University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-04
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:. in all cases that involve city ORD
nances. He attends to all the leg
= business Of the city. He is legal al
d wiser for the council. This is a Il
: Office.
Mr.. Dinwiddie. the present city a
!. torney, was born in Howard Count
: and came to Columbia seven year
ago. He was graduated from tn
School of Law of the University 4
: 1909 and has been practicing since
He is 20 years old.
Mr.. Kurtz, was born in Columbi
and has lived here all his life witt
the exception of four years spent ii
the practice of medicine in Kansas
He has an A. B., NJ. d. and LII. B
from the University of Missouri an(
is now practicing law. He has never
sought Office before.
ASSESSOR
The assessor estimates the value OF
all city property and determines the
valuation on which taxes shall be
collected. He keeps a separate book
for the real estate and personal prop
erty. He is paid according to assess
ments made.
The candidates for assessor are
r. L. Withers, S. G. Upton and ]. H.
Barnett.
Mr.. Barnett, who has been city as
SCISSOR for the last eight years and is
deputy county assessor, was born in
Boone County. He is GA years old
and has lived in Columbia twenty-six
years. He was councilman in Stur-
geOn four years. He has been city
marshal five years. Mr.. Barnett was
defeated for county assessor at the
last primary. He has a common
school education. /-.
s. G. Upton, 81 years old, who was
born in Boone County, is a retired
farmer and stock raiser. He
has lived in Columbia at different
times for about twelve years, and has
made this his home for the last two
years. He was educated at the Bethel
Baptist School, at Huntsville. He has
never held Office and has never been
\ candidate before.
r. L. Withers, 50 years old, was
born in Boone County and has lived
in Columbia forty-eight years. His
includes two years in the
University. Mr.. Withers has served
Is deputy sheriff eight years, deputy
county assessor ten years, city weigh
Master six years. He was assessor
our years, 1S93-97, being the first
assessor Columbia had as a city of
he third class. He was defeated for
e-electiOn in 1898 because he was
lot expected to live through a serious
ase of illness. He was defeated for
ounty assessor about twenty years
go.
COLLECTOR
1t is the duty of the collector to ,
ollect all city taxes and licenses. ,
lie is given a set of books at the be-
inning of each year showing the
mount of revenue due the city. He
lust prepare receipts for each tax
aver and be ready to receive taxes
7ithout delay and Inconvenience to
ax payers. He is responsible for the |,
ity revenues. Each month the col |:
,ctor submits report to the council :.
,gether with the revenues collected
uring the month. He is paid 2k, n
er cent of the total collections made.
The candidates for collector are
. J. Bouchelle, E. w. James, B. w.
acobs, w. F. Hodge.
Mr.. Bouchelle. ga years old, was !,
orn in Tennessee, reared in Louis
ma and came to Columbia in 1879.
e has rural school education. He =
as a member of the Board of Trus- :,
'es of Columbia twelve years and
lille the city was still in the fourth
ass was chairman of the board
hen Columbia was Incorporated a .
ty Of the third class. He helped >
an and lay out the present ward, :.
stricts. Mr.. Bouchelle was post - :,
aster in 1926, having been nomi- - :,
tied in a primary election. He was .
'feated for mayor. in the first elec- - :,
On after Columbia became a city of =
e third class. He served the un-
.pired term Of w. T. Waters, COL r,
ctor, and was elected to this office -
1911, which he now holds. He has -
epared special license register to n'
cilitate keeping accounts. .'
Mr.. Jacobs, who is 33 years old, O
IS born on a farm near Columbia '"
d has lived here the past five years. -
, was student in the University :"
e year and is a graduate of the
ntral Business College of Sedalia. -
present he is an agent for the Met ''
politan Insurance Company. He
s never before been a candidate for "
liz