Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-03

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face is marred with the sweat Q
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ly; who errs, and come short o
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o strives to do deeds; who knows c
0 the great enthusiasms, the o
o great devotors; who at the O
O best knows in the end the tri- o
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o who at the worst it he fails, o
o at least fails while doing some o
o thing, so that his place shall o
o never be with those cold and o
o timid souls who neither know o
o victory nor defeat.-From Mr.. o
O Staples Address. o
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TO THE ASSESSORS OF RUSK
COUNTY:
Gentlemen:-You are called to-
gether for conference and instruction,
in accordance with the laws of the
state.
This means, that as officers Of
this county, we have been appointed
and elected, to place a value upon
the property Of this county, for pur-
poses of local taxation. Conference
means, that we shall confer tOgeth-
er, and consult with each other as
to the best ways and means of per-
forming the work which we have all
agreed to do; not only agreed to do;
but we have all taken oath that we
will perform that work, to the best Of
our ability, and in accordance with
the laws of the state. The law gives
me the supervision of the work of
assessing the property OF this county.
| am to advise with you, assist
you, if you desire any assistance, and
then report to the county and the
state, how it has been performed.
The law does not give me the pow
er to discharge you, even if you are
obstinate and refuse to heed my ad-
vice; nor can change a valuation
made by you. The law presumes
that you have the ability and the in
telligence to do the work and do it
we'll; and even the Board of Review,
which sits in judgment on your work,
cannot change a figure made by you,
unless they have sworn evidence suf-
ficient to satisfy them that you were
wrong.
Some Boards of Review have, in
the past year, changed the assessors
figures without such evidence; l wan
you to advise such Boards, that this
cannot be allowed and if you will
notify me Of any work of this kind,
during this season, | will see that
they are punished. Now, as l said
before, your valuations are for local
purposes. The County Board, need
not take your figures for the basis
of the county tax, nor the state need
not take them for the basis of the
state tax: but these bodies WILL
take them, if they are right, and ig-
more them entirely, il they deem
them wrong So 1t is up to you to
make your values right, so they will
be adopted by the county and state,
or suffer the ignomy of having your
work turned down by them on ac'
count Of the untruthfulness of your
valuations.
Now, brothers, feel that you are
just as we'll qualified to do the work
as / am. You know the law as well
as |, and you know how the work
should be performed, so, really, there
isn't much for me to do. So pardon
me, if l use a portion OF the time
| in generalities, bearing upon the
questions before us, hoping | may sa.
something that will be instructive az
well as interesting. Let us hope the
conference will prove fully as inter
esting and much more educational
than the instructions.
We will take up the instructions
first, and many points, which yol
are not clear upon, will possibly bf
made plain, and if not, opportunlt!
will be given to ask questions relat
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