Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-06-23 | Page 7 | Equalization Board Finishes Its Work

EQUALIZATION BOARD FINISHES ITS WORK Special to The Tribune. OGLKN". .lune A n increase of not Ipps than 500 complaints, a tola! of approximately ap-proximately loOu, were considered by the Woher county coinm:.- sinners during their sessions as a board of eojializiUion during the past two weeks. Tile work has now been completed and the tax assessment rolls are in the hands of ihe county auditor. au-ditor. The large increase in the number of complaints was due arinost rntirely to the new method of assessing to the full valuation which, went, into effect this year, according to Assessor J. 1... Rub-son. Rub-son. In a great many rases, according to the assessor, th p-Ton making t'!'c complaint com-plaint was unR-'tjuainted with the new method :nd had no further complaint to make when it whs explained that ihe i amount of taxes to he ultimately paid I would be no .creater th.m in prpvinnp I years. Sever a i hundred let 1 ers were re-J re-J ceivd fmm persons living in other pfatep. and ownine property in Weber rountv. I Une elss of fomplaintP which resulted I from the new inpiho-1. but -.vrp not ! in anv iViiMinil'TFiuiing. i-aine from the I hankers, who ob.ietil to hank so-ks being assessed at their full h 1 i in t i.-n. . x;,r reqn? for reductions ere denied I by the iiort rd.