The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15
FUNDAMENTAL BASIS I.
II. OF TAXATION
System Completed by City AS
SCISSOR Krogdahl Purchased by
City on Its Merits as q Basis If
Valuations in City.

The council did wise act Tues,
day evening when, upon recon-
mendation Of the committee ON
ways and means it provided for
the purchase of the card system
Of valuations Of city realty as re-
Gently completed by Assessor
Krogdahl, a resume Of which sys-
tenn is given in detail in the fol-
lowing report which was accepted
and ordered filed and resolution
passed for the payment asked for
the service:
"Your committee on ways and
means, into whose hands was
placed the matter Of reporting on
investigation of the system as
adopted by John r. Krogdahl in
the matter Of re-valuation of all
real estate property in the City of
Virginia so as to place the same
on uniform basis, and which CON-
mittee was delegated the author
ity to check over, examine into de-
tail and to report to your body on
the condition Of the same, beg
leave to report that we have this
date met at the office of the city
assessor and went into the work
ings of the system as carefully as
possible and after viewing the
work as completed by this official
on this certain important matter,
would most urgently request that
the work as whole be accepted
forthwith and that the contract
amount Of one thousand Isl, 0O0.-
OO) dollars be paid to Mr.. Krog-
dahl for his services. A work of
this kind entails so many months
Of constant work, the system COM
pleted as it was, being of such vast
importance as fundamental ba-
sis of taxation and the basis Of
valuation in this city, that your
committee deems it imperative
that the cards as they now stand
and brought to date and covering
every lot, block and parcel Of land
within the vast limits of Virginia,
that the work as it stands is worth
considerable more to the city as
an asset than is paid for the work
and should be placed, cabinet and
all, in the city hall under proper
fire protection as we deem a loss
of this systn a greater loss than
would be imagined at first thought
1.-The committee feels that the
placing Of this work into Mr.
krogdahl's hands that it was DEL
egated to the proper person, that
as near as we could arrive at con-
illusions the committee was of one
accord that the work as it stands
today is the most important step
that the administration has un-
dertaken in solving one Of the
deepest questions in the running
machinery of the municipality.
The total valuation of all proper
ty has been noted on these cards,
each card being separate. The
reasons for placing certain :';.l-
uation are all enumerated and
checked on each individual uild-
ing, the building itself being
placed in class of it's own. We
can see no reasons for any prop
erty owners Of Virginia to be dis
satisfied with his valuation or re-
port of taxation on his 1912 tax
as we all have ample opportunity
to visit Mr.. Krogdahl at his Office
and have complete understand
ing as to the valuation which
should be placed on our proper
tics before the books are turned
over to the Board Of Equalization
and we all have one week before
tins board before the books are
forwarded to Duluth. Even after
they are at Duluth we have suffi-
cicnt opportunity to make pro-
test before the County Board and
if we are not satisfied there we
can take up our grievances to the
State Board. But we are satisfied
that the present system under able
management will be absolutely
satisfactory to all property own
rrs of the city and this one STUN
bling block in Virginia has been
removed.
eve trust that the council will
take these suggestions and recon-
mendations as we see them and
that the system will prove abso-
lutely as we state in the future,
and they will be if they are prop
erly kept up, otherwise all the
money we have expended and the
work Of the present assessor will
be absolutely thrown away"
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