Show THE assessment FOR 1890 assessor W H brown intel viewed on the subject by an enquirer man on account of many afloat on the street eliat county assessor Asse saor W H brown was going to assess tho property this year on the basis of the able extravagant t bricea that might result from the boom an man visited him in his office aliis morning and from liim elicited the following statement the law directs that all reaF estate shall be assessed as owned and valued on the first day of every year and personal property as valued on tho day of assessment no notice will be taken of any adanee or booms in real estate after that date the assessment of property in provo this year will no doubt be increased in the 1 have by no means cone wild on valnes but I 1 am forced to understand them and have no doubt that the citizens of provo will willingly bear their just proportion of the public expense no moro taxes should ba raised than anre necessary for tho economical administration of public affairs afi airs citizens should bear in mind that the amount of revenue raised depends on tho rate per cent that the county court lays on the assessed valuation last year the increased the value of property on the assessment roll nearly and on account of the county court lowering the rate per cent the amount of taxes collected were in the aggregate about less than the year previous out of territorial and school tax our county geta back from the territory terai tory feo the amount of taxes paid to tho territory is really a very small one |