Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
TAX CONFERENCE
PROGRAM IS OUT
GOVERNOR CARROLL ALSO ISSUES
Y CALL FOR MEETING IN DEs
~ MONIES IN MARCH .''
OPEN TO TAXPAYERS
Three Delegates From Each County
and Representatives. Of Colleges
Invited to Meeting BY Chief
+ \ as Executive Of State.

The program has been issued for tn
state tax conference to be held at tn
Savery hotel in Des Moines on Marcl
20 and 81; The following call for tn
meeting has been issued by Goyerno
Carroll: ID t5tga,. sg5,a
The n emberss of the state tax com
mission are desirous Of having q stat
conference on taxation In order tha
they may better understand the wishe'
| OF the people as to what changes
should be made In our revenue law
and also that they may secure the co
operation and support, as we'll as thu
benefit, OF the experience of thos'
versed In matters Of taxation.
= Therefore, in conformity to resolu
ton passed by the commission, i here
by call state tax conference to be
held at the Savery hotel, DesI Mofnes
Wednesday and Thursday March 20
81, 1872
The conference will be open to al
tax payers of the state and 1t is espe
cially desired that the assessors
boards of review, county and state Off
cfals and members Of the general as
sembly attend. s@.,5
In order to make the conference
representative in character and to In
sure an equal voice in the delibera.
tions and in voting upon any resolu'
ton which may be proposed, each
county will be entitled to three dele
gates, each of whom shall be entitled
to one vote, such delegates to De
named by the county auditor; and each
university or college maintaining q
regular four year course, will be on
titled to one vote, the delegate to be
named by the president of such instf-
tuition 8' '@- ' va ID " = .
The members and secretary Of the
executive council and Of the state tax
commission, one members OF the board
of supervisors Of each county, to be
designated by the respective boards,
and the county auditor Of each county
will be ex-offfcio delegates to- the con
ference and entitled to vote and to
in the deliberations.
AS the subject Of taxation and tax
reform IL 7of immediate Importance to
every tax payer In Iowa, it is to be
hoped that an active state wide In
terestl will be manifested In the de-
of this conference as,s. q
sl.,554 81. ,-ec; b. F. Carroll. h +
/, ,s,E =, Governor of Iowa.
, s'fat@s Program for Meeting. Il - a.
. The Official program for the meeting
follows: 77 {.
Wednesday, 2:oo p. m. The meeting
Will be called to order by the presi-
dent. h%tt ~ .S@,@f~ Eaa1>A 81 4Uv
Address Of welcome Gov. B. F. Car
Opening address, NJ. H. n Cohen,
president state tax commission. .tSs
Organization Of the conference. r
Address, "State and County Super.
vision of Local Assessment'-Prof :J.s
E. Brindley, secretary state tax COM
@a ..%ast ~ sta}A
Address, ""The State Board of Assess
ment and Review"-A. H. Davidson,
secretary executive council. y -2.
Discussion of addresses by local as
SCISSORS, county auditors, supervisors.
other local taxing official and mem
bers Of the executive council. Argu-
ments for or against the present sys-
tenn of local assessment. local and
county review and state review, may
be presented ..1Ja r,ia .sfat =;
Wednesday, 1880 p. m.-Address.
'The Kansas Tax Commission and
What lit Has Accomplishe ed Hon.
Samuel t. Howe, chairman state tax
Topeka Kas. s-.a als, II.
Discussion opened by Professor J.
w. Gannaway. Grinnell; Senator A. c.
Savage, Adair;@ Senator John D.
Brown. Leon; Senator Sherman w.
DeWolf, Reinbeck; Senator H. w.
spaulding. Grinnell; Representative w.
L. Harding, Sioux City, Representa-
tive Nathaniel w. Beebe. Hampton,
and Representative W.. P. George,
Ames. t< Is .<'--. ., = - Vii p
Thursday. a. m-Address. Taxa
ton Of Real Estate"-Prof. B. H. tHib-
bard Iowa State college, sAmes. Iowa.
Discussion. Farm Lands:" Thomas
Daugherty; E.. T. Meredith
Of Successful Farming. and James
Pierce of the Iowa Homestead = City
OTIS" Iamees F. Parker, sDess Moines:
biographical Assessment J.. F..
Ford. IT. Dodge. General discussion. a.
Address. "The Taxation OF Corpora
'ionsyand Corporation Stool"
3. Pierce, secretary Iowa League of
Marshalltown. Iowa.
Discussion, Banks" Mr. c., H., Nc.
Nider, Mason City; i Corporation
Stock - Nathaniel French, Davenport;
Railroad Terminals: Frank True,
Council Bluffs; James c. Davis, attor-s
hey for. C. & N. w. Ry. CO.., J. l.. Par
fish. attorney for CIR. I. & P. Ry. Co.,
Ind Frank Canny. Burlington "Separa-
ion of Revenue Sources" Henry Wal
ace Of Wallace's Farmer; Prof. Isaac
A. Loose, State University of Iowa;
owa City. and Senator J. F. Webber,
)ttumwa. General Discussion ag.sss5i
Thursday, 80 ,. n.--Round table
discussion, subject. Desirable Tax
Reforms. ttsh 'a-S 10 i satS9 "a -
Discussion opened by members 8of
,pecial state tax commission.
Report OF committees t.hsf req 4
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