Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-04
COUNTY BOARD
HEARS PROTEST
Members Comments In
dictate No Likelihood
OF Relief
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of work in the city by county forces
and an answer on the question OF
what the board proposed to do II
the matter of carrying out the prom
Use of the members at the time the
paving bond election was penang
assuring the people that the paving
would L1 L&---eG I-om the court
house from the points of the various
projects where federal aid stopped
Consequently only the matter of prop
erty differences were mentioned To
the county board this morning.
The committee members presen4
were w. NJ. Jones, G. L. Williams
and A. c.. Crockett, representing the
citizens meeting of last week; City
Attorney Lane, and Aldermen Mash
burn and Allison, representing the
citv government, and Judge j. A.
Hixon, representing the Chamber OF
Commerce. Talks were made to the
hoard by Messrs. Jones, Crockett,
Lane. Hixon and Williams, the talks
taking the form of discussion more
than speeches. Instances of IN
eoualities betweSa city and county
valuations were eited by the va
rious speakers. All declared that nc
objection was made to the amount
of the increases placed upon thelI
individual property, but all that was
sought was equality of valuations
that the same per centage of true
market value be taken for city prop
erty as is taken for country property
That this is not now the case was
stated positively before the board
Cites Inequality.
Mr. Lane stated that IN his own
case he owned property inside and
outside of the city, and that he was
having on his city property a faI
greater per centage of its true value
than he was on the country prop
erty. ..,,,os mon
we know weare not paying over 70
ner cent of the true value of the
farm lands in Sumter county" SAID
Mr. Lane. eve all know 1t and
admit it among ourselves. All we Oh
the CITY are asking is that our prop
ertv be nut on the same basis as the
country property. That is the only
RIGHT basis, the only fair basis. II
YOU do the same to the other TEL
low as you do to US you Will near
no kick on how much you raise US;
But what is your remedy we
are all through with the tax DOCKS
said Commissioner Oliver :
srYou told us at the beginning, OF
this meeting" said Mr.. Lane that
Won called in this tax board winch
YOU created and gave them their IN
structions when they went to WORK
Suppose you call them IN again
and give them some more lhSVruo-
tons" ,o,,
ize differences between the county
and city ever since the present board
was organized" said Chairman Ray
at this point. eve think that TINS
is the only We for folks to get along.
We have tried to be fair and just
and we haven't had any complaints
We have tried to be fair in this mat
ter. but it looks like a hard job and
YOU can't satisfy everybody.
Ray Has Complained.
give got a complaint to make, too.
| live Just outside of the city in the
9th district | pay taxes out IN my
school district, yet | have to send my
children to High school in town and
nav tuition for them. You see l am
paving school taxes there and unable
to benefit from them, and have to pay
for the use of the city schools"
"Do you pay taxes to help keep.
up the city schools?" Mr.. Jones ask
ed.
"No. don't" replied Mr.. Ray.
''Then you ought to pay tuition for
YOUR children to attend them" was
Mr.. Jones good natured comment. =.
al am in worse fix than any of
YOU" said Commissioner Wilson. Il
get taxed for school purposes in the
18th district and haven't any children
to go to school anywhere"
"You are paying for your grand
children" some one remarked.
''They're not large enough yet
Mr.. Wilson replied.
With the passing of the touch OF
levity Mr.. Lane again impressed upon
the county board the fact that ex-
amples cited showed that valuations
were higher in the city than in the
county, which constituted an injustice
which should be remedied.
"Have More Protection"
"Well, you have more protection
in the city and more advantages"
remarked Chairman Ray.
eyes, and we pay for them IN
heavy city tax" replied Mr.. Lane:
at looks to me like the only remedy
for us is to move to the county, and
we're going to do it when the roads
are paved" chuckled Judge Hixon
AS the hearing ended Mr.. Williams
told the commissioners that inasmuch
as approximately one-third of the
people in the county were bearing
the heaviest burden of taxation some
step should be taken to remedy the
Injustice. After other members of
the committee had been invited to
saw something the committee depart
ment, the board making no reply to
their request at that time.
EXY ANyYE KE