Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-02-03
Board of State
Affairs.


The first, and perhaps the most
important to the people of the
State, is the power vested in
the Board to deal with matters
of taxation.
With respect to taxation, the
power of the Board is roughly
divided into four classes:
First, the power to assess pro-
perty that has heretofore es-
capped taxation.
Second, the power to equalize
the assessment Of property be-
tween the various governmental
subdivisions.
Third; the power to equalize
assessments between individuals
of the same local subdivisions.
Fourth, the power to assess the
property of all public service cor
poratlons, such as railroads,
telephone and Telegraph COM
panies, and express companies
The Board of State Affairs is q
new Board, vested with new
powers, and given the authority
to deal with the question of as
sessnents in a new manner. It
has no precedents to follow and
no experience to guide it.
Before this Board can place
property on the assessment rolls
that has heretofore escaped taxa
ton, it must know of the exis-
tence 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.
If any persons, firm or corpo-
fation in this State is lodging
taxes, it is the earnest desire of
this Board to know who they are
and their method of tax lodging
The Board being new has no
set program, but is desirous Of
following the best plan possible
10 accomplish its purposes.
The individual members of the
Board do not regard the Board as
! political body, but feel that it
vas designed to be a business in.
'titution for the purpose of de.
how best to collect and
expend revenue.
The Board further considers
tself a servant of the people and
t feels that any citizen has the
light to make any suggestion to
he Board, with reference to its
work, that he may deem proper.
The members of the Board
lesire very earnestly to justify
Is existence, for they know that
n order to do so, they must have
he cooperation of the public.
The Board of State Affairs,
therefore,, invites and requests
rom any person in the State of
louisiana any suggestion with
'eference to its duties.
It invites, from any source in
ormation concerning tax -dodg-
RS or persons who are not pay
ng taxes on property subject to
axation.
It invites information from any
ource concerning inequalities In
he assessment of individuals In
he various parishes.
1t especially requests from the
newspapers of the State and the
managers thereof, suggestions
egarding the work of the Board
md any information concerning
ax-dodgers, Inequalities in as
any information that
nav enable this Board TO more
.ully perform its duties to the
people of the State.
The Board will not consider any
communication. ANY
Information received in response
% this invitation will however,
be- treated with the greatest con-
fidence. Persons communicating
any fact along these lines to the
Board may rest assured that they
will not be troubled or incon-
for that reason.
All information of this charact-
er will have to be investigated
and the Board must know the
source of the information before
any investigation can be- under.
taken.
Address all communicate tions to
Tho poar1 af State a fFass.a'