The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-09
Files Supplemental Re-
port Based on 1913
Assessment.
RICH COUNTIES
DO NOT PAY SHARE
Under Auditors Plan Sixty Seven
Counties and Fifteen Cities
Would Gain in Revenue.
Could Reduce Tax Rate
if All Property Were
Fairly Assessed.

suprlem enting HE tentative plan for
aggregation OF taxes, State Auditor G.
Ioe Moore Issued {, revieion yesterday
based on the 1919 assessment. ngures
which were not available when he
made public his tentative plan OF tax
alton last July. : practical objection
which was raised TO the tentative plan
when first published was mat "a ma
Jor!ty OF the counties of tho Common
wealth auffercd a loss ia revenue un-
der its actual Workings However
meritor!ous the plan IN Itself. ana
however just II might lie as q plan Of
taxation. II was felt that 1t would be
hsrd 10 convince tho representatives
OF majority of tho counties in tho
state that It was picir duty 10 give
up benefits To which they were not en-
titled and 10 come IN and vote for
new pltH OF taxation. AS n matter OF
practical politics. therefore. il was felt
IN many directions that; whatever
might b. its merits, the plan had lit
tlc chance OF adoption IN the form pre-
'scut=d
'"ins I'm sisty-Sc,cn Counties.
The revised figures. based on n later
assessment and carefully checked and
corrected. show that. IT put into oper-
alton on the present basis. thirty-throe
counties would suffer loss and sixty
seven woula SHOW gains ia Income.
That four cities would suffer loss and
fifteen cities make gains. The city of
Richmond. whieh. under tile original
pltn would have suffered 4 loss In an
nual income. under the revised plan
of SEGREGATION, based on tho 1919 az
S'ss'nput would gain SlSs.03lS1
-'F 10 tho counties which on the face
oi the plan lose iu income. Sir Moore
pointed out yesterday that. under his
lii;tn az segregation. which allows All
iand ana property taxes 10 go to the
counties and cities. the counties them
selves could adjust their assessments
~" meet the new conditions II. be-
"HuSe Of low assessnGut or property.
rich counties Hike Bedford. Montgoin-
cry and Russell showed a loss. thcv
mad only 10 secure an assessment at
something Ike Il fair market value &,
obtain an Increased income with Il low
tax rate. and, with all the tax going
Directly TO tho county instead OF to
me state, tho incentive for a fair as
sessment and low rate would he great
Nr. Moore, Supplementary rlnn.
Mr.. Moores supplementary state
ment follows:
In July OF this year Issued "a len.
iahNc plan for segregating the sub
5ecis OF taxation st that time the as
s"ssucnts for 1913 OH real estate per
sonal property. incomes and licenses
the Auditor OF Public Accounts These
assessments have now been received
The basis of the tentative plan is
sued in July was for the state To re
lease 10 counties ana cities tho State
taxes assessed on real estate ana tan
2lhl" personal property: the State not
20 tax tangible personal property. and
tn" counties and cities TO be allowed
10 tax Intangible personal property at
tho maximum rate OF - cents on every
500 valuation thereof, Counties ana
cities not 20 tax Tho property of pub
lie service corporations. such rs rail
roads. etc, nor 10 tax bank stock
nor was the state TO return TO tho
counties and cities the onc-third of
Tho capitation tax collected each year
or course, the counties and cities un-
der that plan to receive the benciit
or the taxes on real estate and tangi-
hie personal property would have add
I'd 20 their rates Of levy the state tax
rate of s. cents on the 500
Eject Of New Assessment
The statistical statement published
with that tentative plan disclosed the
TACT that under It's operation fifty coun-
tics would suffer loss and fifty counties
would show gain. ten cities would
suffer losses and nine cities would
show gains. The principal objection
r TO the proposed tentative plan has been
addressed to tho losses sustained by
ne-half OF the counties In the state
and by one more than half OF the
cities.
The proposal TO scgregate the sub
jccts Of taxation seems to be generally
favored. even those that oppose it
processing To favor segregation. hut
expressing apprehension that at this
time conditions in the State viii not
Permit They say the time is not come
how submit supplement to the
tentative plan for scprcgating the
subjects Of taxation the basis Of
which Calculated on the assessments
for 1879 is, the state to release 10
real estate. tangible personal proper
~ ana intangible personnel property,
tho counties and cities not to be al
lowed TO tax public service corpora
lions railroads. etc). bank stock, and
not TO receive from the State Treasury
tho onc-thlrd of the captRtion taxes
collected IN year.
The effect and meaning OF this pro
rosai is 10 allow counties and cities
io add to their present rates OF levy
on real estate, tangible personal prop
"rty and intangible personal property,
the 81 cents state rate.
The statistical table which accom-
panicS this supplement- shows that
thirty-thrco counties suffer losses ana
siXty-seven make gains: four cities
suffer losses and fifteen cities make
gains
a critical examination of the statis-
teal table will. | think, disclose the
fact that nearly onc-half OF the thirty
three counties which suffer losses are
counties which, with proper assess