The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-02-10
BOARD OF
STATE AFFAIRS
Invites Suggestions and
Information.

bOAfu OF state A Hairs vests |
With various powers and place.
upon it various responsibilities
The first, and perhaps the mos
important to the people of th'
State. Ia the power vested i'm th,
Board TO deal with matters of tax
alton.
With respect to taxation, tb,
power of the Board IN roughly di
vided into four classes:
First, the power to assess prop
erty that has heretofore escaped
taxation.
Second, the power to eQualize
the assessment of property he.
tween the various governmental
sub divisions.
Third, the power to equalize as
sessments between individuals OF
the same local subdivisions.
Fourth, the power TO assess the
property of all public service cor
porations, such "a railroads., tele
phone and telegraph companies
and express companies.
The Board Of State Affairs is a
new Board, vested with new pow
ers, and given the authority to
deal with the question of assess
ments in new manner. 1t has
no precedents to follow and no ex-
perience to guide 1t.
Before this Board can place
property on the assessment rolls
that has heretofore escaped taxa
tiop, 1t must know Of the existence
of that property.
1t has been asserted by various
people throughout the State and
by some Of the newspapers in the
state that the State is full Of tax
dodgers.
II any person, firm or corpora
tion In this State is lodging taxes,
il is the earnest desire Of this
Board to know who they are, and
their method of tax lodging
This Board being new has no
set program, but is desirous of
following the best plan possible to
accomplish its purposes.
The individual members of the
Board do not regard the Board as
a political body, but feel that it
was designed to be a business In.
stitution for the purpose of deter
mining how best to collect and ex
pend revenue.
The Board further considers It.
self servant of the people and it
feels that any citizen has the
right to make any suggestion to
the Board, with reference to its
work, that he may deem proper.
The members of the Board de.
sire very earnestly to justify Its
existence, for they know that IN
order to do so, they must have the
co operation Of the public.
The Board Of State Affairs,
therefore, invites and requests
from any person in the State of
Louisiana any suggestion with ref
erence to it's duties.
1t invites, from any source, in
formation concerning tax dodgers
or persons who are not paying
taxes on property subject to taxa
tion.
It invites information from any
source concerning inequalities IN
the assessment OF individuals In
the various parishes.
It especially requests from the
newspapers of the State and the
managers thereof, suggestions re
garding the work OF the Board
and any Information concerning
tax dodgers, inequalities In as
sessment or any information that
may enable this Board to more
fully perform it's duties to the peo
pie Of the State.
The Board will not consider any
anonymous communication. Any
information received in response
to this invitation will, however, be
treated with the greatest conf
dence. Persons communicating
any fact along these lines to the
Board may rest assured that they
will not be troubled or inconveni
enoed for that reason.
All information of this charao.
ter will have to be investigated
and the Board must know the
source of the information before
any investigation can be under.
taken.
Address all Communications to
THE BOARD OF STATE AFFAIRS