Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-06-27 | Page 40 | 500 Taxpayers Make Protests

TAXPAYERS MAKE PROTESTS Appear Before County Commissioners Corn Com missioners Asking for Reductions Reductions Re Re- in Assessments EQUALIZERS NOT THROUGH Sessions to Be Held This Held This Week to Pass on Bank Stock and Other Diller Matters Maters Finding it Il Impo impossible to complete th their lr work b by closing time yesterday tho the county count commissioners sitting as a aboard aboard board loard of equalization on found it tar ary to adjourn until this week when one or two more sessions as tho tIme necessity necessity necessity sity may require will HI be held to act on natters matters maters which tho time board was sas not able to pass upon at time the session yesterday There will vilI wil be no more hearings b by bythe the he board but there thero are arc several matters maters to be acted upon thc time hearings having been had already Amon Among these maters matters matters mat mat- ers are the time protests of the banking in institutions institutions In- In of ot the city and of ot a a number of large holders of ot real estate who are areal asking al n reductions on tho the assessed valuations valuations vau- vau of their properties The board was presumed to close Its Is work yesterday Should fn any legal lesal point bo raised as to the right o of the lie board boardo to o meet this week to finish Its Is business business busi- busi ness less the difficulty can DC DC oe overcome It ItIs Its itis Is s pointed out by hy having ln tho the state board empower er the tho count county board to meet to finish Its Is business The Tho statutes statutes stat stat- utes mites It i is pointed out out give Ive the time state board power to convene a a county count board at it any time It I i is planned now for forthe or orthe the time county board to meet Monday to consider the matters maters pending Investment In Company Make Protect The Time Salt Sal Lake company compan yesterday filed a protest with the lie board oard a against the assessed valuations placed on Its Ita holdings s by the assessor This protest wa was one that had to be beheld beheld held over o cr for action acton later Time The compan com com- pan any pany through A A. A T. T Moon protested that hat the assessor had hal valued par- par 1 1 e f 1 h. h 41 n V n nn f of of ii the e market trl t L value l of each cl In Individual n piece picco and without t considering what the tho whole would woul be worth If I It were vero all al thrown upon the time marl market et at once for sale This mis argument the as assessor as- as sessor says i is of ot the same nature as that hat made by tho protesting bankers who declared it was unfair to assess bank stock at the market price of or the time timeshare share sharo and not consider what it might lose ose in value alue should all al the shares be bo thrown upon the tho market for tor sale at once It Is expected that action aton will wJ bo ho taken aken on the tho bank assessments probably probably probably ably Monday Ion ay and tho lie action acton will wIl be made a as of ot record on yesterday the tho thelast last ast official day for tor the board of or equalization equalization to sl sit t. t It I had ben been expected that action acton would be taken on time the bank matters yesterday but the last da day rush of or taxpayers tax- tax payers ayera payers was wa-s wa so great great that the board boar had bank batik mater matter matter mat mat- no 10 opportunity to reach the ter er and It was necessary to hold It oyer over until a later lator time ro Taxpayers Before Hoard Board When Whon the tho board met at 10 o'clock there hero were more than persons waitIng waitIng wait wait- Ing ng in the assessors assessor's office for opportunity opportunity opportunity to make mako protest to the board In relation to their assessments A As these were admitted to the time board bord in twos and threes more gathered until the south southend southend southend end of or tho time first floor foor hall ball hal wa was Jammed all al day During the day more than taxpayers were before tho the board and amid heard on omi their protests Practically Practical Practical- ly h y all al of or them were small amaH taxpayers who vho had held off until the last day to take ake up their protests with tho the board boad The Time assessor will wil commence work this week checking and tabulating the re reductions reductions re- re and changes authorized in the I Various assessments by the time board of equalization to determine the time total re reduction reduction re- re ducton allowed and In what lines of valuations the time reductions wor wore grante granted I It I will wil be bo several se days before beCore this work can be bo completed Then the tho treasurer will wil he begin ln work correcting the tue assessment rolls rols to correspond correspond cor cor- respond to the changes allowed by time thc board board after aCer which which when the tax levies for tor the year are aro fixed by hy the state county and city the 1915 tax notices will tm bo be gotten out