White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-29
STATE COMMISSION
LOWERS ASSESSMENT
REDUCTION OF S1.OOO.OOO IN
VALUATION ORDERED-COUN-
TY COMMISSIONERS FIND DIF-
FICULTY IN sLICING BUDGET.

A reduction of $1,000.000 in the
assessment of the Nevada Consoli-
dated Copper company by the state
tax commission. and the refusal OF
the county commissioners to reduce
the budget were the features of the
week with respect to the problems OF
taxation In this county that proved
mystifying since the ruling powers
decided on an arbitrary increase OF
the taxes of one OF the local corpora
tions.
The estimate of expenses for the
present year which was prepared by
the commissioners last March to-
tailed $171,20O. The members of
the commission were anxious that
the county board should reduce the
budget $40. 900. and this feature pre-
cipitated a discussion between Attor-
neys Anthony Jurich and B. L.
Quayle as to the advisability of cut
ting down the budget for the present
year.
With the idea of curtailing ex-
penses during the ensuing year, 1t
was planned to reduce the amount
to be spent on roads $4,000. Owing
to the fact that no election will be
held this next year, it was figured
that Sc. 900 could be saved from that
source Permanent improvement,
worth $4,000 were built this year,
and it was the general concensus of
opinion that expenses of this nature
were unnecessary during 1915.
Confusion reigned supreme when
those in attendance at the meeting
attempted to determine whether the
budget approved last March was in
tended to represent expenditures for
the current year or for 1915. This
feature constantly intruded itself
into the discussions, and tended TO
further complicate a situation that
seemed altogether hopeless.
Attorney Zurich contended that II
the budget we're reduced $4,000 as
Mr. Quayle desired. that the county
would be bankrupt within six months
after the new administration went
into Office. He mentioned that more
than 1892. 900 had been spent during
the first ten months of this year. and
.I.k ~ ;,doh<od,asc FOR the tnapfh n c
of November and December would
amount to $25.000. He expressed
himself as being opposed to a meas
| ure that involved further reduction
in revenue. when a shrinkage was
threatened already from all sources
during the ensuing year.
In reply to Mr.. Jurich's conten-
tions, Mr. Quayle asserted that the
present year had been an extremely
expensive one for the county through
the purchase of law library. a safe
for the county treasurer. improve
ments in the basement of the court
house, the purchase of an auto and
other incidentals that involved the
outlay of $4,000, and he advised the
board to recommend reduction ol
$4,000 in the budget.
Although the commissioners ad.
mitted that the expense In 1915
would undoubtedly be $4,000 less
than for the twelve months previous
they informed the tax commission
that they could not make a reduction
AZ part of the expenses weer con
tracted before the budget was com.
pleted
Treasurer Thomas Bath has receiy.
ed instructions from the tax com.
mission to extend the time of de
linquency iu the payment of taxes
from the first Monday in December
until December FL
AS pay day does not occur until
next Saturday, Mr.. Bath has re-
quested the commission to extend the
date one month. but no reply has yel
been received.
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