The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-09-20
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
State Tax Commission Orders a
Number of Changes Made In
Assessment of Live Stock
Owners

eioh VII MOiludy anu has COilJiilucu
its sessions during the week. Present
at these meetings were Commits
sioners Otis Fulton, Alex Fraser and
Edgar Sadler, the Clerk r. Nc
Charles, District Attorney T. j. Nc
Parlin, Assessor H. C. McTerney,
and Auditor Edgar Father. The
following business was transacted:
A communication was received
from Sarah Goldstone asking for a
reduction on a patented mine. Order
made that the assessment stand as
assessed by the Assessor.
A communication was received
from the Farmers Mining Company
asking for a reduction on its assess
ment of 500, 900 to $4,000. Assess
ment ordered to stand as assessed
by the Assessor.
Communication received from E.
W.. fremont in regard to a half in
terest in the Cloud mine, assessed to
him. Ordered that said interest be
assessed to fremont and Schoenbar.
Communication received from M.
j. Hardigan, successor in interest of
the Windfall Mining Company, ask
ing for a reduction of the machinery
assessed to the said Windfall Mining
Company from $4,000 to $4,000.
Ordered that said property stand as
assessed by the Assessor.
A satisfactory affidavit having
been filed with the Board that the
necessary work to exempt them from
taxation had been performed on ten
patented claims assessed to the Wind
fall Mining Company, the assessment
on the same was ordered stricken
from the roll.
An affidavit was filed with the
Board that $685. 3 was expended
on 35 patented mines during the past
year by the Richmond Eureka Min
ing Company.
On motion of Commissioner Full
ton, seconded by Commissioner Sad
Ter, it was ordered that the assess
ment on said IS patented claims be
stricken from the Assessment Roll.
Commissioner Fraser voted Nay. for
the reason that the affidavit set forth
that only So, SIG. SO worth of labor
and supplies had actually been ex-
pended during the last year on said
claims; that he was willing to allow
exemption on 26 claims, but did not
think that superintendent and
watchman's wages should be counted
as labor actually performed on the
mines, as stated in the law.
Satisfactory afidavits were received
by the Board from the following per-
sons that the necessary work to ex-
empt them from taxation had been
performed on the following patented
claims:
Hiram Johnson---On 4th of July,
Silver Connor and Pioneer claims.
F. J. Brossemer---On South Wales,
Clipper, Keystone and Eureka claims.
w. S. Pardy--On Continental, In
dependent and Liberty claims.
Mrs. John Martin of Ruby Hill
was granted a widows exemption.
A communication was received
from the Nevada Tax Commission
under date of September IL directed
to the Assessor and Board of Equali-
cation of this County inclosing re-
ports on 81 live stock owners of this
County, and ordering the Board to
assess the number of stock assessed
to said stock owners to the number
indicated In the reports of said Tax
Commission.
A further communication dated
September 16 was received from said
Tax Commission by the Board di-
recting it to assess all stock accord
ing to the information furnished to
the Assessor and this Board by said
Commission.
In accordance with the foregoing
directions, the Clerk of this Board
was ordered to notify the following
named parties to appear before this
Board on or before Wednesday, Oc-
tober l, 1918, and show cause why
their assessment on live stock should
not be made to conform with the
figures furnished by the Tax Com
mission:
w. H.. Sweeney, Handley Bros,
Steve Valerga, Martin Etchemendy,