Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-03

/ OJnef VINO owns residence on
the same street, Rosendo Con
2alcs, who owns an old adobe
house with a rough lumber roof
on that let's in every drop of
water when it rains, returns his
house at $500.
IF l was playing politics, who
! did l favor? Gandert, the taXroIls
show.
/ Now let us consider the treas
urer of the same committee, Tito
/ Melendez
He owns the best saw-mill in
[ Mora county. You will find it re-
turned in district rs, at $500. IN
the same canyon and near it, is the
Romero IL Romero, a mere ruin Of
once used mill, also returned at
$500, its actual value; compare fur
Their with the honest assessment of
Strong d Adams in district 81,
Ocate, mill returned at $1,000, lum-
Der on hand at $2,S43. Did Mclen-
DEE return any lumber? No. l
state that | honestly consider that
Melendez has the more valuable
property
Now let us take another of the
so-Called republican chiefs in
Wagon Mound--J. Demetrio Me-
dina, returns his residence and Il
one-half interest in the best corner
lot and business house in Wagon
Mound at $3.50. The other half in
terest in the property is returned
by PatriCio Sanchez, of Mora, at
$3.50. We have it from good au-
thority that they at one time re-
fused $4,000 for the property. Com
pare this with some of the inde-
pendents or democrats of Wagon
Mound, look at the return of Tran
qullino Roybal, he returns his res
idence at $3.50. (Ask Mr.. j. r.
Aguilar about the comparative
value of the property); following
along that same street but farther
from the main part of town, you
find the residence of another of
the independent republicans, Bias
Sanchez, he returns his residence
at $1,000. Win the said central
committee members trade their
business buildings and lot for it?
II they do, Sanchez will make them
a present of the best StetsOn hat
that can be made.
DdNluO bbpGHs q utlHUCldlJ It.
turns his property at S 500. He
is also willing to trade with Me-
dina q Sanchez for their corner
lot; take an honest assessment or
a republican in Wagon Mound, Ale
jandro Wallace, he returns his
buildings, one full block further out
of the business part of the village,
at $500.
"Now let me tell you, Mr.. Saint, |
in all seriousness, that in placing
the values Of automobiles, | was
guided absolutely by the list Of
values furnished by your office. |
had several people working for me |
at the time and they will say that |
all they went by was the list / have |
mentioned. When l assumed the |
duties Of the assessors office last |
year, | found out promptly that |
was just crowded with work, / had |
to finish the taX-rolls for 1920, |
which were left undone by Abel |
Madrid, my predecessor, who was !
paid even for extra work done: ! |
could only find out that the extra |
work was done down town where |
he had another office to which he |
devoted a good deal of his time; he |
was running a bank (monte bank) |
he could not do the
work for which he had been paid.
Il had to hire extra help and /
rush the work and in so doing !
may have or my help may have .
made a mistake or more, but it was
an error if such is the case, pure
and simple and nothing of political
oh tho
taX-ruls, because in the instances
| have mentioned and many more
that can be quoted, the democrats
or independent republicans We're |
assessed higher than the members |
of the central committee who have
complained to you about my
actions.
Il have since learned that a good |
deal of property belonging to the
members of the complaining COM
seems to have been left out /
Of the assessment, and has been
omitted for several years. ! in
tend to investigate, and if ] find
this is true, l will, according to the
1921 taX-law, assess all such prop
erty belonging to them or others
for five years back, as required by
said law.
81 take it that the laws govern
ing assessment Of property for tax
alton applies to all alike In the
performance of my duty / have
shown absolute impartiality, and ]
have no fear or favor for any one
on account of his political beliefs
"To again prove to you that |
have tried and am now trying to
have an equal assessment all over
the county, l will tell you that the
present year l have in Wagon
Mound, in Ocate and i'm all the
places l have visited so far, held
with the taxpayers ire
spective of politics and asked them
to help me in getting at fair val
uatiOn in their respective district;
composed of people of
all parties are even now fixing
values on property. Did the COM
plainants when they had charge of
the assessors office do anything
like that?
81 believe this ought to be enough
at this time, but if the complaining
committee is not yet satisfied, let
them go before the people Of Mora
county with their charges, and will
find what they get.
Every respectfully,
"THOS. McGRATH,
Assessor Mora County"
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