The log cabin Democrat., 1913-05-31
FILE ASSESSMENT
IN SEWER DISTRICT
BOARD COMPLETES WORK
BENEFITS AGGREGATING S1O2,-
600 ARE ASSESSED AGAINST
PROPERTY IN DISTRICT.

The board of assessors of Sewer
District NO. l o. Conway today filed
with City Recorder Opie Hartje the
book containing the assessment of
benefits estimated to be derived by
each piece of property with the dis
trict, by reason of the installation of
a sewer system. The benefits aggre-
gate about 100000, but it is stated
that this is far in excess of the
amount actually needed to pay the
bonds and interest to be issued by the
district After the contract has been
let and the actual cost determined,
the city council will levy whatever
percentage Of the total is needed to
construct the sewer system. This will
be paid in annual installments, as di-
rected by the council.
In arriving at the benefits, the as
SCISSORS, Prof. C. J. Greene, John
Hartley and c. E. Durham, state that
they first estimated a cash valuation
Of each piece of property in the dis
trct. The property was then divided
into two classes, business and resi-
dence. The benefits of business prop
erty We're figured at nine per cent of
its cash value and that of residence
property at seven per cent. In the
case of outlying property within the
district yet not on a street on which
sewer mains are to be run, deduc-
tion benefits sufficient to pay the cost
of constructing connections to the
nearest street on which sewers are to
be laid
After filing their assessment, the
board issued the following statement:
I'VE, the undersigned, appointed by
the city council to assess the benefit
to accrue to the real estate within the
sewer improvement district by reason
of the installment of sewer system,
have finished the assessment and
turned the book over to the city re-
corder.
ITO save interested property own
ers from confusion and misunder-
standing, we desire to make a few
statements of facts in regard to what
our duty has been and where those in
terested may get the information they
are entitled to:
Il. We have done our work in
spirit of fair play to every property
owner and piece of property, and with
as much care as the time at our dis
posal would allow. We have repeat
edly checked on each other and on our
work as a whole; yet, we know that
everybody will not agree with US in
judgment, and we can not hope that
our work is free from clerical mis-
takes. 1t is very difficult to find out,
in many cases, the size and position of
lots and parts of lots, and the parts
that buildings are located on.
20. What we have assessed each
piece of property is called the benefit,
but is not tax. The benefit is the
basis which the council or the sewer
commissioners will use in levying the
tax. In other words, the benefit on
the whole district is an amount of
money sufficient to cover the entire
cost of the sewer system. The COM
missioners may use the whole of the
benefit, if necessary; but they will
use only such per cent of it as will
pay for installing the system and pay
the interest on the bonds.
"9. The book of assessments that
we have prepared is in the hands of
City Recorder Opie Hartje at the
Bank of Conway, where the property
owners may see the book and examine
their assessments. But no one will be
able to tell just what the tax on ay
property will be till the commission
ers have determined what the system
will cost and how long the bonds will
run. The longer the bonds run the
more interest will be to pay and the
larger will be the whole amount, but
the smaller will be the amount each