The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-09-28

with President Airey presiding and al
members present except Messrs.
Joyner, Copellar, Page, and Lacaze.
AN ORDINANCE
The Poilce Jury, Parish of Natchi.
toches, Louisiana, sitting as Board
OF Reviewers.
! SECTION ONE
AS provided in Section Is amended.
of Act No. 21l Of 1918 had before them
for consideration and action the follow
Ing written protests to the instructions
OF the State Tax Commission instruct
ing the Assessor to increase the assess
ments on certain lands designated as
Suburban Land Class. The increase in
said assessments under said instruc-
tlons was protested by the following
parties:
! SECTION TWO
Samuel Nelken
! N. L. Bird
John F. Voiers
Estate of S. and II. Hill
MISS Julia Prudhomme
DR.. J. s Stephens
Mrs. Maude Henry
, Harris Katie
John Russell
Mrs. M: Tujague
A. j. Pharis
w. T. Williams
J. E. Keegan
j. L. and W. A. Berry.
The hearing of these protests occu-
pied two days and after hearing the
testimony produced and considering
the action of the Parish Board Of
Equalizers and comforting with the
Assessor who was present at all the
hearings and considering the cash |
value Of the lands not particular lots ;
and not isolated small tracts but con-
slderlng the matter from uniformity
and equality of taxes, cash value of |
such properties the Board of Review
ers unanimously adopted the following
recommendations to the Honorable
State Tax Commission:
That the several protests named
above be sustained to this extent; That
all lands covered in the above protests
placed by the Assessor under the in
structions from the State Tax Com
mission In the Suburban Land Class be
fixed as follows:
1st. Such lands within the city linn.
its to be assessed at the sum of $3.50 90
per acre.
End: All other lands in said class to
be fixed at the average sum of $500
per acre.
section THREE
We further respectfully recommend
% the Hon. Tax Commission that for
;he reason that only few of the land
'wners filed written protests il pre-t
nlses and considering that there are
many other persons interested who
to file written protests but in
ne interest of justice and of equality
+ taxation and fairness this Board is
# the opinion and do recommend that
heir assessment should also be de-
reased and the recommendations as tol
he valuation of the lands set forth in
section Two hereby apply to all lands
within said Suburban Land Class,
SECTION FOUR
In making this unanimous recon-
,endation to the Honorable Tax Com
Mission We wish to say that the
vldence Is overwhelming and practi-
ally unanimous as to the valuation of
he lands herein recommended.
SECTION FIVE
The Secretary of this Body J.. in
'ructed to forward copies of the pro-
'sts above mentioned together with
ertified copy of this ordinance and
recommendation to the Honorable Tax
at once. (Adopted.)
AN ORDINANCE
be Police Jury Parish of Natchito-
ches. La, Sitting as Board of
Reviewers.
SECTION ONE
Upon consideration of the protests
Weaver Brothers against the in
ease of their assessment for the
ar 1922 as instructed and fixed bv
e Louisiana Tax Commission:
And after hearing testimony as to
value of the land described in the
otest;
This Board unanimously considers
At the increase proposed to the land
described IN the protest is largely
excess of the cash value Of said lane
q that it unanimously recommends
the Honorable Louisiana Tax Com
sion that the increase of the cash
!ue and We find that the cash value -
iue does not exceed the sum of IS. 90
acre for the land 50 described and e
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