Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-12-19
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\ ESc CAPPED 81 AK. 4 5.s


escaped property which the tax com
mission IS Bnlacing upon the tax rolls
of the various counties win pay ia
like other property is dem nonstratea by
the fact that the tax has already been
paid pon some of it. IN ortpns count
has proved the banner county so far. &
turda the last list was ertihed tn55
the count n aud tor, ma king all told
.061 Is 10 which has been rl aced pt,n,SS
the rolls in this empire county. To 4
date the tax commission has covered
less than one third Of the counties Of
the state and has placed upon the "a ~
rolls about three and a half mill ion
dollars These counties embrace less
than one4fo fourth of the population pffs,S
sthe state so hat heir estimate oa 81
900, 900 Tor the sen4 ire state pDears sess
be low 5 .S53
There us much nlisunde tandi 81
relative TO the method Of procedure
placing this escap Jed properly on fae
tax rolls. The commits ssion places "
tentative value Upon IL and then
titles it to the county audi iitor for ae
tion by the next county board of quail
ization. These boards md aGd upon
lthe property and unless the com mis-
sion is nYinced that they
have not placed s8 fair value
upon stand n I-S55
praised bs them TIowever the boards
must place a fair VA ll,e upon the prop
tHerty Or the comm ission contend that.
they will review The work Of sucis
boards as fail 10 50 and pprsise
the property themsel Ives IIsae conn
tinllss ssion has absolute power over all (
boards of review and assessment ana
Iit seems probable that the Will force
what they epnsid der d fair ap aisenaens
t|of property tough IS 4fproi,z5
liable that inES ONE aI,st the prom
{f Sefrll isetIs
aeertihed to onIties
ipossible that 1T ma u Al, Iraise tfstas
low ins other ms tanees
/ III has been charged that much ssfs
this property existed only mind ss
Of the comm on III proof ofs hts.
1 the statement sof two cat lenen zfroisl,s. /.
1.-THE reseryatio ion has been pnbhsh shed
These statement S were madeSto tsaeS
q Morton count board of easlaIza ion
4 4 and then to the tax commission. he
4 Morton county board of eaual lizaiioll
4 Sustained the tax oin1nis sion s an,
u prais ement of tthei1. cattle and they
d then appealed to the AK colaflis ion.
q The IN forth Dakota oInmission lis Cos
a operating with the commits sions Of
q South Dakota al and ontana in the
.s sHmatter of the assesm ent sof a1ge cssts
\ tile and the Gait leanen vii getsa sauare,
"a deal wi the states conte ads the.
n North Dakota ak onmis sionf he
tlemen will pay on all of M caIs
: : Sd in one Of the states and 5Wil I net
sa be- possible to- escape E al /. three bss
driving the cattle across the tstss
4 borders The an Morton county s boafa
z$Ishll acted upon the escape properly
\; ION the reserYa tio1l are 81
s being paid.
I #A Allowing a hundred thousand dol lars
8 shrinkage in al,lati ion and Morton
county viii receive $$25 900 in axes OF
property mex year And the ct,,tn
siities alread iisited will yield from
900 l50, 900 next year. ss3sss
s. s N However, the conan ission contends
III that this plaeing pom the tax rolls Sf
property valued at ten mil 1liDn doll aass
lis but an object lesson te loeaI officials y
II rather than Gus effort 10 seeura
Increased revenue for The state.
!, 9hils they are keeping their oW ssosars-
1 Esel they contend that they have plans
"a "a which will increase tlig i revenue Or The
e state by ndreds of thousands Of dol
"a lars instead of tens Of thousands and
"a from property which now bears little
81 iif any burden. me orking ON
d N the plans off the coannlissi ion NIL
sbe watched With int crest BY the sen
B eral publ q