Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-10-23


rolls and that this class property exempt
Section 176 Article Ill Of the State Constitution provides
that property used exclusively for school, religious cemetery
charitable shall be exempt from taxation 1t is we'll
fact that the legislature of the power
rovert the terms the Constitution of the state which the
pre1ne law Of the land. ar ~g.%
The constitution not be changed without
vote of the people presented to them the pro-
way any attempted change part legislature
other authority would be termed invalid by supreme
court unless the had been by peo
pie But this dodgeing crowd no use
for the state constitution unless they
particular personal benefit.
The tax commission have followed the their
almost that by courts have won
and in where the courts decided against them, they lost
techncaly. .....~..-., ..-
This tax commission have placed dollars of prop
erty the tax rolls that had been there BEFORE
had all along been escaping payment of taxes persons
who owned and controlled this property had always escaped
on It, there wonder they yelled for relief work of the
tax commission will be shown report which is now in
Of publication and which for the period ending Septe
Der 1s 1914 will result in the collection of 100000
taxes which has been levied property that
escaped taxation The cost of this work has been less than
cent of t he amount recovered.
Furthermore the tax commission in accordance with the
aW providing for their appointment tabuaed
the state board of equalization large property
which under the law should be placed upon the
sessment roll by said state board.
For the benefit of the public generally will here remark
that the state board of equalization at this time composed the
office as governor chairman Of said board Carl Jorgenson
state auditors Gunder Olson state treasurer Mr. Gbrat
rotary OF agriculture and Andrew Miller attorney general
tax commission also filed with said abuated statements
and of railroad along
with assessments made other States and which comparisons
show that either the railroads North Dakota paying
their fair share of the taxes in this state they paying
more than their share other states The equal
zalon entirely ignored the suggestions Of the commission and
ut is doubtful if they made examination of the
nished them 49, 80:
In 1910 suggested by the writer Burke
that the assessments of he railroads North
as high as they We're in other states when placed
at that time Governor Burke the position
ernor Hanna IS now Governor Burke replied that
that the railroad assessments low
possible to get them raised to the that
the policy OF corporations their
by litigation and that half loaf better than
Permit to state that the railroad valuations the pur-
pose of axato this state been increased since that
time. ::s.~g -,|z y -&4& &c."
On account of he work of he Hanna Mckenzie dodg-
and the influences they brought over the
state the board of county commissioners Rcand county,
rey nuled the work of he tax commission by reduction
all the property put upon he tax rolls BY e to the
LOO per cent That they entirely wiped it out this
nance OF law might be suggested that said board of
sioners solidly republican. =. :.
Now if determine the political complexion of Mr. Hanna
by the things that he has done and the kind political
ne keeps ne will surely be tagged genuine dyednhe
reactlonary 5@.@5& &*&f &}%~5 Els: FAIR PLAY