The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-05-18

ties than Ada county, Is 70 take the
assessment rolls Of the last year o.
Of any preceding year and carefully
90 through the lists Of property Of
the different taxpayers and he viii
find that the assertions that / have
made are absolutely correct.
This Is an intolerable condition Of
affairs and one that must be remedied
and remedied at once. and no mar
who is not a tax dodger, who has moi
had pecuniary and personal benefit
from the failure to enforce the Law
as Il stands. can reasonably object q
the course ! have urged and propose
70 have adopted. unless his intelli.
gence has been obscured by the
strenuous arguments and absolute
misstalements made to the contrary
by some Of the newspapers Of the
state.
The two newspapers that ] have
mentioned have been shown by an
inspection Of the tax rolls Of Ada
county to have been actual recipients
Of the benefit derived from under
valuations. At least the statements
that have been made in that regard
have not to my knowledge been dis
puted by either Of these papers.
Il has been stated that ! did not
attempt while the legislature was in
session to have a change made in
the laws IN this regard. This state
meni Is entirely incorrect and the
men Who have made such statements
50 know Il they have kept informed
in regard 70 public matters.
I insisted in my biennial message,
and followed up the suggestion there
in BY constant insistencr upon the
members Of the legislature that a
revenue commission be appointed 70
report to the next legislature 50 that
We would have a new revenue Law
adopted that would do away With
the absardiiies and Inequalities Of
the present one.
! supposed up 70 the last two
weeks Of the session that this sug-
eestion would be adopted and had
assurances from many members that
they would ACT upon i. ! labored
under this impression when the as
SCISSORS had their annual meeting
here. II such a commission had
been appointed. think We could
have safely trusted the revenue re-
forms to Il.
I call upon every lav-abiding cit-
zen Of the state 10 actively assist the
officers entrusted With revenue mat
tsrs in carrying out the Law. Good
citizenship requires this on the part
Of ali.
The taxpayer Who has heretofore
paid iess than his share Of the bur-
den Of taxation has no right 10 ex-
pect that in the future he viii be
permitted to still evade bis share Of
such burden.
Il should be a matter Of pride on
the part ofevery conscientious, right
minded citizen to see the laws en-
forced in his particular section. His
duty as a citizen and as a man re-
quires this on his part, and I call
upon every citizen Of the state, not
only to see to Il that they them
selves are properly assessed, but
that the other property in their re-
specsive counties is also assessed at
rs proper figure.
Under the opposition that has been
made by interested newspapers and
petty politicians who we're seeking
Tor political advantage, feeling Of
uncertainty has been developed which
: unwarranted. This feeling may
mpeIi some Of the taxpayers to try
o evade their share Of the burden Of
he taxes and may cause some weak
need assessor to fail in his duty.
II such is the case, Il Is the duty
Il every citizen to call to the atten-
ion Of the county board Of equaliza-
ion inequalities or any injustice that
las been done and see to Il that such
,oard raises all property to its full
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