Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-10-04
State Board Raiyssl2a3q CHI lAI0O2
Valuation Of Land
Douglas County equal burden with restf state
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4 During the past week the. State
Board OF Equalization got down to
business in earnest. The Board made
up as it is,aof representatives from
the seventeen counties of the state,
i i ssaid to be the strongest and most
progressive that has convened at the
/ Capitol in many years. The members
arc perhaps the best informed officials
we have on. the states resources and
| the different questions OF taxation
1 On Tuesday, September 9TH the
details of the state budget loftfex-
penses, which is a tabulation OF the
appropriations made by tbs ft state Leg
1islature for the year 1919, were re-
Viewed and fully discussed by the
members Of the Board. The proper
| ton of said budget to be raised from
taxation aor the State General Fund
/ was found to amount to $675,674, and
when computed at the state rate APP
plicable, it was found that an assess
Iment valuation of $21O,OO0,OOO would
be required. if three per cent, which
has heretofore been carried to cover
delinquencies, were included. In this
beralf, it was agreed, upon suggestion
Iron Governor Boyle. that the a.
mount to. cover delinquencies might
Ibe reduced from three to one per
Icent and thus a total assessment waltz
lation for the year 1919 of $205,OO,OO
Twas adopted as the amount necessary
ifor equalization purposes. Asseom-
Epared with this it was found there
Ehad been brought in by the assessors
Lupon the tax rolls from the different
lcounties Of the state 4 total assess
fment valuation of approximately SlS'co-s
LOCO 900. The rolls Of the various
lcounties must therefore, be Eincreas-F
Led in the amount of $7,OOO,OOO by
Iprocess of equalization OF property
lvaluations as between individuals,
classes of propertN and countless III
Iorder~,to,,nakea up said required total
of $2O5 10000.
T. IA Special Committee was appoint
ed. comprising Commissioner ellison
and Assessors. w Gather and ingalls,,
which reported that there was loss
in the assessment valuation compared
with the 1918 assessments as follows
In Churchill, F$7l .428 due to sreduc-
ton in operations of the sugar factory
and loss in licenses In Clark County,
$l12,Sl0, due, to loss in heensesfand
10 the abandonment of the Las Vegas
& 4Tonopah Railroad. IN Douglas
COUNTY, Sl,674, due to loss in sheep
| valuations. In Eureka County $751;
334 from assessors valuation OF 1913,
due, to- loss in licencs and recommends
alton OF State Board of 1918 as to
Hand value assessments. In Esmer-'
lalda County. $334l,22s, due to loss
lin licenses, livestock vaules and
lbullion taxes (Inl Mineralland PERISH
ling Counties, $1S5 l5s, due to loss i'll
licenses, merchandise stocks, live
lstock, mining property and bullion
taxes. In Nye County,$27 Az, due to
lloss in licenses, bulliontaSesSanda the'
lscrapping of the Las Vegas q 'lono-
nah Railroad. In Storey County, Sza,-
| Az, sdues I'd loss inslissnses and loss
lin Buffers Milling plant. In White
| Pine County, $l,598,90l, due Ito loss
| Il licenses and bullion taxes.
| This makes a total, Of 81 ,40S, 3H, rs
| dnction in the Assessment yalratiotls
Brought in on the COUNTY rolls for the
current year, as compared with l9ls'
which is partially made up by ror-
NAL increases brought in by other
counties, leaving the valuation ap-
3roximately the same as in 1919:
namely, $l9S,OO0,Oo0.
sThereaster. there was brought lnto
Consideration Of eQializing the assess
tifent valuation of land. as distinguish
III sforn other classes Of property IN
Lyon County, Churchill, County and
douglas County by the assessor OF
ILyo,slCounty who pointed out that
1.-THE average assessment valuation OF
Iall lands in Lyon County was SO y
tper acre and $3.50 i, Churchill
tCounty; whereas III Douglas County
1.-The average assessment Valuation o.
Hand was only 500: He contendee
THAT the lands s9of hoasfas CONT,
lwere certainly not lessin value thar
Those of Lyon and Churchill Counties
land that, therefore, sail lands were
lgrossly santFef assessed X'#~es'
After rather s{extended SlicuSsiOn