Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-16
COUNTIANS PERPLEXED
OVER REASSESSNENT
Schedule Forms For Taxation o
Personally Distributed
MANY INQUIRIES ARE MADE
Multitude Of Questions Are Required
To Be Answered-ExemptiOns
Up To $500

Although the usual amount OF
routine business was up for consid-
GRAFTON at the weekly meeting Of the
County Commissioners yesterday. the
officials devoted the greater portion
Ct the day to the distribution OF the
schedule forms in connection with the
.re-assessm6nt OF personal property
soon TO be started. and answering
many questions in connection there
with which were put by many per-
sons from the county who appeared
before the Board. The assessment
has been directed by the State Tax
Commission
The influx OF people from the ru-
raj districts who wanted TO gain first
hand information as to the re-assess-
ment became so great that the Com
missioners laid practically everything
else aside n order to satisfy the null
titude Of requests The matter is per-
picking to many persons owing 10
the large number OF questions which
they are called upon TO answer The
re assessment applies to individuals.
firms and foreign corporations. and
the schedule lists every description
OF personal holdings of tangible and
intangible property. from household
furniture up TO and including invest
ments and securities. Because of the
large number OF questions ii Is no
easy matter for one TO 6ll out the
blank forms
Not everyone. OF course, viii BE-
subject to the new tax. as for in
stance, persons whose household fur
niture does not exceed $500 in the AK
gregate is exempted. Provision for
tbs is contained in Chapter S93 of the
Act Of the Legislature OF 1916. The
inventory as returned by a person.
however is finally passed upon by
County Commissioners.
Tangible property is taxable where
located. In case of ownership OF
tangible personal property in more
than one town or county, the amount
in each place is required to be sep
.arately stated. intangible personal
property is taxable at the resident of
the holder (except property held IN
trust by a resident Of this State for
beneficiary residing IN a county OF
this state, other than chat where the
trustee resides, in which case It is
taxable at the place where such beno-
iiciary resides)
The Commissioners are in receipt
of an invitation from the Executive
Committee Of the American Good
Roads Congress to attend the eighth
annual convention OF that body 10 be
held at the Hotel Statler, ST Louis,
Mo-, on February 4 next. Whether
one or more members Of the Board
win be designated to attend the Con
gress has not been determined The
Invitation states that the urgent need
fer a system Of improved highways In
order TO lift some OF the burden off
the railroads, prompts the Road
Builders Association TO issue at this
time q call for a congress Of those
best fitted to contribute to the solu-
tion Of the problems connected with
this vast and important undertaking
In letter from Major r. F. Proc
tor; OF the Quartermaster's Corps Of
the War Department, the attention
of the Commissioners IS called TO the
bad condition OF the pile trestle and
.steel draw span OF the bridge across
Cabin Branch on the road from
Brooklyn to Marley Neck. in the up
per part Of the county Pending re-
pairs. drivers Of auto trucks have
been instructed not 70 proceed at
greater speed than four miles an hour
in going ever the bridge