Show I TilE UII1TYAlliK1OS1 I i State Equalizers Propose a Five Per Cent Increase jI j I I THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY 0031 MISSlON OPPOSED TO IT I Will Meet Today and Formally Protest II Pro-test Against the Proposed Increase In-crease Houtine Business Disposed Dis-posed of By the Commission The county commissioners met yesterday yester-day afternoon and when a communication communica-tion from the state board of equalization was redd proposing a increase in the county taxation grief settled uppn their brows The epistle from the board read n this wise wiseSalt Lake City Utah Aug 16 To the Board of County Commissioners and to the Auditr of Salt Lake Coun ty Salt Lake City Utah Gentlemen You are hereby notified that the board of eciualizailon after receiving returns from all the counties of the state and after carefully considering the assessment assess-ment of all the property in tae state for tao purpose of making the assessment of purpse l tile property in Salt Lake county con lorm 0 the assessment of the property in the other counties of the state and for the purpose of equalizing the assessment of property throughout toe state propose to increase the assessed valuation or all the property in your county for the purpose pur-pose of State taxation for the year 1S37 by adding thereto I per cent of the valuation val-uation of tfiie property as assessed by the county assessor and a the same appears on the assessment roll of your county of tilde date Yur The board will consider all objections Which may be made to such increase at its office in Salt Lake City on Tuesday Aug 17 1897 at 2 p m By order of the board J J THOMAS Secretary The effect of this if enforced is evident on its face I will simply increase the valuation on each peace of property 5 per cent Individual tax payers can easily figure out just what the increase would be in each case by adding the 5 per cent to the valuation as it stands now OPPOSED TO THE RAISE Commissioner Hall groped for light and said he could see no reason for the increase in-crease in the taxation Armstrong was of the opinion that the courts would not stand the raise even if I the commission was willlnc The commissioners concluded finally to send for the data used by the eaualization board i arriving at their conclusion This was received later in the afternooA from Secretary Thomas and the commissioners toiled over it during the rest of the day A meeting will be held this morning at 11 oclock at which a protest against the prospective elevation in the taxes IS expected ex-pected to be formed MINOR AFFAIRS The sheriff sent in a report to the commissioners com-missioners stating that he had Investigated Investi-gated the character of the house kept by Mrs N G Paffln in the Thiede saloon at Murray and thought that a license ought t be withheld I was decided by the commission to withhold the license and to refund the money paid in at the time the application was filed With the amount due on the time > the saloon ha been open this term deducted ti report was received from County Attorney At-torney Van cot in which he staged that the claim of the Grant Marble company I of Milwaukee was covered by the decision deci-sion of th6 supreme court which made the indebtedness of 1S9G valid The opinion of the county attorney va ordered fed I The Caino Hooper company sent a letter In the commission offering to insure the county for damages brought about bv elevator accidents for 535 p < r year The proposition provides that the claim shull not cover more than 5000 for injuries to one person and not more than slOOQQ for any accident in which more than one person per-son is injured The State Board At the meeting of the state board of equalization yesterday besides taking acton ac-ton with referenc to increasing the val i nation of property in the county 5 percent per-cent tine board adopted a resolution to the effect that the assessment and valu atlono placed upon the rolling stoqk and franchises of r lroads cars telegraph and telephone compares running 1 oper attd in m > r tSian one county be apportioned appor-tioned to the various counties by the sac rotary according to mileage and properties proper-ties owned and controlled by the compa i flies A communication represented from County Commis sonsr Hal was read I requested the sate board to furnish him with the assessed as-sessed values of all the different counties The request was granted |