The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-05

counties by the agents OF the state tax
commission. These men visited the
various counties during the summer
and made abstracts u the chattel'
mortgage records. In the pamphlet
published by Howell Earnest under
the head Of Sierra county We lind the
most ridiculous. the most inaccurate
statements Among the men who are
claimed 10 hav property which was
omitted from the rolls we find eleven
men whose residences are given as
at Domiug CP. o. Address II known Us
the hending Of the column. All these
men aIe wen known 10 me well
known to the assessor and they not
only live at other places n have
other addresses than at Deming but
in almost every instance their prop
etty was already on the rolls I'm soms.
one else's name. so. for Instance, g..
r Meyers is taxed with 200 head Of
cattle hy the state commissions
agents. although he bought said cat
tie in June last and the records 20
I show, and the cattle had been duly
returned by w. G. Kendall. The IS
head Of cattle added to W G. Ken
dan IN Sierra county were bought by
MIN In Luna county and were there
returned. The man j. W, Heller mem
toned on the list is probably J. W.
Hilcr. ana the information secured
about him by tho secrotiVc agents OF
the tax commission is absolutely
nothing but a tumble OF misinformJ-
tiun The same criticism applies to
a number of names Of Sierra county
residents from Fairyicw. Monticello
and Chloride who were taxed add
tiuual cattle Ia Socorru county. rrob-
ably the experts found ,hHttol mort
cages in SoCorrU, given by these PEG.
pie 60 Socorro county banks, where
they do business becausc Of the great.
or proximity ot Msgdalena and San
Marcial. and the experts jumped at
the conclusion that the cattle there
mentioned we're all in Socorro county
and had escaped taxation. II those
experts vac consulted with someop
familiar with the facts they coult
have saved themselves these absurd
mistakes. could have prevented tn,
tax commission from displaying then
J IN public and could have saved the
county officers, the district attOrnei
and the taxpayers "considerabl,
money. These mistakes were brough.
TO the attention of Ar Earnest but M
replied that only the courts coul,
grant relief. which would not cost tn
taxpayers anything That provision
OF the law that such corrections shall
not cost the taxpayer anything b.
beautiful sentiment. and that is all
10 would take "a special district attor
ncy 10 draw up ana act upon an pc
titIous tu correct the errors made D.
the agents OF the tax commission
Il would appear from the aboy.
that the tax commission made "a mis-
take bon the men whom II hired 4
conduct Investigations I believe
better method would be Co pick ON
or two men In each county, famild
with county matters. 90 check up IN
a-scssur. ana 60 have these men pres
ont when the commissioners pass al
the tax returns.
The Laws requires that the tax CON
mission should investigate iusufncict
descriptions Of property. ] find n
instructions To- make ~ changes 3
real estate descriptions on the Socoi
? TO county rolls. Yet when / was al,
trlct attorney ] found a large numb,
d of real estate parcels described on M
, ~taNrolla hy Insufficient description
descriptions which did not iulrH IN
''l.'','''u ,n"' description must D
such hat title could pass. u Is POI
sihlc but not probable that there hl
u boon % great Improvements In his O.,
spcct. owing to such faulty dcscriI
, ''""s "' I'"' estate taxes '--',s'
a 'E'.n1' some l''-, l',p'il' '"h''
.'u""t me- '''l'.I'd "i law u De- h
'''' '""' i"S''"' ''"' prescription
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'N''l'''" 'h " E'''' many '"ui
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II So far az / have been able 10 diN
a cover from the printed records %
state tax commission has not yet con
piled with the law dividing the sta.
10 ."." i've ulSt''''s' one Tor eaeh con
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