The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-17
UNIVERSITY FRIENDS
RECEIVED FAvORABLY
State Tax Commission Not to
Proceed With Organization
Until Plan for 1915 Assess
ment Is Worked Out.
(SiRtc Capital Bureau
lof Evening Herald.
(5i DE Vargas Hotel.

Santa Fe. n. NJ. March 1.-THE
new state tax commission will pro-
ceed no further with lis organization.
selection of employees. etc., until Il
has worked out something of the
problem OF the assessment for the
present year, which the commission
recognizes as the first and most inn
portant duty before IL. With a chair
man and with Travelling Auditor
Howell Earnest devoting his wide ex-
perience to the secretary's position
the commission IN able 90 90 ahead
with this work and the morning was
spent In a careful analysis OF valua-
tiOns and assessment returns from
the various counties IN their relation
To the needs of the general appropri-
alton bill still pending before the
governor.
Tho bill has now been figured out
and the figures show that II carries a
total OF tSSi,53S.65, instead OF al
100, 600. as was believed yesterday.
This puts conslderabl, different
light on the situation as regards some
Of the larger items OF appropriation
which II was feared that the governor
might have Go veto for fear the
money could not be ~lized to meet
them. Governor Mcdonald has indi-
Gated In no way what he will do with
any particular item In the bill but in
the light OF the new figures Il IN now
hoped that he viii not find Il neces-
sary 10 blue-pencil the bill in any OF
its essential parts.
Dr. David u. Boyd. president OF
the university, State senator Isaac
nnrth and others called on the gov
ernor today In connection with the
university building appropriation. and
while the governor gave them no as
surances they left with the impress
sion that none nf the university iteins
would be disapproved unless II was
shown that an absolute shortage
would occur should they be made.
WITH a representative of the Her
aid today Governor Mcdonald dis
oussed the tax commission law and
the mine tax law for the first time
since he approved them.
II have said nothing about these
two laws" said the governor, II aa !
nothing about them when | approved
them, because there was very little to
say and there h stili very little 90
say. / signed these two laws not fc-
cause they were satisfactory 10 me,
nor because ! considered them Gdc-
quatc. but because there was no other
course open to me The state was
without taxation system and a BAL
even to extend the 1914 valuations Ia
1915 had failed. Had | vetoed these
measures and had my veto been sus-
tanned II would have mem; an extra
st ssion of the legislature and fel'
convinced that nothing better could
be had from this legislature at this
time.
senate Rll No. i2i I considered
a very excellent tax law but ] saw mo
hope OF its passage at this session
The tax commission law az ! ap'
proved Il Is weakest in the lack OF
authority which IL gives To the com
mission Its strongest point Is tbs
appropriation Of $4,000 a year witt
which the commission may conduc
| it's Investigation. together with TN
amendment secured 20 section b,
which five or more persons may ap
peal from any decision OF the honrt
of cOunty commissioners and undel
which the commission, Sy elimlna
tion. can reach the Individual piec'
of property for purposes OF assess
ment. Further than this / do no
think Il possible 10 predict the work
ing Of this law az this time and III
effectiveness or lnenectiveness will b.
best shown by the operation of th'
commission In beginning which abso
lutely no time has been lost