The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-13
CRAWFORD !| as
SESeS MEET
Hold Meeting at Squirt House Lass
"Wednesday to DISCUSS 1914 As
sessmcnts-01 Present.
ASSESSORS ARE TAKE CENSUS
Board Giants 60 sPe, Cent increase
In Their Pay .toT Additional
Work in Taking Census.

AS required by law, the assessors
were called tots,neet at the county
auditors ofiiceainstlle; court house last
Wednesday forsllle, purpose of coming
to some understanding as to the
method to be used in assessing for the
( year Just passed Thirty one assess
Ors were preseHEat the meeting, which
, was held in 1.-THE 4superintendent's S
assembly room on ,tllc ground floor of
tho court house.
County Auditor =. j. Portz called
the meeting to order and it was moved
and seconded that r. 8, Johnson, of
Union township, act aas chairman and
Mr.. ". II. Gibson, ol Dow City was
made secretary.
Auditor POrtz addressed the assess
ors, and gave them some IDEAS as to
their duties this year and explained
in detail the taking of the census,
which will be a part of their duties.
Mr. Portz talksd ut some length and
explained everything in full.
LInd Values Increased SO Per Cent.
After tile talk by Mr.. P0rtz the as
SCISSORS discussed tic assessment OF
lands in the county, Two years ago
when the assessors lad made their as
sessmcuts Of MiAss,fn, the county the
state executive 9Sylitil raised the as,
scssmcnt in the Comfy i2E per cent
TO bring it UP TO the assessments
made in other counties In the state.
After quite a discussion in regard to
land values in this county motion
was made to raise the land valuation
So1per cent cent a'e2syssbse 'ssss !s assessors fig
Town Property Rseeived Boost.
Tho matter OF assessing town prop.
erty held tho attention OF the assess.
Ors for some time and there was con-
sidera BILE Of a discussion before the
matter, was finally settled, but not un-
til several motidHs,had been made aud
voted down. TWo Ytars ago the exec
utiye. council raised thc valuation of
town property 10 Ipaf cent over the
figures of the assessors. A motion
was first made to raise town property
1Okpcr rettts t.pt .tiiis' was voted down.
Another motion was put to- leave town
property assit was two years ago, but
this motion faileT ftG carry, as did Il
motion to raise 10 fzh per cent over
the 1913 assessnlGnt..' The matter was
finally disposed III when motion that
town property bessraised 17iG. per cent
over the 1918 assessment was passed.
Assessors RscEivetlncrease in Pay
A motion was ffahs that the chair
man appoint,a c4pmttee of three to
meet with thes6Oard of supervisors
and ask that a 6'tef cent increase in
pay be allowed the assessors for TAX
Ing the state census. The motion was
carried and the chairman appointed
q. B. Coin. Tli0q!as Alcehan and Fl. A.
Norman to present Me matter before
the board. II was then moved aud sec
onded that personal property be
assessed at its actual value. The COM
lnittce that had been appointed to con-
fer with the board, In regard to the
additional compenSafi6n for taking tho
census reported .Htgr that the super
visors granted tic 60 per cent increase
that lad been asked for. The meet
Ing then adjourned,
Assessors Present.
Those who were present at the
meeting were: "'H .
J. A. RuleArion.
Cllas. speck-East Boyer
T. j. ADMINISTRATIONS
A. Sedcrberg;-SKiron.
litlwad Kcllp-Willow.
n. A. .Normall
Stanley Browne-Dcloit.
John Arndt asspinwall.
Tom Meehan-5Haycs.
Patrick keeney--vaiL
,Turgen Koch--11Charter Oak.
Fred Jacobs Morgan.
August Maack-Hanoycr.
j. II. Kruse--sWcst Side.
/. N. q. Myers--Milford.
ID w. h. Gibson--.Dow City.
'rts Fmcs PaistETManilla.
road. II. env-Nisllnabotny.
h eI II. Miller-Paradise.
sthef, B. Johnsoli--.unior.
hu,t Sta1prn NVayLtnutn,