Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-07-11
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City md Count Connliiss ioners
Clash Over the Lowering II
9atertown Taxes. ~
COUNTY DADS FlllAL SEE

COUNTY * J DADS FIN ALL
I And Agree u ne Equal lizaiion of
City TaxIas City Conmissiio oners
Have Placed Il
he city commission held 81 live
" meeting Monday evening Paving
and taxes were the two subjects hand
led the latter without gloves.
Commissioner Snyder introd oduced3
solutions and ordinances regard the,
paving of about thirty blocks Of thej
business part az the city, setting
time when all gas, sever telephone
electric light. water and other under.
ground work leading to the curbing,
on the streets TO be paved should bes
done, which time was December II
The streets to be paved are AS 5::ols
lows: 3lssg 81
First Avenue North, from the West.
line Of First Street West to the East
line Of Second Street East.
Kemp Avenue South, from the West
line Of Fourth Street West to the East
line Of Sixth Street East,
First Avenue South, from the West;
line of First Street West to the East
line OF Second Street East,
Second Avenue South from the West.
line Of Oak Street to the East lins
sd Maple Street Il.
First Street West. from the North
line OF First Avenue North to the
South line Of First Avenue South,
Oak Street, from a line on such5
Street drawn between the South.
Boundary of Flat IRON Park and the
South Boundary 81 Block 5 Third
Railway Addition, to the South line
OF Second Avenue South.
Maple Street, from 3 line, on such
Street drawn 1,etWe een the South
boundary 81 Block 81, Third Railway
Addition and the South bound AIRY Of
Block 10. Third Railway Add tions to
The North line Of FIRST Avenue North.
also
APPLE Street, from the South line
sof First avenue North to the South
line Of Second Avenue South,
Second Street East, from the, North
line off First venue aertth to he
South line Of First Avenue South,
After the paving question was dis
posed Of for that mesting Commission
ser Snyder stated that he would like to;
know what was to be done egardingI
the action that might he taken by the
county commits ssioners in refusing tol
grant the lowering Of the assessment
on business structures 25 per cent
and business lets 10 per cent as the
city commission had done while act
ing as a board of equal ation, The
county of1iclals had refused to ACCEPT
the city co issioneTs work and he,i
Mr.. Snyder, believed II wis Ugh time
that SON ething definite be done and
some action started to- show the coun-
tty comm sioners thar the city, ~ as3f
able to run it's own affairs and were
going to irTegardless Of what action
the county board might take. He bes
lieyed that II the county Commission
ers had jurisdiction to reverse work
done by the city commit ion, then
that body HE city com mission " waAE
nothing more Or less than Il bunch of
hgurehe and he believed M was
high lime 10 tind out ho was who
around the work III they were TIL beE
sfgureheais then they would act acss:
oordingly IA voting in the commits
sion form 81 government, the rest
dents Of atertown believed that the
new form of goEernmen world lower
taxes and that was one Of The reasA
ons for their such. was the
sense of the meeting Of the board ofI
equalization in lowering the assess
nlent on business pro operty ana bnsi-.
nesa structures, to carry out the de-
sires I'll tie voters sIf they were
be blocked ii their work fe would liks
/ is know cited several cases
81 aeTe property a ss,e conntr dis
Itsriots WAS Assessed sat ridiculo loasly low
AguTes, ard referred To rne case of
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