The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-10


tax rs now In force In forty-six OF
the fOrty-eight states. Such a law
would considerably augment our rev
enaes at the present time. and would
Increase with the growth of u pop
uiation. me the development OF the
rich OF the state. IL such
n law Is enacted. Il should be so
framed as to exempt small estates.
and should he 80 graduated with ref
crence to the estates which come
within It's operation that the large
estates would pay a greater proper
ton.
State Tax Commission.
The state tax commission has been
80 limited In It's powers and funds
appropriated FOR It's purposes that II
has not been able adequately to per-
form the duties imposed upon IL.
The commission deserves high
praise for the results accomplished
when nus hampered. Much prop
erty, heretofore untaxed. has been
placed upon the tax rolls. There 10
much more property yet escaping
taxation. and the commission should
be provided with sufficient funds and
powers TO enable II 10 discover this
property and have Ia placed upon the
tax rolls.
The commission makes several rec
concentrations IN is report. for which
l ask your serious consideration.
Among these Is a request hat they
be given power 10 Investigate and
make individual raises and assess
ments, Instead OF being conhned 20
horizontal raises a. now. aud that
they also be vested with more plen-
AIRY powers over the local taxing au-
thorities. In these recommendation
I most heartily concur. Horizontal
raises in assessments frequently re-
suit in great injustice. and are the
source OF much dissatisfaction. Fur
thermore. there are instances In
which the recommendations Of the
commission to the local authorities
are disregarded, and there h now no
way OF getting them carried out.
Travelling Auditor.
The governor h the chief executive
officer Of the state, II - his duty 70
see hat the laws are faithfully exc
cuied. AmOng these laws are those
relating to the, handling OF state and
county finances. and set the governor
is deprived Of the control OF The Of
fee Of travelling auditor, which is
the cbief source Of Information with
reference 10 these funds. Frequently
the chief executive needs more detail
ed Information with reference 10 H.
n%ancial matters 81 state and county
than ~ furnished by a mere formal
audit lie now has no way Of secur-
ing u. kept To ask some other state
official 20 secure q for him. This rs
"a lowering " the dignity o. the office
of governor. and the state should
have too much pride "a allow II.
I recommend that you place the
office ~ travelling auditor with the
governor whore "a formerly was. aud
where O. naturally and by right he
longs.
Private Car Companies.
Al the present time there are many
private car companies doing business
within the state. None of these com-
panles pay any taxes. except the
Pullman car company recon-
mend that "A law be enacted taxing
each one Of these companies. II is
estimated that IA, revenue derived
from this source alone would amount
To some $50, 10000 per year.
Insurance commissioner.
The taxpayers uf the state are now
supporting 70 state corporation com.
mission nud AN insurance commits
s!oner. IN. duties Of these Two de.
%partments could easily boz performed
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