The Washington herald., 1915-05-28
ALEXANDRIA REVIEW
BOARD IS ORGANIZED
Judge Barley Names Robinson Mon
cure, Edward E. Lawler. and
c. S. Ballenger.

| Alexandria, Va, May G.-Judge Louis
c. Barley, of he Corporation Court, to-
day named Robinson Moncure. Edward
E. LAWYER. and Clinston S. Ballenger
members of the local board Of review of
assessments. n. S. Greenaway, clerk Of
the Corportlon Court is ex-officio secre
tary of the board.
| The board will start its work as soon
as the commissioner of revenue turns
| over the assessment books and tax re-
turns to them. Sessions of the board
will be public and notice will be given in
advance of its hearings. The board. I'M
der the law, cannot hold less than two
days session or more than thirty days
| for the year:
| Pay Of each member is 81 day and the
clerk will receive 81 a day. The board
may direct the commissioner of revenue
to enter in the assessment roll any prop
erty real or personal, which is found to
, have been omitted; to direct the commits
sioner of revenue to correct any entries
found to be erroneous, either as to over
or under valuation; to cancel duplicate
assessments; to hear and determine COM
plants of all taxpayers who claim I'M
equal or unjust valuation. and to change
assessments by raising or lowering them.
| 1t is also authorized to review reports
| of purchases of merchants and the an
nual returns Of intangible personal prop
ierN incomes. and money of all tax
PAYERS, 1t also is within the power of
the board to summon taxpayers or their
agents or any person to get information
on the subject before them and require.
under oath. answers to all questions as
to purchases. incomes. etc.
| Judge Barley. in announcing the board
Iof review, said: The board Is granted
very wide powers ~ the general as
sembly, practically 4he entire power of
raising or lowering Js~es, correcting as
Sessments. fixing the merchants license.
which is based on their sales, etc. 1t will
do away with much red tape. and when
taxpayers feel that their property has
been enormously assessed they will be
able to appear before the board and give
, their reasons without having to be rep
resented by a lawyer before the court.
Il felt that the board should be
representative as far as possible OF
all classes of business. with all of its
( members familiar with real estate
values The new portion of Alexan-
dria should be represented. and this
representative should be affiliated
with the older portion of the city 80
we'll. To meet this latter Qualifca-
ton I selected Mr.. Ballenger. bear
| ing in mind, as well. that he is a re-
| tail merchant familiar with the re-
quirements as to merchants license.
| \ Mr. Lawler I selected because he
was in the wholesale business and
andria. and because of his wide ex-
| perience in these matters.
II felt from the first that there
should be a lawyer on the board, ana
preferably one with legislative exper-
| fence, and l found that these quail
| fcations were met by Mr. Moncure.
who could give the board the benefit
of his legislative experience In the
Interpretation of tho law"
The Civic Improvement League has
decided to clean up the city by wards
on different days. The committee In
charge has designated cleanup days
as follows: First ward. June 3. 4. ana
5: Fourth ward. June Z, s. and 3; Sec
ond ward, June 10, IL. and II: Third
ward, juno II, Is and 1S.
Tho Railway Terminal Warehouse
Company, Incorporated, Alexandria. has
been granted a charter by the State cor
poration commission with maximum
capital stock of 500 900 and a minimum
of s3eo the par value of each share being
500. Its purposes are building and
warehouse business. Officers are Samuel
c. Redman, president: A. A. Chaplin, vice
president: W. G. Carter. treasurer; T. c.
Daniel, secretary, all of Washington.
The chamber of commerce announces
that Prof. Robert G. Wall will deliver a
lecture in its rooms at o'clock Friday
night taking for his subject. THE Sci
encs of Building Any Business"
A garden party was given this evening
on the lawn at the northwest corner of
Washington and Queen streets for the
benefit of the Home for the Aged.
Children attending the primary depart
ments of the public schools will partici-
patio in the May-day festival which will
be held at $50 o'clock Friday afternoon
on the grounds at Cameron and West
streets. Nine hundred children Dill take
part Funds will be for the school nurse.
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