The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-17
WANT NO CHANGE
IN ASSESSMENT
petition Asking That Amount As
,es.ed Against Water Power Com
pany. Stick. Presented
to Board.
FAvoRs PENALTY ALSO
one Hundred and Ten sisners Of the
Document-5oard to Consider
Problem at Later
Date.

board OF equalization and review in
the assessment of $S,oOO,0O0 and pen.
atty Of one hundred per cent, made
against the Mississippi River Power
company by former Assessor s. Fl.
Johnston, was filed with the city coun.
ell this morning.
The council today began it's sitting
as board of equalization and review
and conducted minor assessment mat.
ters.
Following is a copy Of the petition
presented to the council and it's one
hundred and ten signers:
Complaint to the Board Of Review.
ITO the city council If the city OF
keokulr, Lee county, Iowa. constitut.
ing and sitting as a board of review:
The undersigned tax payers and off.
GERS Of the city of Keokuk, township of
Jackson. inside said city, in Lee coun-
ty, Ia, hereby each and seyeraIlv
make complaint before the aforesaid
board Of review in respect to the as.
sessment OF the personal property
owned by corporation known as the
Mississippi River Power company, and
located In the city of Keokuk, in Jacs-
son township. inside said city, in the
county OF Lee, state Of Iowa, and show
that the said property has been return
ed by the assessor and assessed at a
valuation OF 100000, and actual vas
ue, with 100 per cent added as a pen
atty. and show that just grounds of
complaint exist to reduction in the said
assessment and valuation of the said
property, and further complain of any
reduction in the said assessment or
valuation OF the said property by this
board OF review. Or of any reduction,
cancellation or change in the said pen.
atty. They further show:
Il. That the said property, describ-
ed upon the assessment roll heretofore
laid before the board Of review and as
sessed to the said Mississippi River
Power company, is property lawfully
assessable and taxable in the city Of
keokuk, county of Lee and state of
Iowa, and was on Jan. /, 1916, and for
several years prior thereto.
Y. That the said property describ-
ed on said assessment roll, and valued
thereas of the sum OF $1,000, 900 actual
value is OF that or greater value and
not less, and was on and prior to Jan
], 1916, and was, at the time it was
listed and assessed by said assessor
and placed on said roll, of the said VAL
ue or greater and was property assess
able at said value in the city OF Keo-
kuk, county of Lee, and state of Iowa,
and no reason exists why said valua-
ton should be reduced or assessment
decreased, and the undersigned pro-
test against any decrease in the said
valuation or assessment, or on any fail
ure. or to any failure, of this board to
maintain the said assessment as re-
turned by the assessor.
g. That the said penalty was just
" and lawfully imposed for the fail
ure OF the said Mississippi River Power
company, its officers and agents, to
comply with the requirements OF law
relative to the assessing of said prop
erty and should not be cancelled re-
duced or changed, and the undersigned
protest against any change thereof as
Illegal, unauthorized and beyond the
Jurisdiction of the board to do
The sieners.
John Linquist, Henry W. Luft, John
j.. Luft, Carl Griebsch. John NJ. Wilson,
Walter Powers. w. H. oiegfried. VIM.
Reiner, S. A. Malone, H. ]. Bonham,
J. P. Camel, VIM. Schaefer, A. Matthew
eey. Ernest j. Pflug, w. X. Hodge,
John DeJong, l.. w. Sargent J. A. Fur
long, A. l.. Cook, Mrs. A. L. Cook, J.
Ludwig, E. r. Camp.
b. H. Davis, Paul A. Davis, Mrs.
Chas. Scherer, Mrs. Clara Hills, C. a.
Carlson, Mrs. O'Neil. A. L. Johnson.
Mrs. Ida Heller, Sam Johnson. John
opstelton. E. A. Oleson, J. A. Oleson,
y. E. Schwiete, Minnie l.. Schwiete.
Mrs. Lizzie Mcnamara, c. j. Larson.
A. E. Keppel, A. S. Fields, Rev. Henry
3. Barnes, P. o. Vandendoel, J. H.
Raber, H. H. vanausdall, l.. E. Witch,
Y. L. Conn. NJ. Stuckert
+. V. Bear, p. n. Jacobs, John Bun
ner, Peter Kelly, Edward c. Renard,
Edward Wilsey, Charles Marks. z. l..
angersoll, V. B. Walker, J. Fl. Phillips.
=. Bentzinger, A. r. Loving, w. NJ.
Dooley, Henry Waite, H. H Jingst,
john Wirtz, Jr., J. f. Bauer. G. H,
wolfe, ]. E. Peterson, Ed. H. Lewis, A.
~ Parsons, J. q. Craig, J. S. Burrows,
Q. w. Rowe.
G Carmichael. e. E. Teeters, Martin
Heshacher. l.. &c. KARL, Henry ODER
man, Henry Reichman. J. H. Young,
robert Bell, Jacob Horning, John
nIerbner, Robert O'Bleness, John Il.
nrown. John Olson, Martin Murphy,
mrs. s. p. Kerr, Edward Fletcher,
Mewton Hammer. B. Deiling, e. M.
MORGAN, Albert Kollmyer, Jr., Walter
n. BUCK. C. Gustafson.
.. +. Gorgas, c. w. Garrett, N. Wirth,
~ q, M. Egin, Henry Schouten, J. S.
11plcer, Nancy Keppel, c. Keppel,
: Pelz, G. w. Buckner, W. w.
4, neake, A. D. Richards. Roy Leake,
w, w b. Ryland. J. w. Watson, C. F.
broesel, L. Hemingway.