The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-17
ASSESSMENTS INCREASED
THROUGHOUT NEVADA


tally affecting the property owners
of this county and state A correct
understanding of the recent changes
in the assessed valuation of the sew
eral classes of property is necessarily
important.
The authority for adjusting valua-
tions lies in the Jurisdiction of the
state board Of equalization, which is
composed of the county assessors of
the state and the Nevada tax COM
mission. This body held its annual
meeting during August and Septem-
ber in Carson City. After being in
session several days total assessed
valuation of $205, 900, or an in
crease of $7,0O0.000, was decided as
necessary to meet the state budget of
S675,674. Enthusiastic discussions
continued for several days as to how
the commission could properly pro
rate the assessment. The opinion of
the committees was finally and gen.
orally accepted.
The assessments on land and coun-
try improvements were compared
with those on railroads, banks and
public utilities and found to be far
below their cash value. The adjust
ment was made by attaching an in
crease of 20 per cent, or $574,233,
on the value of country improve
ments and Is per cent, or $5,465,312,
on land as classified:
First-class cultivated from $50 to
sos per acre; second class, from
$65 to $74.30; third-class, from $50
to $50; fourth-class, from $35 to
$41.30.
First-class meadow from $50 to
$35.40 per acre; second-class, from
SIS to $21.24.
First-class pasture from $50 to
$35.40 per acre; second-class, from
$40 to $3.50; third-class, from $11
to $12.9S; fourth-class, from 81 to
$S.26.
First-class arabic, from $14.66 to
$I729 per acre; second-class, from
1902 to $12.9S; third-class, from
$7.04 to $3.50; fourth-class, from SO
to 1884.
First-class grazing from SIS to
$3.50 per acre; second-class from
$40 to $11.S0; third-class from so
to $3.50; fourth-class from SO to
1884; fifth-class from 50 to $2.36.
Mountain and barren from $1.41
to $1.66 per acre.
Unclassiied from 1851 to sS.97
per acre.
Several counties which showed re
duced assessments when compared
with 1918 are analyzed as follows:
Churchill, $71,42S, due to reduc-
tion in operation of sugar factory
and loss in licenses; Clark, s112,S10
due to loss in licenses and to the
abandonment Of the Las Vegas &
Tonopah railroad; Douglas, $1,674
due to loss in sheep valuations; Eu-
reka, $53,334 from assessors valua
tion of 1918, due to loss in licenses
and recommendation of state boart
Of 1918 as to land assessments; Els
meralda, $341, ,22S, due to loss in Ii
censes, livestock values and bullion
taxes; Mineral and Pershing, $1S5,
1853, due to loss in licenses, merchan
disc stocks, livestock, mining prop
erty and bullion taxes; Nye, $27,427
due to loss in licenses, bullion take
and the scrapping of the Las Vega
T. Tonopah railroad; Storey, $254
APT, due to loss in licenses and los
in Buffers milling plant; White Pine
$1,5S9,901, due to loss in license
and bullion taxes.
The increase of 18 per cent on ger
eral lands and 20 per cent on cour
try Improvements on the assesse
valuation Of $7,34S,203 for Lincol
county in 1919 will add approximate
ly $4,000 to the total taxes.
County Assessor J. B. Wheele
who recently returned from the NEE
ing of the board of equalization &
Carson City, in an interview gay
some valuable information for tn
benefit of the taxpayers of the stat
He said:
'The board, consisting Of asses
ors Of all the counties of Nevada an
the Nevada tax commission, met
board of equalization August l
The session was called to order
Governor Emmett Boyle, chairman
the board, who instructed the mer
bers in the principles of equalization
saying that the tax rolls OF the val
Gus counties were deficient abo
$10,000,000 of tax valuation, the t;
on which is necessary to run Il
functions of the state governme
and instructed the board to plan al
figure out the best and proper way
raise this deficiency by equalizil
the taxable property of the state. T
board was then divided into comm
tees as follows Livestock, railroad
banking, business, mining, ldHus dl
improvements and public utiliti'
Each committee consisted of four
SCISSORS and one tax commission mel
ber, who acted as chairman.
THE session then adjourned l
one week to give the committees
opportunity to get in touch with t
taxation problems. The session aga
opened Monday morning to hear
ports from the committees. 1
problem Of raising the railroads "
taken up and discussed. The ra
road companies proved beyond
shadow Of doubt that they were pi
ing 80 of their full tax valuation
mile as assessed by the tax comm
sion. and they objected to any ra
whatever until the land owners a
country improvements paid j
and equal tax on their holdings
the various counties Of the state.
The banking interests were tf
cited to appear and show cause "
they should not be taxed accord
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