La Junta tribune., 1914-11-28
orER0 COUNTY TAX LEvlEs.
valsatioas Raised Tea per Ceat-
Tax Levy IOwes-Taxcs Prac.
tically 6ame ~ Last Year.

Tax Levy l0wer-Taxes Prac.
tically Same ~ Last Year.
In compliance with an order Of
the state tax commission the assess
Cd valuation Of Otero county ~ re-
turned By Assessor Gauger IL at the
present moment undergoing . hori-
sOntal raise Of ten per cent. The
valuation for 1914 ~ returned by
the assessor. and including the valu-
alton Of corporation property rs re-
turned by the state board of equali-
xation. was $25.766.s3s. The state
tax commission which sits as
board Of review and passes upon the
abstracts Of assessments as made
by the various county assessors. or
dered increases In the state amount
ing to $ls5.054.l75. Otero coun-
TVS share Of this increase Is $2.l54,-
les. The increase directed to be
made in Denver Is &s0.377.050. the
commission classifying Denver AZ be-
ing assessed below so per cent Of
the value Of its property. Twelve
counties were given credit for an as
sessment Of over 80 per cent. and
Otero county was classified as be-
Ing among these. There were six
teen counties in which increases
were ordered amounting TO over
$1.0o0.000. Denver with an In
crease Of @s0.377.050. was soaked
the hardest. and Weld county the
second largest. with $l2.ss0.3so.
Last year the state tax commits
sion raised the valuations OF almost
every county In the state. and In this
they were sustained by the supreme
court. Last year the assessed val
uation Of Otero county was raised
about sSs.000. the raise being con-
fined to the valuation Of cattle and
sheep. For many weeks the county
oomnlselaasek have been wrestling
With the problem ~ to just what
method they were 70 persue 10 in
crpase the property valuations Of
0tsso ceenty ssnsshias eses s3.-
tte5ees. tssng os-tAe opipsqu. after
goiag over the Hist. that property In
Otero county was assessed for all
Il was worth. and that IN increase Of
100000 could not be made with.
out making an assessment that
would be unfair. In view Of the de-
cision OF the supreme court last
year. however. sustaining the In
crease made by the state tax COM
mission. Il was probably decided that
Il would not be wise to contest thu
matter In the courts. and the county
commissioners issued an order au-
thorizing the county assessor to make
. horizontal raise Of ten per cent In
the valuations ~ rsturned By him.
No increase was made In the asses
ment Of corporation property. and
the valuations ~ certified BY the
state. board of squaiisation were a.
lowed 70 staud.
The Ten pes csst raise II the val.
uatioas Of Oesso county viii rssult
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