The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-13
CITY BUSINESS |.
PROPERTY BEARS
new TAX BURDEN
State Equalization Board De- !,
CldeS on General Raise,
TOWN LOTS ELIMINATED
Assistant Attorney General to
Make Business Survey.

The valuation Of Oklahoma county
property for tax assessment was In. p
creased 10 percent over the lolS.l6 vale +
uation by the state board OF equAlixA. <
ton today, making an increase OF ~.
sN,8o8 and bringing the total to 8ls
026 8Sl III n
The decision 10 make an increase "a
property in bulk was arrived At after
hours of pickering over clasaifications,
In which the valuation al horses. cat.
tie, household goods. wagons and many Z
other things had been "hiked."
After falling to agree on increases on
town lots. II was decided to wipe out
all OF the changes made In the county
report and to make the bulk increase.
Stats and County Confer.
An assistant attorney general VIII
be delegated BY the governor 10 meet
AwAh the county .boafd and determipq
where the lncrtsSes IN vaMstion sh1u
be placed, u was the sense OF the staso
board that the increase should be equal.
i,ed on Oklahoma City business props
erty,
Today's session Of the state equalisa.
ton board was the s,ormiest on rec.
ord I, opened with q declaration from
Governor Willianv that Oklahoma
county property had not been assessed
properly -
"The assessment OF Oklahoma county
Is entirely too low" said the governor.
u am going to see that the rest OF ne
state gets a square deal by Oklshona
county paying taxes on fair asseses
ment This isohe capital city. ~.
II has the Ozark trails and the good
,horoughfares OF the state leading TO u
as in old days all roads led to Rome.
Property has increased In value hete
in the last two years and there 10 no
reason why the people should not pay
tAses on the increase.
Newcastle Bridge rhrsstsnsd.
II serve notice right now that ! have
one little club that will hold TO see
that Oklahoma county get, a fair as
sessment | hold the money for the
Newcastle bridge, $4,000 OF it. and un.
less the right thing is done by this a..
sessment. the county will not get pen.
ny OF H."
w. l.. Alexander. state treasurer, ass
serted that Oklahoma county had not
been equali,ed properly. He said the
assessment OF downtown business prop
erty was too low, that property sand.
wiched in between the business an4
good residence districts was too high.
that good residence property was too
low and that farm land was too higb.
Tax Distribution Suggsstsd. W
lie suggested that the assessment u
turned back to the county assessor With
instructions to put the increases whese
they belonged and to lessen the burdeu
Of those assessed too high. Secretssy
Of State J. l.. Lyon had 4 similar sue.
gestion
II was on the motion OF Attornsy
General Prince Freezing that the u
percent bulk increase was voted. Hi
motion was seconded by Fred Parkin.
son. Alexander. Frank Gault and &
b Howard voted against the motion,
declaring for more specific instruction,
as to where the increases should bt
placed.
Business Property Hit.
All members OF the board, however
/
agreed that Main street and Broadway
property was assessed too low, and that
/ it should bear the burden Of the in
creases.
The valuation Of SsJ026,ssl as fixed
, by the state board makes Oklahoma
\ county by far the wealthiest county In
, the state. The valuations fixed ~
y some Of the more important counties
y follow Tulsa, S6l72l 500; Muskosee'
S,s.2lJl4s. PAYNE. N60o7@; Cree[
ga go 2o2 Garfield, 2oos8@S,
The report Of the county. assessor
placed = valuation OF SJNll eaeh IN
town lots in oklahoma county, WIN
total valuation OF ssJ7l4NO. Farm ,anu
I wa, valued al S24S0 an acre and 10
total value placed at sl0O5S,7lS.
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