The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-21
NEW ASSESSMENTS
 IN MONTGOMERY Raises Will Range From S5,OOO,0OO to S1O,OOO,OOO NOTICES GIVEN OUT
Commission Will Probably Confer With Revenue Board-Raises to Be About in Proportion to
 Those of Jefferson

Montgomery, August 2i.--(Special) )- county ranging from s5,0o0,Oo0 to Sl0,0eo, ,0DJ will probably be announced hy tue state tax commission within the next few days Notices to property owners of Montgom- cry county informing them that assess nents of the county tax commissioner have teen set aside and that new assess ments have been made were being pre- cared in the offices of the state tax com mission today, and thse notices will be mailed to the property owners at once There will be between 800 and G00 cita- lions to go out from the tax commission's office to the Montgomery county prop crty owners, according to an announce ment made today
 The state tax commission wifi probably meet with the Montgomery county board of revenue Wednesday for tie purpose of having the county commissioners ad- ise with them with reference to the pro- posed Increase in assessments. While the action of the tax commission ir regarded as final that body usually confers with the board of revenue in order that the latter body may give any additional in formation that may be needed in arriving at more complete adjustment. of assess ments.
 The state tax commission has been at Wor% in Montgomery county for several weeks, and while it has been generally believed that considerable raises would be made in the assessments in this county, .l amount; 10 more than Sl,0O0,000.
 According to Judge A A. Evans and l. Powell of the state tax commls- sion, tic total amount of raises has not vet been ascertained, and each of the officials hesitated in making any positive announcement <egarding the matter. though each declared that Inc raises would aggregate several million dollars. From other sources it was learned that the raises would probably he between s5,0e0.00c and S1000O,0 900.
 The raises in Montgomery county, it is understood, will about be in proportion with the Jefferson county raises. The raises in that county were approximately I0, ,0o0,000 with the total value of real and personal property in that county given at s1l3, 7S0, 335.. according 10 the latest report of the state tax commission.
 The total value of the real and personal FToptIlN Ill montgomery county IS gwen at S4e, ,2lS POI, representing abont one-fourth of the total value of real and personal property in Jefferson county.
 Should the state tax commission return an increase in raises in assessments over the county tax assessor of nearly sl0.ea0 o0o, it would be in proportion vi. he county raises though it is not believed that this proportion will be maln- tained
 1t Is certain, however, that the state tax commission will announce raises in assessments in Montgomery county of no, less than $5,000000, with every indication. according to reports, that the raises will be nearly twice that amount.
 T cannot say what the amount of raise; will be- said Judge A. A. Evans, in re- ply to a direct question as to the assess ments which the commission had fixed for Montgomery county. We are working on that at present, and while am sure that the increase will represent several mill lions, should not like to make an esti- mate"
 This was substantially the statement of J. B. Powell who Is associated with Judge A. A. Evans in the tax commits sion's office, J. Lee Long, chairman of the commission, was not at the office. and hence no statement from him could be obtained