The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-01
LINE
NOW INVOLVED
Governor Would Put Corpora
ton Tax on Gathering Lines
of Oil Producers
n EFERRED consideration oI u'
~ tentative assessment made 10y the

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~ tentative assessment made 10y Tue
state board of equalization Of the p'i'
line owned In common BY the Natl"
leen oil company, the only uI. ''"
pany, OH Production COMPANY, N.'''o
OH company, TaNaway on company
and the Sperry Oil and Gas company,
developed taxation question Ih''
should Interest every oil producer ]"
the state.
/ The tentative assessment was uhb'
/ against the first named company ur
cause the rendition wus made iu ih'
name Of that company, aud That 'I'r
other companies We're Interested N
the line was not known until the 'hDi
was mentioned by Edward II tmnd
lrr, attorney appearing foI the .'m
panies involved.
Mr.. Chandler said that the pll~ilur
was privately owned and n>rd only m
TRANSPORTING oil from the wells " ITS
owners in Payne aud Lincoln counties
to the tank farm locntrd at the hdIu
dairy line between the counties mmrI
Not Transporting for Hire
He said that the line was mot lwu-
porting any oil for hire and wa. nul
Il public carrier, ana therefor" mot
OsscsSable as such that the property
had been rendered tu the county n~
SCISSORS under the nd yHluum ru.r
When II was discovered lNW ,1
eral companies owned the Iiur n,or K.
l.. Williams began n very searching
quiz NJ the attorney, asking II lhr com
hnatlun NJ Interests was uH rD"rirl
10 as subterfuge ~ avoid paving tax
a. a public service corporation
II developed later that rhr first four
companies named were owned by the
White & Sinclair Interest. Dhr Taxa
way by r. K Kemp and others and
the Slerry company 10y loNu crawford
and others and that II q Sinclair ~
Tulsa was trustee manager uf the line
paying taxes, appurtimul salaries NJ
employees and charge, frr lwu>porta
tlon
Affects All Producers
"lf these people are nysr,sablc every
other oil producer In the state is sim
Harry assessable" said Attorney Chand
Ter Every lease ma, system Of
gathering. The pipr lines may be "a
few hundred feet In length or u mile
or ~ Our line is about - miles long
IF was n member Ut the supreme
court YOU would have hard time con.
vlnclng me that you arr not amenahlc
10 taxation rs public service corpo.
ration said the governor
Il have no doubt ~ that II h Ar.
parent to me" was Chaudlcrs uuick
rctort.
~ seems 10 me this Is question NJ
jurisdiction mtcrposed State Auditor
L. Il Howarl
A. this the governor suggested thar
the hoard take vote uu the question
as io whether II should assume jurls
dIrtiou 10 This Howard objected,
. saying 81 might vote one way from
. my own judgment whereas the law
wlsht he otherwise To this the gov
+ 'ln"r made the remarkable statement
+. Whatever Is law is right
That's where you aud | differ" said
d. handler
Hearing Is Continued
~ what amount We're YOU assessed
lN 'hr countless inquired state Ex
I ammDr and Inspector Fred Parkinson
l N about S2OOOOO" replied Chand
I"r adding Now II is my understand
ing that II the aScssors assess thi,
r. U.HOur they assess all " our prop
II ''N anl n the hoard makes the ~
."e-wrwI il makes all ~ It."
We probably will take their as
:. 'rs.mcuI as our assessment and let I
8. ."n' that mi, wear said State Tras
mr W ] \lcVandcr. which statemen
,I Howard supplemented with You cnr
~. n' assured We viii not cause MI
dnuhIr taxation"
ND, \rNt wear volunteered the gO,
..r 'nnr the assessors viii he on n sa
ar 'r' msls and they win not be 50 anN
Ir l'u, tu get everything on the rolls"
lb Ih" matter was by vote continued I