The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-11
Chapter XIV

last issue OF the paper and for tn
information Of those who do not re
member just what the report refer
to. In many Of its details we are re
printing the list Of questions an
answers from number l to 90 inclu
sive. A good many people who ha,
head the statements as originall
published read them with more o
less Of doubt as to whether or no
they were correct and now since tn
tax commission has checked up an,
stated exactly what is correct, thi
brife review. is given to conduense tn
information.
/ When the tax commission wa
working they had three sets Of type
written questions to work from an,
they wrote in their answers as the,
went along. This chapter is re
print Of those questions and answers
that the committe had on their tabl.
when they were doing the work. TIL,
answer to questions AZ, 43 and a
was not written by the committee
but it comprises the conversation Of
the committee when they were study.
ing those three questions, and thu
statement made by different persons
speaking to the committee or to the
editor explaining the situation.
Editor Trego spread out before the
committee, tabulated copies made
from various government records in
GLIDING the personal roll and real
estate roll of Assessor Malcolm, show
ing the names of more than 100
stockmen, who were not assessed at
all or who we're assessed at much
less than they should have been and
after long study of the situation from
every angle, he laid before the COM
mittee list of eighty-four stockmen
who are more or less prominent who
are ranging cattle in the county part
of the year or who feed cattle in
the county for part of the year and
suggesting that they consider the
matter of naming those men or as
many of them as they felt justified in
naming for vote of censure for not
reporting their stock to the assessor.
The committee did not care to take
the responsibility of naming the per-
sons who are deserving of censure In
view of the fact that the assessor
was remiss in his duties in not find
ing the stock, and since the commits
sion did not care to name them, we
have decided not to publish them but
we want to tell you something in
connection with that which will in
terest you. The; assessor told the
commission that these eighty-four
men might have been assessed and
the assessment attached to their real
estate. We informed the commission
that we had already looked to see
II that had been done and found that
it had not been. The only thing we
could not be sure of was that they
had not been assessed for part of the
year in some other county The COM
mission itself is authority for the
statement. that the records do not
show that they had been assessed in
his county or at least so many of |
hem as the commission checked up |
IN. Another newspaper in this |
county, in publishing a condensed |
statement of the tax commission used
he assessors expression and said I
hat much migratory stock that |
Gems to have escaped taxation in
Bingham county may have been
made part of the real estate assess
nent, is the reason why it is not
isted among the migratory stock.
We answer that by saying that it is
lot attached to the real estate assess
lent and therefore the statement of
he newspaper on that question is
ot true and the statement made by
he assessor that it was attached to
he real estate is not true. The
aper publishing such mater is
lerely giving it's readers the wrong
liant on what the committees re-
ort says and means.
The questions and answers are:
l. Was Trego's statement correct
'hen he said that property should be
ssessed at it's full value as it was
n the second Monday of January,
t each year? Yes.
2. Is the statement correct saying
hat the county has lien on the
roperty until the taxes are paid?
es.
3. Are the statements correct in
aging that the full cash value clause
as been disregarded and by custom
,o5t OF the assessors assess the prop
rty at half value? Yes.
4. Were Trego's statements cor
ect when he listed the exemptions
hat are legal? Yes.
5. Did the paper state correctly
hen it said that application had
cen made by representative of the
aptist church of Blackfoot for ex-
nption on its parsonage when it's
arsonage was being rented and that
ne tenants were paying the rent?
es.
6. Was the definition of real estate
iven correctly? Yes.
Z. Was the definition of improve
ents given correctly? Yes.
8. Did the paper give correct
efinition Of actual value of prop
'ty?" Yes.
9. Did 1t give correct definition
migratory stock? Yes.
10. Did it give a correct defini-
on Of the duties Of the assessor and
for neglect? Yes. Il
IL. Did 1t give a correct definition
who should report to the assessor
to the ownership of property? Yes.
IL. Did 1t give proper definitions {
to penalties for reporting falsely ]
not reporting, all the property
vned by the person making the re-
ort? Yes. In
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