as county and state taxes are con-
cerned, But no further. Now you
can see the uniformity, the in
equality, the injustice and wrong to
ton and the farmer or country gen
tleman with a low valuation. Come,
come. Now you can see from this the
non uniformity the unjust inequality
and wrong between the high valuation
of the home residence buildings and
the low valuations OF the business
buildings and the high valuations OF
some business lots and land and the
low valuations of other lots and land
used for residence purposes. And
you must admit the truth of the sit
uation to be that the valuations are
not uniform and according to the
| true value i'm money, and hence can
not stand and will be enjoined as n
| whole both city and farm valuations
| because they are not uniform and at
| the true value I'm money as required
| by the constitution and law. You say,
"you have done your best under the
| circumstances" This is no answer.
| The answer should be, 1--WE have to
| the best of our honesty, knowledge
| and ability valued this property under
| our oaths as required by the con-
stitution and the laws of Ohio, and
we have been honest and painstak-
| ing" And this answer should be the
| answer of every member of these val
| uatOn boards within the county of
| Marion and state of Ohio. lnasmuch
as this or its equivalent has not been
| done by these boards, but very far
| from II and especially i'm both farm and
city and village property in the coun-
| ty. and nasmuCh as they did the
same thing for 50 years after tho
adoption of our present constitution
Judging from the past we don't know
hut this non-unirorm, grossly unjust
and Illegal and palpably wrong val
| uation will continue to be adopted
for a greater length of time than that
| II was every 10 years valuation then
| II is every four years valuation now
| Under 10 years valuations 1t ran sc
| years without changing the value aud
| what different under a four years val
uation time?
| We need not look for a change
unless we make 1t now. Now Is tho
| time to make it. DO 1t now and dc
IT right now. If it is rightcd now
well and good. No honest man, NJ
Just person can find fault with OF
complain of that public spirited in
dividual who believes ii is stealing t.
put and have low or high dispro
portionatc value on one persons pro
pcrty and not on anOther's, If hC
brings an action in the courts to en-
join these valuations from being
placed on the auditors or treasurer
tax duplicates of the county botf
city and farm duplicates, cniominG
such valuation of farm and city and
village property because OF its non
uniformity and not being according
to its true value in money as required
This. | understand, will be done be-
cause the people want what is right
and do not propose to submit to VIVA
Is wrong, Taxpayer,
Both on Farm and City Property