Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-10-25
Tax CommissionerWa Here

on is in Wright County
f the purpose of explaining tn
tn assessor and his deputies
and 10 the county court the
working uf the revenue laws and
t , aSSiS them in the pr"pnr-X
ecutiun of these laws Mr.Ga'ee.
ner took advantage rf the oppor
to address The citi2 MS of
iac town who had le rned he vas
her and who we're inter- >trd at
the court house Wednesday
night.
Tie review ID the tax commits.
81 n ac', read the laws governing
tic fixing of valuati, of property
together with the "ath> of the
assessors depo>ing tn It they
will assess at actual cash ,a'ue,
read IA letter from Gov. Gardner
to the commission stating he
would call a special session ol
the l. gl>i,ture for the purpose
of lowering the state tax levy
from IL. to &c On the 500 ya'ua
tIOl.
He also reviewed the four new
revenue acts the inh ritance t X,
the income tax, the soft DRINKS
law. the corporation franchise
Law. the rnfurc, m"nt of which
the t-,X cOmmi. sion is charged
and declared it MAS the opinion
IF the commission that These
laws would secure enough reve
nu" to liuuidate the state debt in
a very short time and that they
would eventually eliminate thu
levy fo' state taxes basing these
conclusions upon Investigate II
nad- by the commission and
the working Of similar laws iu
10 states which have adopted
them.
In discussing the immediate
duties Of the aSSrSSOrS that of
taking the present aSSnSSmtn'
at actual cash value he gave
many figures on our county>
= venues. He showed that the
to'al assessment IF Wright coun
" for the year 1916 was 81 500.
600 an dlcl.red that in 1917 it
SHOULD be twelve millions stating
that tbs conclusion is arrived at
by an Investigation % aSSe>>l
m~ntS in various pats Of tie
country vetitied by attidaylrs ii
property owners In making the
assessment h. calls attention To-
the fact that the yaluati n i
made By the assessor and not br
the owner.
He also calls attention tn the
fact that assessors have nothing
TO do with tire making OF the
w. These are made by the
Legislature. the county cOUrt>,
school districts. etc. and are
made according u the valuation
aud to III" needs for revenue.
He made a trip to Mountain Gro
W and Mansfield aud consulted
all the county judges and after
explaining the laws and the pur
poses of the com mission each
judg asked him to place them
IN rtcotd as favoring only such
IeViDS As will meet the require
ment> Of the county. If the as
Ses-ed valuation Of Wight cuun.
ty should prove to be what the
comm sSjon be icves it is this
would mean a county levy Of
III or II cents inst, ad Of 80. as
at present The same is true Of
school and road taxes.
II" noted tn" fact that the past
wear Wright county paid to the
) ate S1-77 - and received from
the Stat" S23JG3 2G an excess Of
SlJ,G-5 - md decl red the. oper
,tIon Of the n'w laws would Op.
"rltc even more favorable.
While here he instructed the
recorder to prepare "A list Of NOR
tgagcS in the county and turn
over TO tn" asSnS r.. Full inStru.
rtiOns na"c been given the asses.
>or and hi, deputies to ga ses>
all former illegal assessments
made tn, year under the system
heretofore followed in this cOun.
IS and to place all property up
on the tax BOOKS 1T is actnaI
value.
Mr. Galr"ncr stated ali but a.
hlLt GrrrD rnunticS in fh. Stat.