The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-27
TAXPAYERS ARE LIABLE TO GET IN
TROUBLE IF NOT ANSWERED
HAS NnT PLACED VALUES YET
City Property Will All be Boosted But il
Will be Boosted in Ratio to Leave
Values Relative

week with the statements which the
state tax commission sent 10 him for
listribution and he is delivering them
70 taxpayers With each statement is
left notice reading as follows
"As assessor Of this city IL is my
1uty 10 place in your hands the inclosed
blank tax statement. 10 be dlled out
and returned to ne not later tnan May
l0th, 1912 | will be in the City
Clerk Office between the 9TH and 10th
Of May next TO receive the same.
respectfully call your attention TO the
law on the inclosed statement which
provides for fine or Imprisonment il
statement is not properly filled ont and
returned 10 the assessing officer.
This notice is signed by Mr.. Brown
and the name OF the person to whom it
is delivered is written on blank lines
placed on the blank for that purpose
Mr.. Brown says that he has instruc
tion 10 take down and preserve the
name of each person 10 whom blank
is delivered and when the blank is re-
turned TO check off the name so that
the officers can readily See who has not
answered the request Mr.. Brown
further informs us that il is the inten
ton OF the officials TO enter complaints
against each party who fails or refuses
20 file the statement
TAis statement filing Is very impor
tant and our taxpayers will certainly |
get themselves into trouble il they re-
fuse to obey the law in this matter |
say The tax commission is keeping
very close tab on all OF these iron |
counties and taxpayers up mere don |
want 10 take too many chances. The
law provides for the arrest of the tax
payer refusing TO make out the state.
rpent--and we understand that the
authorities intend to enforce tins pro-
vision
The statements are supposed TO show
the personal property owned by the
person 10 whom the statement is de.
liyered rhe schedule iucludes all
forms OF personal property even 90
money IN bank etc. From the property
owned by the taxpayer may be deduct
cd the debts owea and chargeable
against such personal property Mr.,
Brown says that the balances reported
will be placed on the roll Just as made
ont by the person delivering the state
ment
When asked what he intends 10 do
about the realty he said that he could.
n say just yet the figures that wi be
placed against any Particular piece Of
property He has been in communica-
tion with the city attorney but that
official has left 1t AL mp to the indg-
ment OF the assessor. Mr.. Brown added
that whatever values are placed upon
the property OF the city will be rela-
lively proportional AS his aim will be-
20 have values fixed that will be fair
TO all. |,
Whatever the values that may be
placed said Ms. Brown "the people
much greater than they were last year. {
In order 10 get exact values il wouid
be necessary for me 20 examine each I
ruilding carefully and that have not I
VINE 10 do. | must fix my values from
q slight inspection of the property and
guess rs fairly as [ can.
The houses owned by men living
on the locations and leased property O
are. ] think, high enough now. They =
are pretty near 10 cash vaIue and there o
will be very little increase in them. y
What increase is made will be In busi 4
ness properties high class residence c
and stocks.
Mr.. Brown intends 10 give all of his d
time between now and the 10th of )
May 70 the inspecting and listing of b
BY that date he will have -
he roh pretty we'll along. o
IL IL certain that the meeting OF the h
,oard Of review this year will be more h
mana -periunctory duty. New values. a
ind higher vaIues will be placed on all q
property and IL is expected that the roll IL
will be scrutinized closely 10y every
axpayer and IL ~ probable that there ol
will be a lot Of Kicking 10
Later IN the week Mr. Brown re. fe
eived notice from the state tax com
mission that the reports Of corporations
lust be followed in making his ASSESS
1ents These reports are made by the =,