Show HOSPITALS MAY ESCAPE Declared to Be De Exempt From Prom Taxa Taxation Taxation Taxation tion and Not Affected by Su Supreme Supreme Supreme preme Court Decision St 81 Marks larks and the Saints hospitals will ill undoubtedly escape taxa taxation taxation taxation tion notwithstanding time the recent decision of the supreme court which declares that hospitals are not exempt on the grounds that they th y are arc charitable Institutions Bishop Spalding and Rev C E B Perkins of the Episcopal church appeared before the board of county commissioners sitting as a county board of equalization yester yesterday yesterday day da morning to protest against St Marks hospital being assessed for taxation They asserted that the tIme articles of Incorporation tion of the thc hospital sets out fully Cull that it was organized for f lr charitable purposes cs primarily primarily marily manly and that for this reason the su supreme supreme preme court decision docs does not cover its ease case Bishop Spalding In explained that recent recently ly 11 he lie had collected for the time Institution Institution institution tion from charitably disposed persons by asserting that it was WS not maintained for profit If your board holds that this is not a charitable Institution I must have lied Hed to these donors declared the time bishop The whole matter was submitted to the county count attorney for an opinion which will ill probably be rendered today It is ex cx expected expected that he will hold that the county cannot assess either hospital mentioned as the Saints hospital has the same grounds tor for protesting as has St Marks The board did not take up much other business the only matters being the thc cor eor correction correction of or a few clerical errors and the remitting of the taxes levied against some who proved that they the are unable to pay |