Gunnison news-champion., 1913-05-16
Tax MCamnlinina
Ms Sn,1nnea1
To he Taxp.y1s.

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Nsneseenss Gsnsssl ASSEMBLY. haze
been sroaaly massepseseutsd On
certain qasrtersl. the Tax Connls-
sam desires 10 make the fslios.ns
statement:
THIS has. hmislaS tsx Iss,es. wss
prepsssd ~ . coonisss< q the
eoanty sssessors and the Tax Com
m'ss,aa- Tks l~w y dssissed 70
aid IN br.nssax sbo~s she ssssssnsss
Of psoperty st IL fsh cssA sslse end
10 prosscs the tsxPavss BY plsciRS .
limit On shs s.o~.G a tsx tksa ke
may BE- called On " psy. To sscssr
this fes 1879 esesss h.ais a E1ssss
per csGt incrsess Osss chs tsxss
levied " 1912 has hssa placed ON
tax levyine bodies. wish spsci6c
hmiss - the levy fos eousay csrvsss
expssse, iscl.Asag rs eossiaesss
and poas sssda A tshb Aas ksss
prepased 6xing she Hsxinsn levies
for thsse psrposs s0easdiAG 10 val
uatlon. The naxinuu leviss 90
provided in the bsu hsve kssa de-
termlnsd iron . sAsdy of TIE levies
now made for the sbovs purposes by
each eosnty end, whss vslsss sse
raised 70 fSll cash according TO Law,
these levies will y'sad ~ attendance
Of money for the psrpcsss Of county
government.
The act also provides that the
statutory rates Of levy for the state
educational Institutions and other
state purposes shall be 30 reduced
that for the year 1913 the amount Of
tax that may be levied thereby shall
not exceed the amount levied in 1912,
plus fifteen per cent. For each yeaI
after 1913 the levy is limited 30 as
not to permit more than five per
cent increase over the preceding
year. The same limit is also placed
ON all tax levying bodies in the state,
from the general assembly to
school district. Therefore, by these
provisions, neither the state tax, nor
the city, county, town or school tax
can increase more than fifteen per
cent in 1913, nor more than FIVE per
cent for each year theresftss. The
taxpayer is accordingly protected.
The sct also provides that any
taxing district, except the state,
may be granted five mill increase
in the levy by the tax commission
when it is shown that all property
therein is sssssssd at fsll cash value
and that this assessment doee not
amount TO valuation large enough
to permit q levy adequate for the
proper sspport of the local govern
nent. This provision 10 inserted TO
pssveat possible hardship. The Law
does not apply 10 money needed TO
psy bonded Indebtedness, warrants
already Issued and oststanding, or
interest or spscial assessneass for
local improvements.
Under full cash valse assessment
the state levy will be reduced froa
3 lis to not TO exceed II mills,
which, in the matter Of stste tax,
will place Colombo among the very
lowest in the nation. There will Be
slight indHcement for counties to cut
and slash our state tax, and, o. a
matter of law, - we'll ~ good bssi.
ness sense, every county should SET
that oil the taxable wealth of the
county is placed on the rolls at full
value and the levies made as low a
possible. Full cash values and low
levies are fundamentally right in
principle. as well rs required by Law
Any person Of intelligence at oncs
recognizes the advantage of full
value and one per cent taxes ovel
|. one-third value and three per CEN