The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-10-04
TAX COMMISSION HOLDS
MEETING At ELY, NEVADA
Public Hearing Given Taxpayers
Regarding Assessment of Prep
erty in White Pine County

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Court House at Ely, Nevada, last
Monday and outlined to White Pine
County's Board of Equalization and
its taxpayers its present and intend
| ed procedure regarding the equali-
cation of taxation in Nevada.
The Ely Expositor gives a very
full account of the proceedings,
from which we take the following
opening statement of Chairman
Shaughnessy:
This is the time set for the hearing
at which we are to consider the pro-
posed 10 per cent increase in the val
uation of property, exclusive of town
property, in the county of White
Pine" said the chairman. The
question will be heard at this time
by the Tax Commission and taken
under ~advisement and when a con-
clusion is arrived at by the Commits
sion later on as to what the increase,
if any, should be in White Pine
County, it will be made in the form
of an order in the proper time-that
is, following the second Monday in
| October. AS we view it at this time,
we have not the complete roll and
are unable to estimate definitely just
what the total increase in property
will be. Fol- the last year we had
500, 000, 900 assessed valuation for
the State, and this year we estimate
we will need approximately S114, 0O0.-
600 of taxable property. We have
already secured an increase of rail-
road and public utilities taxation,
which was levied by the State Board
of Assessors, of six and one-half mill
ions. We have estimated that as
the increased valuation. As | said
before, we have not got the rolls and
we do not know how it will work out.
In any event we thought it would
be we'll to prepare in advance for
the total valuation thlt we would
need and also for the purpose of
| equalizing the taxes as between the
| counties.
I'VE issued this notice that there
would be a 10 per cent increase in
White Pine, II IL per cent in Elko
and it will average about IL IL per
cent in Humboldt County. We have
made it 20 per cent in Lovelock val
ley, and 10 per cent in other portions
of that county, so we estimate ii
will average IL IL per cent in Hum
boldt County. We have given
notice of a 10 per cent increase in
Washoe County, and an approx
mate increase of 20 per cent in Lin.
coin and Clark Counties. In Douglas
County we have notified them that
there shall be an increase of Is pei
cent. The ratio that we have named
seems to make an equalization a!
between counties at this time, which
we are required by law to do, acting
on behalf of the State. You ap
preciate that we m required to d.
this for the purpose of State revenue
and in order that the State may b.
able to maintain itself on a casl
basis. 1t has been variously est
mated that if the State is requires
to go upon a script basis, such al i
was approaching at the time tina
extraordinary session of the Legis
lature was called something i've
year ago, the general expenses O
the State would be increased thereb,
20 per cent; and we are anxious O
course, on behalf of the State to SCI
that its credit is maintained. Thu
borrowing capacity of the State i
fixed by the constitution at $500, 00t
and / think you fully understand
that we r nov up to that limit
1t would be impossible for the Stat
to borrow any further without
constitutional amendment. | be
lieve a constitutional amendment
was submitted at the last session o
the Legislature to increase the Dor
rowing capacity of the State from
$500, 900 to 81, 000, 900.
Nov, in making this notice, W.
proceeded upon the basis of the prop
er conception that the valuation O
town property is in excess of that o
outside property and that is thu
reason that we have excluded tow
property. This notice, as | said be
fore, is preliminary in nature, ant