The Glenwood post., 1916-04-08
Cannot Be Referred: .-:Gives Governor
Authority to Appoint New De-
partment Heads
>BULGER MUST HANG IN may

t,Denver, April 3.-The state supreme
court today handed down several i'm
portant decisions. There were four or
particular interest to all Colorado as
they effect to great extent all citizens
of the state. These opinions are:
First. The court upheld the right Of
the State Board of Equalization to
place the final value for taxation ON all
property in the state. The opinion
holds that county assessors must obey
the orders of the State Board of Equal
ization and raise or decrease the valua-
tion of property according to the
mandates Of that board. The opinion.
holds that the state tax commission is
an agency of the state board Of equal
ization and that the acts of the tax
commission in reaching the valuation of
property are purely for the purpose f
advising the equalization board as to
property valuation and cannot be called
into question.
The effect of the decision is to COM
pei all county assessors who are direct
ed by the state board Of equalization
to raise the value Of any OF Al prop.
erty in their respective counties to fol-
low those directions. In fact the opin-
lion specifically says that the assessors
are under the state board Of equaliIa-
tion which board is their superior OFF,
eeI. ''''
4 Denver county assessor appraised the
property of Denver s55, ,o0o, 900 while
the several assessors Of the state must
increase the total value tie proper;
ty to $59,22s,697. II any property
owner feels that the order II the equal
ization board raising his assessment il.
unjust he may 60 into court and secure
. rebate, but not until after hs has
made payment IL his taxes. Tie opia:
ION also puts . stop to rebates and rs-
duetions made BY county boards Of
equalization insofar as they snset pay
ment of stats taxes. The opinion
place. the assessing power Of Ill prop
i, erty in the state completely in the
hands of the state board Of equaliza-
tion.
Legislature Sole Judge
Second. The court held that the leg
islature is the sole Judge as to whether
law is for the immediate preservation
of the peace, health and safety Of the
people of the state and by SO holding,
the legality of the civil service law OF
passed by the last legislature is estab
lished. The law takes the heads Of all
departments, from under the provisions
of civil service and unless some other
legal point is raised, Governor Carlson
may now 60 ahead and appoint whom
ever he pleases as heads Of the various
departments in the state. incidentally
the opinion upholds the legality Of the
act of the new civil service board
} which Governor Carlson appointed some
months ago.
The positions in question were the
warden of the reformatory, the warden
or the penitentiary, the bank commits
sfoner, the coal mine inspector, the oil
inspector, the several diviAon engi-
nssss, and . number Of other minor
places. ..,. /.
Third. The court held that the board
Of control Of the insane asylum q, Pa-
eblo has complete Jurisdiction eysr TIE
asysum and has the right to say whom
The asylum IL caring for it, capacity
population sld that the board does not
have TO care for the insane psAisAta
from Denver or any other county II It
dsss not feel that there y. room ip the
ksylsn for the patisnts. TIE .sqest y.
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