The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-07-26
EQUITABLE TAXATION,

uruls than mas IuA $500
unc law, and vet the'' -" h"' ~"
NJ The policies ri government
which have uot heen improved
move rs the amendment than mas
tho feature Of fnSa'ion Away.
,b,,e aeems to have hccu. loop
hair ppouph lcit ~ tor""'n'W'''
tho 10, lodc'' N"l ~ T. '''''"
"a quite common
Vast year th" Legislature '''''"
m,nd.d aud Uas>' rt' ~ '"''
s,,tut,ou,l amendments sahn'a'
I'd tn rcmndoi The system ~ max
mo and handling assessments ~
wen ~ proposing segregation" y"
l.,,v,,n towns. parishes and Sth'e
,ssr.surnis and taxation h'S'
Recommendations ant r'"l"S'"
amendments were I'r""'a''" ~
Tho polls in The last N">"m"'
election Ey this rrrnd'at'"s
y,,, thousands ~ th' sma''"
n,cp,,,, nvnr,s destroyed then
greatest opportunity :" '"'t'"s
~, holders nf large Interests I" AZ
le,a, y common level with them
selves ~ then contributions I"
wards the smrpn,I NJ the stat
and local governments. "" d'
feat was acknowledging. al least u"
a while. ~ thos. VIII" honestly ~
sired the reforms The inevitable
followed til, nndnly INCREASING
Of many assessments already nDc
pually high and the same OH l"ac
t,ce Of evasion on the part IT he
larger interests.
Baton Rouge has been the first
to recover from the state wide de
feat of tax reforms AMI has sue
cosesully gone after the "hl"rh
system Of assessments and pub
lefty. Shreveport next followed
! in this direction. thereby i'c cas-
ing assessment iootipgs over 81,
600. 900. Mr.. u. +. Uarstena. for
morly New lhcriaD, was the
leader Of the Shreveport move
mont. Lake Charles. MsAroe,
Crowley and other places in this
state are looking into the merits
Of publicity ~ means Of effect
ing equitable seIualiS alton Ut as
easements. New iberia IN a'so IL
this list.
On Tuesday evening VII. +. I
Carstens addressed the memher-
" the Commission CoHncil ans
some dozen ar lcas othe, citizen
taxpayers at a meeting held At 'h'
Citv Hall. lie went INTO the dc
tails and merits of the reforms ~
instituted At Baton Rouge and
,h,cvcport. showing how thes,
two cities had increased thcl, rev
, enueH without raising the asscss
i. ments or increasing the tax rat'
of those property holders VIII
were already hearing their jus
I .,nrt II the burden. The sVeaktl
J invited and answered question:
propoundcd ny members "f his AZ
dience
), The "hlock system rnnten'
!, plates liking the valnc cf each IN
!. in any gwen block of the city y.
it's actual commercial or mari e
value This value is to be aUiv
ed at Ivy recent private sales. !
there are several transfers, the Nv
erage il taken. Then. for put
poscs Of taxation, ~ pcr CEN .
that standard value is taken u
the assessment value, ;'nd all LOT,
in the block are assfssGd accord
,ngly. except the four e'srner lots
which ATE appraised a. IN tqnita
lily higher valua,j1f. f. The in
movpmpn,s are Assessed scpa,
ateiy i:
IL Shrrvclmr, tlse standard IL
for commercial purposes is deter
mined to bc ~ .f6et front ny II
deep, giving a,1 area If 600
square feet. Ii IL Of greater y
; less depth ~ width are measmre
by an .luitabl established rni
for determining value.
The! City eA1miUis' ration he,
/ conte, plat 'd making 'ts own al
k sessas{nt '-all city W"l~rtie
] this year. lint Commissioner 81
! berbi5 Bile says he was c,nt,ontc
i. by M State law whirh pyohihitr
J any such assessment being ca, rio
on the City tolls at a higher v.lu
than tt9t fixed by the State Al
SCISSOR. 1t is apparent. under sue
condltiq rs, that the only "equa
'zlng' I. pen to the City Admin
I tration would he to establish
unit Of value by the present a
= ressmeIt Of Mr.. Big interest an
then lower the assessment 1T NJ
! small Holder to that level TIL
wonld doubtless result in a col
siderable all, inkage sf the tot
assessment and the City's ret
nnes therefrom- the reverse
n the results desired. Therefor
$. there will he nothing done th