Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-02
PROPERTY RETURNS
MUST. Be IN BY
MARCH |
Under New Arrangement AS
SCISSOR Puts Down Value Of
Property When You Tell
Him.
CARDS WILL THEN BE
MAILED TO TAXPAYERS

/ Assessor Fred licyn of Bcrnalillo
county today announces that all
property returns must Dee In the ass
SCISSORS hands by the ust day Of Fob
ruHrN The now schedules provide
that the property owner must not ull
in the value uf hiF propcrt, lcuNing
that Co tho assessor who questions
the taxpayer and then nls 100 the
schedule After the assessment per
Tod b. over the assessor viii mail %
card Co each property owner notify
inu him az what figure hv iH assessed
Thus the initinuvc in protesting
against raises ana appealing to tho
buard at equalization De- lcft entirely
Go the taxpayer.
Tho mw as quoted on the diverse
side OF the new schedule blanks is as
follows
Important to Taxpayers.
tSec Chapter 81, Laws " iai3l
q is the duty ot every inhebitunt
ct thr state Of Wll age and sound
mind. to make list 81 AN property
subject 10 taxation ot which he b. .he
owner or has control or management.
Ia the county whore the Same rs alt-
untc un the first day Of January eft
, the current year. bui in uo cas-, b. b."
Go fiN the value of such property or
ans portion thrrcoi. except the av-
erupc value cot merchandise for the
year ending January L. i8iL
such list must show. in the case 81
real estate. description thereof such
1s wouid be- sufficient in 50 decd H.
identify h 50 that title thcrto would
pass
such iHt must contain detailed
statement cf aii personal property. In
Guiding the average value uf mefch-
Hrdiso Tor the year ending January !.
1874.
suth li>t must bc verified by the
affidavit of the person making the
,lmr
Lands entered or purcnasy0 UUdor
Huy net of CONGRESS are not subject
90 taxation until patent therefor has
hcon iFsucd, except n cases where
th, Issuance ol patent hur D On de-
laycd hy the neglect or default of Tho
cntFymau or purchaser. or Of his as
,igns
n any person IAN to render @ truo
and complete list 81 hia property tn
assessor must make such list accord
Ina a. the hest Information he can
obtain. Hnd such person Is liable 90
q penalty of twenty-five per centrum:
md shall hc deemed guilty OF per
jury ana punishable accordingly
Any nsscusor VINO knowingly roe
c'ivos ana accepts from amy person
o. false on imperfect list of his prog-
crty, or fails to assess amy property OF
which he obtains Ruowledge or Witch
is called Go his attention by the state
board OF equalization cor hy any other
pcrTun unv be- removed from office
and bee subject to criminal prosecu.
ton
IN any case whore the exemption
of f20O % claimed by. and allowed 90.
a head OF family such g2OO must
he deducted from tho fun cash value
at h'a property and the assessment
made at one third of the value Of thr
amount remaining after dcducting the
amount uf such exemption
when the Assessor has fixed the
value Of the property 90 ans list r.
the postofflcc address of the owner
ar agent of the owner g. known. q o.
fffH WNAfh W. tNA' NNl''f'HHfNA 10 NNNNN n no.
ticc to such owner or agent informing
him of the valuation placed upon hls
reHl cftate and personal property.
stating each separately and that ans
person dissatisfied VIII be- heard hy
the county commissioners sitting a. n
hoard Of equalization on the first Mon.
day 10 Juno, ana an" person dissatls-
fled with tho decision Of that board
shall have the righl 10 appeal To- the
state board ~ equalization which rs
10 hold meeting for tho hearing of
such appeals on the first Monday Ia
July
Every owner ~ property must make
a return thereof even though u may
be- an exempt from taxation, ana the
assessor should see thnt nii property
~ listed ana put ON the tax roll IN
~ proper school district whether ex-
empt or not ~ ihe snme time show
lnF any exemption there may be-. ana
In order 10 balance tho tax rolf tho
amount ~ assumption must not exceed
me actual value of the property.
Property owners must designate tho
school district numhcr in which both
real and personal properly ls situate
and the assessor shall arranrc the tax
roll by SCHOOL DISTRICTS