Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-12-19
IN nance
D / / d b e
COMMITS coNTiNt U Ally DIGS
slIP, PR PERTY; WHO HAS Ef n Il
EScAPED TAX

d Bismarck, On I'd ~ Dec: Is. That thsss:3SSt
escaped property which the tax ,eem-s
is placing upon the tax rolls. IA
Of the various count ties wi III pay q tax 5s
like other property is demonstrated by b
the fact that the tax has already been
paid upon some of It. aslIorton count
has proved the banner county 50 far.
Saturday the last list was rtified tot
the county auditor. making an told
$1,O6l,51O which has been placed M sssl h n
the rolls in this empire county To-,
date the tax comn1iss ion has covered Rs
less than one-third Of the counties OF
the state and has placed upon the AK
rolls about three and half mill lion.
dollars These counties embrace less
than onesfourth of \ the popnia aipn
ithe state so that their estimate Of 81 p,-iEa
70o0, 900 for the emit state app ears 10
be low Al
There is much Il inaislnde rstandi in 81
relative to the method Of proesd nre iIs$ss7
placing this escaped property on the
tax rolls. The commi ssion places s.
tentative value upon and then aer:-
Itifesit to the, count auditor for acS5
ton by the next county board of equal
ization. These boards will aet upon;
the property and unless the comm
sion is convinced Isl that they
have a not placed fair value
upon 1t, will stand s:a,.S
praised bs them However, the boards
must place a fair alue upon the propS
Ierty d: Il the comm. ssion contend
they will review the work of
boards as fail to do So and appraise8
| the property thense Ives. eoirls5
lssion has absolute ppNer over g ifss
boards Of review and assess lent and
1T seems probable that they Wifls force
what they consid der Ia air app raisemeatss
EEof this property lough is prob
able that iii ONE tances the propss,
may bss .ssSl
IeertiHed I'd the count ile 81 7
possible that its ma be te sts
3loN in other Instance
It has been charged that aitch ofS;
this property existed onfy nm the min NJ
lof the eomni ION In proof of tlls 81
HHthe statement OF two cal tleHen from
1.-THE reservation has been publas he'd
4 These statements were made TO the
1 M ort On count board OF lizat ton 4
and then TO the tax commission. NE;
4 Morton county board of equa hzatioils
4 Sustained the tax eommis sion IS ans
h Epraisernent of their eattle and they
a then appealed to the ia conl1nis = ION
q The North Dakota commission is co.
Il operating with the commission Of
South Dakota and N ontana in the;
slsmatt OF the asses ment Of range cat cat
i and the cabta emen will get a SQUARE
will the states contends the
North Dakota tax commits sion- 18th e
"a cs,attlemen viii pay on heirss cas- 81
T tie in one Of the states and 1T viii not '
rs he possible to escape all tdlFe s by g
sSssiEdriying the cattle across the sfata
Il borders. The Morton county board
81 has acted upon the escaped property
EonS the ,reserya ion and the take are
~ being paid.
.A lloWing a hundred thousand sdoIlafs
+ sIshrinkage in Valuatio ana Morton
y county FiA receive s225, 900 IN taxes on
This property next year And the cotll,7
titles ALREADY yield from
81, 100 TO 100 900 next
s s. However, the oInm ion soRSe DIS
n that this placing pom tax rolls: ~
4 property valued at ten mil lion dollars
is but an object lesson to local Officials
s.;a Il ather than serions EFFORT te secure
Increased revenue for sss tnes state
! ], mile they keel ping their own cs,,s,
& sci they contend lat they have issIls
which ncrease the revenue Of le
n state by h,ind reds of thousands Of dol
sI lars instead of tens of thousand ana
III from prop nich now bears iittls
8ssf il any Ell The working gu
Of the plans off the comm ION VII
lsbe watched with interest by sen
seral publ il