Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-13

payers of the state and it is especially
desired that the assessors, boards of re-
view, county and state officials and
members of the General Assembly at
tend.
In order to make the Conference rep
resentative in character and to insure an
equal voice in the deliberations and in
voting upon any resolution which may
be proposed, each county will be entitled
to three delegates, each of whom shall
be entitled to one vote, such delegate
to be named by the county auditor;
and each university or college, main
tanning regular four year course, will
be entitled to one vote, the delegate to
be named by the president of such in
stitution
The members and Secretary of the
Executive Council and of the State Tax
Commission. one member 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 Officio delegates to the Conference
and entitled to vote and to participate
in the deliberations.
As the subject of taxation and tax
reform is of immediate importance to
every tax payer in Iowa, it is to be
hoped that an active statewide interest
will be manifested in the deliberations
b. F. CARROLL,
Governor of Iowa.
PROGRAM.
WEDNESDAY,. 200 p. NJ.
Meeting will be called to order by.
,,,......s. ;,;;,:i,.......c,....n President
Opening Address. 80. Mr.. M. II. Cohen
President State Tax Commission.
Organization of the Conference.
Address. estate and County Supervision
of Local Assessment ...
............... Prof. J. E. Brindley
Secretary, State Tax Commission.
Address,, The State, Board Of Assess
ment and Review" Mr.. A. H. Dawson
Secretary Executive Council
Discussion of addresses by local asses
sors, county auditors, supervisors, other
local taxing officials and members of the
executive council. Arguments for or
against the present system of local as
sessment, local and county review and
state review, may be presented.
WEDNESDAY, 1880 p. M.
Address, "The Kansas Tax Commission
and What it Has Accomplished"
.......... Hon. Samuel T. Howe
Chairman State Tax Commission. Topeka
Kansas. and member of Executive
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citation.
Discussion opened by Professor J. w.
Gannaway, Grinnell: Senator A. c. Saw
age, Adair; Senator John ID. Brown,
Leon; Senator Sherman w. DeWolf,
Reinbeck; Senator II. w. Spaulding,
Grinnell: Representative w. L. Harding,
Sioux City: Representative Nathaniel
w. Beebe, Hampton, and Representative
w. p. George, Ames
THURSDAY, 900 A. NJ.
Address, Taxation of Real Estate,
Iowa State College. Ames. Iowa.
Discussion. Farm Lands: Mr.. Thos.
McManus, Daugherty; Mr.. E. T. Mere
dith of Successful Farming, and Mr.. Jas.
Pierce of the Iowa Homestead: City
Lots: Mr. James F. Parker, Des Mones;
Geographical Assessment: Mr.. J. F..
Ford. Fort Dodge. and Prof. G. p. Wye
koff. of Grinnell.
Address, "The Taxation of Corporations
and Corporation Stock. ....
............. Mr.. Frank G. Pierce
Secretary Iowa League of Municipalities,
Marshalltown, Iowa.
Discussion, Banks" Mr.. C. II. Me
Nider. Mason City: Corporation Stock
Mr.. Nathaniel French, Davenport; Rail
road TERMINALS Mr.. Frank True, Coun-
ell Bluffs, Mr.: James c. Davis, Attorney
for c. & n. w. Ry. Co.: Mr. j. L. Par
rish, Attorney for c., II. |. & p. Ry. Co.,
and Mr. Frank Cannv, Burlington Sep
aratiOn of Revenue Sources: Mr.. Henrg
Wallace of Walaces' Farmer; Prof.
Isaac A. Loose, State University of Iowa
City, and Senator j. +. Webber, Ottum-
wa. General discussion.
THURSDAY, l:30 p. M.
Round Table Discussion: Subject DE
sirable Tax Reforms"
Discussion opened by members of Spe-
cal State Tax Commission.
Report of Committees.
1t is to be hoped that the tax PAYERS
of Iowa will take an active interest in
the deliberations of this Conference. The
program has been arranged so as to give
a large amount of time to general dis
cussion. We are especially anxious to
hear from local tax officials regarding
the desirability of the following changes
in our revenue law: A Permanent Non
partisan State Tax Commission, A Coun-
ty Assessor or County Supervisor OF
Local Assessment, Listing of Real Prop
erty on Geographical Basis, Assessment
of Taxable Property at It's Actual Val
ne, Listing of Real Estate Separate from
the Improvements Thereon, The Taxa
tion of Railroad Terminals and the Sep
aratiOn of Revenue Sources.
The purpose of the Conference is to
give the people of Iowa an opportunity
to be heard. The County Auditors.
Boards of Supervisors and Presidents of
Colleges and Universities will kindly send
the Secretary of the State Tax Commits
sion, at an early date, the names of the
voting delegates appointed so that lit
erature can be distributed and the aims
and>purposes of the Conference be given
the widest publicity.
JOHN p. BRINDLEY.
Secretary State Tax Commission.