The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-30
On Basis of IS Per Cent Tax
Collection State Faces Pos
sible Deficit of $50, 900;
None on 80 Per Cent.
INCREASES MADE
TOTAL $21, 791, 031.14
San Miguel and Valencia
Show Greatest Raises Made
by Commission; County
Classifications Changed.

Santa Re, y NJ, sept. 3O.-stntc
Auditor W. q. Sargent. and Secretary
Howell Ernest OF the state tax COM
mission today are engaged In certify
ing to the various county assessors
h corrected county assessment rolls
ms approved nnaily and returned to
them by the state tax commission. in
its order made public yesterday.
Generally summarized the result of
the tax commissions action shows Ia
the following tax figures for 1915:
Total run valuation as
returned by the as
SCISSORS .~.,........S 2s3. 27g. 934G co
General raises made by
the tax commission. 1s.OIi.slO6G
Omitted property plac-
"a on the rolls .... t.32A1gg.GS
Reductions Ms result OF
appeals allowed 5"l4.g7g.2O
Increases az result Of
appeals sustained 80. ggg.O 90
Total net raises 2i,791. o3t.it
Total fun valuation az
finally fixed by the
tax commission .... 500. 0G7 .g6b.i4
Results In state Revenue.
Upon the nnsis 81 an SO per rent
collection of taxes the final valuation
shown will foll short Of meeting tho
state ven requirements by APP
proSimately the amount estimated In
Il recent statement by the executive
committee OF the Stae Taxpayers as
sootation. or In the n-eighborhood ~
$50. 900. This h upon the assump-
ton that the mine tax Jaw win pro-
ducc not less than $50. 900. and that
a.. 1870 .H.N. WL.N H.aaH - .Wg
third of one mill. whcih the state
highway commission has determined
~ leyy. must he deducted from the
total maximum lcvy for state pur-
poses OF three mills. permitted under
tho Bursum law. should q ninety
pcr cent collection ~ taxes be oh
tanned, as many people believe possi-
BILE. there would he no don0it Bon the
revenue requirements for state pur-
poses.
In The table given below. ana show
INK the totals oy counties Of the gen
crnl raises. omitted property and APP
pcals. tho total net Increase and the
original and final run valuations. san
Miguel county leads In general raises.
with % total ~ Si,SsS. 32O4G, and Va
lcnria IN second with Si.624.45T.5G.
NNNiNNN hNNNlNNNNfH AN MNNH ANNiN AFi
made hy tho commission total over q
million are Chaycs, Colfax Eddy and
Mckinley,
In omitted property Rio Arriba has
first place with $685.. lGO.5o. and
Valencia is second with t632.143. The
only other county in which ommitted
property "a the value of over a half
million dollars was found IL ColfaN,
tho total placed on the rolls being
$stg.SSO.S so.
Tho appeals allowed In Santa Re
and Socorro %counties total more than
unc-tnlf NJ the total. The SocOrru
county reductions total t16T,i4S. and
those of Santa Fc Sl5i,Gd3.35.
County Considerations Changed.
An interesting feature Of thu final
full valuation IL the fRct that Socorro
ana Valencia counties are raised from
the acoond To- the first class. on he
basis Of valuations fixed In the county
salary Law Curry. Roosevelt and Nc
Kinloy counties are raised from tho
third a. tho second class, and San
duvni ~ raised from the nfth 10 the
fourth class,
out Of the many appeals for re-
ductions, 'otuling millions Of dollars
the commission allowed only n few
u~gSrcgnting "a reduction NJ but S5fi-
1890. Tho appeal Of tho assessor of
S|bnduyal county against reductions
allowed by the county commissioners
vus sustained. resulting In an in