The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-05-09
COMP AN|ES LIABLE
10 FINES OF $1,000
GIVEN A CITATION
ThiRTY-ElGHT CORPORATIONS
Do NOT COMPLY WITH THE
STATE LAWS.
HAVE FAILED TO file SCHEDULE
One Maury County Corporation In
the List-Railroad Commission,
Has Not, Therefore, Adequately AS
sessed Them, Issues Notice to Each

! sessed Them, Issues Notice to Escf
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 3,-Thir
+ ty-eight Tennessee corporations have
failed to comply with the laws of the
: state in that they did not file with the
comptroller a schedule of their prop
erty on or before May 1, and for such
failure they are liable to a fine OF
Isl, 90 each. The commission has tax.
len no action yet, but steps will 6e i'm
tmediately taken to make the assess
Iments.
The statement of the chairman fol
lows:
The following corporations having
failed to file their schedules with the
}conptroIler, for the assessment of
their properties, on or before May L,
1913 as required by law, are nov liza
BILE to fine of $1,000, and the rail-
road commission acting as state tax
assessor is authorized To arbitrarily
assess the properties of such delin-
lquent coreprations, and the law says:
E.They shall not be permitted To- be
Picard in opposition to the valuation
fixed upon such property
RAILROADS. Beaver Dam R. R.. Co.,
ECarolina, Glincbfield & Ohio R. r. CO.,
bChicago, Memphis & Gulg R. r. Co,
tCrandull & Shady Valley r. r. Co.
ESeyierville & Eastern &. R., Lagrel
FRY. Co., Laurel Fork BY, Nashville
ETerminal Reality Co., Tennessee, Ken
lucky & Northern R. r., Tennessee,
Alabama &. Georgia r. r. Tennessee
e North C5nolina R. R., Tennessee
RS.
Street Railway Companies
IClarksyille Railway & LIT. Co., john
SON City Traction Coz, NashvilleGal-
latin Interarban Ry.
Telephone Companies Ame riean
Telephone, & Telegraph Co., Alabama
& Tennessee Telephone Co., Butler
Telephone Co., Central Telephone. Co
Citizens Telephone G. CONSERVATION
Co, Citizens Telephone Co., of Maury
Icounty, GAINESVILLE Home Telephone
Company. Consolidated Telephone
Ia Telegraph Co., Cumberland 1ele-
|phone 4 Telegraph Co, East Tennes-
|see Telephone Co., Fairview TeIe-
|phone Co., Gainesboro Telephone Co.
Home Telephone Co., of Morristown,
Holston Telephone Co, Huntianl Tel
|ephone, CO., Jackson County Tele-
phone Co, Jackson Home Telephone
|Co., Memphis Telephone Co., Noun
tain City Telephone Co, New Meigs
County Telephone Co., Peoples Tel
ephone Co., Progress Telephone Co.,
Sloan Telephone Co., Springfield
Home Telephone Co.
THE attorney general of this ctate
must sue for and collect these fines
whenever the railroad commission
shall impose the penalties. The rail-
road commission has heretofore Civ.
en- notice of it's purpose to impose the
penalty on all corporations falling to
comply with the law unless some rea-
sonable and satisfactory excuse is
given for the delinquency 1t is row
| up to the delinquents to show cause
why the penalty of $1,000 should not
be imposed upon them.
'The commission has not taken
iany action in the matter except to
hear excuses of delinquents and to
grant a few days extension where
satisfactory explanations have Deen
offered for the delay
You are hereby notified to appear
before this board or OF before May
Ill, 1918, and show cause, if any, why
the penalty of the law should not be
imposed upon your company for fail.
ing to file schedule Of Its property
with the comptroller on or before
May /, 1918, as required by Section
Is, Chapter 5, of the assessment law
passed April 5, 1897, and approved
| ADril 20 1897.