The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-04

showing an increase of S59,i56.
thc following classification OF
property "G the OIL companies which
have hr"N prepared for The state
H0art Of EIuaiZ.vS shows tsR -
sesscS value "f ese,s kint ~ prep
rrlN "mVIoy"t ant owned - che
UpCraISng tOnltsaV.s. 1hlS ~ G0arse
does not ncIu,ts tAr az md ga.
lands owned Ity otess'sag e"as
panisS AVID iniivsI1IasS.
Maps sNoN5ssg the aBssssea <ai,sp
|"f every Mr" of 'snd in a. Cd and
gas field is A"IvWsIh at tarhcA with
values marked in plain sigWps.
SoN briss sXpiMss ieN "a she
statement Of IeSsc operating cow
Ipanics. Thrrc aIs svo GLASSES Of
property iI - oil tseA thas. o.
rortn" ~ aly ju4sHelA. are 60
lpr0p"rIy assessed
Q rrter to @,c OIL 3elss snA ore
durtion. The Attorney sicaeral, O.
YOU kn"W, mas reafcrsd an opiaion
NAT prOAuctiNa is saly aSssssabie
for the amount ~ oil en- land Jan
nary ISL, rs you will observe from
The letlPf wiz noW rpad yUa. Not
With&tanding = recent drcisin@ of
the Supreme Court That personal
property brought into a PARISH after
January isf was aSsessable for tkat
year. the Attorney General still 40
heres to his former OpiniHn, viz:
That production could moi b. a.
scssed legally for any mare than
was in storage january fst
The opinion d" nov share in. at
the same time ! have had no otber
guide and have abided BY Che DE-
cisiOn.
Fhe other class alluded DO ID oil
wells. The oily companies clai@
J they ave only asscssable fsr NE cas-
ling and other Materiat in Tie wells.
} IN the absence e ans law on the,
subject they have filed theI rendi-
ton as mentioned and Q subaitI
hem for. SOsr approval
You are aware tka VOC hsse Che
right to increase as cell 40 reduce
assessments: therefore 2 wiz be
governed b, SO,R iastsuctsna b.
the matter.
Board & NpRrsi@m
The assessment 90 railroSfA co
press compares. selegraph aad te'e-
fphone companies made by the
Board Of Appraisers is g'aceA ~ the
same value ss .aA gear On the o.
sonce of aay res"rt sroe % Aosrd
for This year.
Heretofore . ssdeemera OF tAis as
sessmsns has keen filled ~ith ne
assessors office by Nag %. On lastI
Tuesday, anticipating sha POSSIBLY
it would not be Feeeivs8 10 Cine, !
wrote the secretary, Mr.. Pickett,
and the following % Dis eepsr: Get
teri
Now just 4 word i'm eoncstRisM On
account of che snfavsraele seas@a
and the additional good roads AaK of
three mslls, ! ahougfis if best o. be
conservative in asSssnsents this
year. The sncrease Of s2,OOO.0N does
not really represent the ncrease inI
value even eliainating the recent
noticeable enhancement resulting
from the discovers of gas in the city
limits, which enhancement we cam
only hope ~ils continue snA whidA
will next year give us the largest o.
crease in the history of the parish
Mr. Winter moved mat the resort
be received and spread oa the ain
utes. Carried. 1
By Mr.. Winter: Thst the assess-l
ment of 1912, as presented by the
assessor, be adopted. Carried by the
following vote:
Ayes: Douglas, WynA, Miller.
POLICEMAN, Winter, Scott, Sebastian
Maggie, Hutchinson and Crawford.
Nays: None.
s. Q. Hollingsworth, assessor, was
on motion of Mr.. Policeman allowed
100000 in payment of assessment
work to date.
On motion the jury adjourned to
meet in regular session the second
Thursday in June 1912.
w, T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.