Year: 1873

coNFERENCE BETWEEN THE STATE ASSESSORS AND


COUNTY SUPERVISORS.


A conference of Messrs. Hadley, Briggs, and
Fowler OF the Board OF State Assessors and the Com
ritee on General Taxes OF the Kings County Board OF
Supervisors was held yesterday In the Courthouse at
Brooklyn the object being TO show the State Assessors
that the county real and personal property is assessed
for State purposes at ea co cent Of its value Super
VISOR Johnson suCcinct statement OF the matter
showing that the rate OF taxation upon the county was
altogether ont Of proportion TO that levied IN the In
terror counties in fact that the county paid much more
than it's proper share tho support Of the state Gov
eminent He said that unless there could be equity OBJ
from State Board he feared It might lead TO
serious complications and confusion it surely would
70 the great dissatisfaction the part Of the people
believed that IL only for the people OF
the state understand this matter in order TO admit
the truth Of the claim made by the people OF Kings
County. The percentage OF increase from 1862 TO 1871 IN
the real estate OF Kings County had been es 2lo while
the percentage Of assessment valuation for tax pur
poses to real value shown by the records is SC 40


CITY Furey said that the basis Of valuation OF
real estate Brooklyn the true value as obtained
from the Registers office 6i per cent on that valuation
and that each and every plot OF ground in the city was
visited and passed upon last year. He thought the
value OF real estate in Brooklyn during the past two
years, as whole had deprecated, hut that it had


Supervise schenck Of New Lots then stated his belief
that the real and personal estate in that town was
ana legally assessed. Corporation Counsel
Dewitt remarked that uneeen-twentiehs OF the taxes
of Kings County paid by the City Of Brooklyn. He
desired know II the State Assessors had any doubt
that property I'm this city is assessed az 62! per cent


Slate Assessor Fowler replied that he would have
doubt until he could get further evidence supervisor
Hanau stated that he had sold all the property he had
Brooklyn ne could not afford 10 pay the taxes
on IT, He recently sold house for $4,000 which he
was assessed s52G He had friend in Duchess County
whose house, worth $4,000. was assessed $50.


Ass, Briggs SAID that he wanted TO property
valued pag with the City OF Brooklyn, and then the
State Assessors would plane down taxes throughout the
state This objected 10 by Messrs. Klnsea
aud others who said that there should be pauing
down" but the other counties should De brought to
the proper level The average valultO OF property in
the whole State. 10 shown, is 80 per cent and II
yet TO be learned that any county mad denied OF could
deny the statement


At the afternoon session Of the Boards number Of
real estate questioned and they all agreed
the opinion that Brooklyn real estate is general
thng. CO per cent Of rs value This
af ALo..sc. W1CKCh, HOndoW, and others.


Park Thcater building assessed az $9l,OOO and sold
for $4,000 The Long Island Savings Bank building,
valued at $4,000 is assessed at 100000 The residence
Henry Ward BecchCr, worth 10000, is assessed 20
$4,000 dwelling at Henry and Harrison-ss assessed
at SlSO00 be purchased al $4,000. The
Academy OF Music, valued at 100000, is assessed
Rt tl625O0 Assessor Breen said that every possible
effort made to obtain full tax all personal prop
erty pcrsous Of the OF 60 per dag
at times. Supervisor JOhueOu said that the general
point simply TO get The facts before the state Board
that county real estate assessed AZ 60
Der OF ts value lie hoped that tue Board would


ve she matter careful consideration aud DO justice 10
the county. The Conference was then ended.