The Dolores star., 1916-08-25
TAXES

10 tne READERS OF the Dolores Star:
understand that won't be allowed
to assess this county any more because
l have assessed cattle too high and
land too low. l have assessed land
for what thought it was worth. but
the value of cattle is fixed, absolutely,
by the State Tax Commission as the fol-
lowing letter of instruction will show:
Denver. Colo. Feb. 18th, 1916.
To All County Assessors:
Deeming it of important interests to
the county assessors and as q guide in
hXing their values, the Colorado Tax
Commission has established the aver.
age minimum valuations on several
classes of property for 1916. as follows:
Range cattle ......$ 81
Mich cows ......... 600
sheep ............. 400
Horses .-...... 5000
Mules ............ 10000
Automobiles. ..... 10000
vehicles ........... 1000
No average values below these fig
ures will be approved by the Commits
sion and assessors are urged against
taking these values as their basis of
assessment, In many counties, where
there are better classes of property,
the average should exceed these figures
1t will be observed that the above
valuations are generally in harmony
with the reports made by the several
committees of county assessors at the
recent conference.
The attention of the county assessors
is respectfully called to the valuation
of pure bred or registered live stock.
1t appears that sufficient attention is
not being paid to this class of property
These animals are worth several times
| the value of ordinary stock and should
be assessed at their full cash value as
required by law.
Special attention is also called to the
| classification of ''milch cows" Every
mich cow, regardless of her value.
should be listed under this head and
the minimum average for each county
should not be less than $50. 90. The
abstract will have no place for any
other kind of mich cows and an ad-
ditional classification must not be writ
ten into it. A blank form of the alb,
stract is herewith enclosed. Assessors
are advised to so arrange their sched-
ules as to approximately meet its re-
quirements.
The Tax Commission is advising the
assessors of its judgment upon these
values at this time in order to assist in
securing uniformity of assessment and
to give the assessors the advantage of
the Information before, rather than
after, the original assessments have
| been made. .
l. THE COLORADO TAX COMMISSION
BY JOHN B. PHILLIPS. e
The report was spread about last
summer that l was assessing cattle
$500 head higher than any other
assessor.
ASSESSMENT OF 1915.
Dolores county range cattle average
$a. 25; milk cows average $500.
La Plata county range cattle aver
age 1874. 25; milk cows average $780, 90.
San Miguel county range cattle aver
age $40. 80; milk cows average $6O. 40.
Montezuma county range cattle aver
age 1886. IL; milk cows average $4s. 30.
From fourth annual report of the
Colorado Tax Commission.
WHY TAXES ARE HIGH IN DOLORES.
Levies for 1914: State 1.39 mills,
County 8 mills, School District No. 4
As mills, Dolores Town 20 mills, Total
80 mills. Levies of 1915: State g 10
mills, County 2.15 mills, School Dis
trict No. 6 mills, Dolores Town 20
mills; Total 40. 25 mills.
f. II. kITTELL,
County Assessor