The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-28
ASSESSORS TO ASK
ABOUT AEROPLANES
Tax Corps to Ferret Out Any
That Wayne County
May Possess.

II YOU are an owner of either an
aeroplane. biplane or some aerial
craft, you might just as we'll confess
for the assessors who begin work on
Wednesday have as one of their as
signmcnts the ferreting out of all air
crafts Wayne county people have con-
ccalcd about them. Not only does one
have TO give the number of such
crafts which he may possess but,
worse than all. the value must be
stated The work of the assessors
this spring may result in showing that
| Wayne county has an aeroplane col
ony i'm its midst. However SO far as
the public is aware of Wayne county
has only one air craft owner. William
Waking His craft is a biplane of his
own manufacture.
The state board of tax commission
ers which prepared the form for the
scheduling of all personal property
did not insert questions relative to
air crafts for jokers. but because in
certain counties of the state and in
Marion county particularly, there
have been many aeroplanes, biplanes,
monoplanes. balloons. etc, which have
not found their way onto the assess
ment sheets in the past. Inasmuch as
such crafts are of great value, the
board feels they will serve good
| lie debts.
Form More Complete.
The form of the assessment sheet
which will be thrust under the nose
OF every tax payer in the state be-
tween March and May Is is more
complete than heretofore and will
serve, the state board believes, in the
tax payer and assessor becoming less
confused in preparation of the assess
ment sheet. Instead of having to an
swer a hundred and one questions, as
in the past, the poor tax payer will
be besieged for answers to hundred
and twenty-one with several ques-
tons split up under alphabetical sub.
headings. making over hundred and
thirty altogether
Those tax payers who happen to
hold bonds of any sort or notes secur.
ed by mortgage. will be up against il
for excuses for failing to remember
they possessed certain kinds of bonds
or other notes, when the assessor
calls.
For example the question AL
bonds" heretofore has been under this
general heading and given but one
line on the assessment sheet. This
year, the question is divided as fol
lows: Value of government bonds
municipal bonds Unjust be listed, but
non-taXable) gravel road bonds. rail
road bonds. street improvement bonds
and other corporate bonds. This
year ten spaces are given to the list
ing of all notes secured by mortgage
and an equal number to the listing OF
all other notes. In addition to nam
ing the valuation, the tax payer mus,
give the information as to their face
value and the amount unpaid on the
notes. Only half the number of spaces
are devoted to the question value OF
all notes owing by me-" since it has
been found that only a small number
of tax payers in these prosperous
times require more than ten lines tc
give this information.
Warned To Be Careful.
Assessors are warned to be careful
and get the sex. nationality and color
of the person assessed. Some of The
questions heretofore unasked by as
SCISSORS, but which will have to be pu
up with this year. are the value O
harness. number of rock crushers
cream separators, and manure spread
ers. cane mills. evaporators. clover
hullers. hay balers. windmills and the
value of each: number of cemen
blocks, barrels of cement and value
number of gas and gasoline engine:
and value: number of monograph!
and value; number Of automobiles anC
value: and number of corn shelters
and value The assessors also will b,
more careful in listing cattle, horse:
and mules. inasmuch as they must sc
cure their age. Grain which is storet
has been escaping taxation. but thi
year the possessor is obligated to in
form the assessor if he owns any stor
ed grain
The different township assessors
will secure their supplies on Wednes
day at the office of county audito
Demas Coo. The assessing corps viii
be much larger this spring than us
ual owing to the quadrennial assess
mont pf roal estate