The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-29
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DATA AND REPRESENT MEMBERS
WILL APPEAL 10 THE ASSESSOR
ResoIut'czk Asking That Official 20 Equal
ze As.snmenis Adopted and Ssefs-
iafy VIII Write Tax Commission

taxpayers association met last We'd
nesday evening and started prepsra
tions for the coming meeting or the
city board OF review ut which there
will be present member OF the state
tax commission This review meeting
will be held in May and the board will
consist OF the mayor. city attorney, AS
sessor and the three supervisors. The
roll, as prepared by the assessor. will be
presented 10 this board and 'he mem
ners of the association and other tax
payers can then see what their assess
ments are fixed at for the coming year.
Under the tax law the supervisor has
no power TO reduce valuations from
what they were fixed at by the state
board Of tax commissioners but he has
the power to raise them TO any value
that he thinks is right. The board Of
review will undoubtedly 20 over the
entire property Of the city piece by
piece and their decision is final unless
il should be disturbed by the state tax
commission.
AS stated before the state tax com
mission will have present at that meet
ing one Of its members who will listen
10 the reports and objections filed and
if the values AS fixed by the board Of
review seem just TO tnat representative
of the state there will be no meddling
with the assessments but il the valna
tions do not seem Just TO the said re.
preventative il Is very probable that
there will be review OF the property
of the assessing district al once.
The association instructed it's score
tary 20 take up the matter or the Eek
haustion theory M once with the state
tax commission and have the matter OF
their acquiescence with this procedure
settled II will be remembered that
the mineral interests represeftedrhat
they had received permission from the
state commission 20 reduce valuations
on their properties according TO The
shipments Un the theory that tbs mine
from which ton Of ore was shipped
last year is worth just that ton Of ore.
less this year than Il was last year
The tax commission denies having Civ
en authority 90 the assessors TO make
any such reductions and in order tbat
there may be no misunderstanding this
wear the association proposes 10 have
word from the commission one way or
the other
II is the belief of the association that
the mineral values should stand as
they stood In 1911 and the residence
property values stand as they were
fixed in 1912 with the exception OF the
youngstown mine and OF the several
inac 'uracies in local properties whore
valuation pf more than the owner is
willing To sell az There are not n
great many such but few OF them
show mp.
In order 10 get the assessor on record
resolutions asking him TO place pro
perty on that basis was adopted and
will be presented TO him by the com
lnittee having that WORK in hand.
10 represent the members OF the assoc.
iation before the board and every mem.
her OF the association IL asked 20 tile
with that committee schedule of his
property Mt the value that he thinks
should be- given it. Members were
warned that no values which look dis.
honest on their face will be handled by
this committee AZ one member OF
the committee said, we are seeking
an honest assessment and the first con.
dition necessary IL that the members OF
the association be honest with them.
selves and their own property. This is
not tax dodging move but tax reg.
nlation move and while we propose 10
make others live up 70 an honest as
sessnient we insist that the members OF
the association Le iair ana honest in
their oyS property matters
The FAnmittee will employ clerk
10 tabulate the data and have it ready
and will also employ stenographer 10
be present ut every meeting OF the
board Of review aud make q copy Of all
that Ii SAID aud done there.
The taxpayers association again put
itself on record as an institution not
anti 70 the mineral interests but simply
business proposition seeking right
between the two and IL is very probable
that the committee appointed to repre-.
sent tine taxpayers association VIII ask
that the mining representatives and