Show TAXATION OF MINtS MINES Senator Sentor Miller Would Woud Amend Constitution Const Constitution So As to Place Power in i Hands of Equalization Board Boad Senator Miller Mier of ot Washington county count secured the passage by the senate yes yesterday yesterday yesterday of or a joint resolution submitting to t the people at the next election electon the pro proposition proposition position to allow alow the state board bd of ot equal equalization and not county count assessors assessor to as assess a sess sels the tho net proceeds of ot mines The con constitution constitution as interpreted cd by the supreme court in a recent decision now prohibits the assessment being m made de by the he board boar In explaining the object of the measure Senator Miller said last night that the county asse ass sors soh are often too to lax a In as assessing assessing assessing the th proceeds of mines and that as a result re It these industries are arc paying a very small smal part of or their share of the general genera taxation He Ho believes that by centralizing this power In the board of ot equalization the assessments will wi be great greatly gre ly Increased because there ther will wi not be beso 0 beso so s much influence exerted on this body as In the case of assessors |