The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1920-01-31
GOVERNOR BOYLE URGES
FORMING OF TAX
ASSOCIATION

There is no organization in the
State that gives a thought or consid-
ers in any way the a~dvisability OF
public expenditures" declared Gov
ernor Boyle in an address on taxation
in Nevada given before the Nevada
Live Stock Association at Reno last
week. and for that reason he strong
ly advocated the forming of a taxpay-
er.s league in Nevada, the duty OF
which would not only be to secure
Justice in taxation but also to check
the State expenditures and to recon
mend expenditures to the Legislature
I'm the candle light of the day az
ter the last night of each legislative
session when every one is tired and
ready to go home the general appro-
priations bill carrying State expendi-
lures for two years is generally
brought in and placed beforethe Gov
ernor,'' continued MIR. Boyle.
cannot veto separate items in the APP
preparation bill and he cannot keep
the Legislature in session until hehas
time TO go through the rather lengthy
and technical document to ask that
certain appropriations be cut down.
Members of the Legislature are
selected from different lines OF activ-
ity and the Legislature is sometimes
oyerbalanced with more representa-
tives of one class in business than an
other, and in making appropriations
this factor enters in. A taxpayers
association, which could confer and
recommend appropriations would
save thousands of dollars to the
State. 1t is being done in other
States and it is certainly needed
here"
The Governor directed an attack on
the State tax laws, saying they were
obsolete, unjust and In order TO get
some semblance of justice in taxes
both the Tax Commission and every
taxpayer in the State was forced 10
break the law. Declaring in favor Of
the classified tax the Governor said,
THE old uniform a rule should
be abandoned, tn constitution
amended and the classified tai sys-
TEN put into force. Through this
system taxation would not be a bur
den on any one. People would be
taxed according to what they were
able to pay as shown by the income
ON property or business.
THE Tax Commission is not out to
get any one now. 1t is trying to en-
force and carry out a law that is
neither just nor equitable. We want
to cooperate with the cattle and land
wne of the State and with allprop-
erty owners and taxpayers in the
State.
Under the agreement made with
the land owners last Fall when the
horizontal raise or land values was
rescinded the Nevada Live Stock AS
ISOLATION and the Humboldt County
Taxpayers Association agreed to CO.
operate with the Tax Commission in
making a survey of the State. When
you appoint your committee / hope
you will appoint representative men
who can be brought together quickly
and thai we can put out field men to
make a survey.
This action should set up the ma
chinery for a taxpayers association
which in a few years would not only
be able to assist the Tax Commission
in levying equitable taxes but would
check expenditures. The State wants
to cooperate with you. l believe that
farming and ranching is the para
noun industry of the State despite
the constitutional statement favoring
mining, and | feel that we can get
together for mutual benefit"