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Show SAYS TAXES UNPAID j ON PHOSPHATE CLAIMS Professor "WilHim Peterson, freolostFt for the state board of en'i-'ihzation, sain vesterdav that he has been unable to discover'anv reeord of taxes heinc paid on certain "phosphate claims ajrsresating about 450 acres in Rich county. These claims are the producing proper-tics proper-tics of the area and have been under ratent for many years, said Professor Peterson, and bis report sets forth that in preceding years the claims have been assessed on the value of their net proceeds. pro-ceeds. The state board ordered the collection of taxes on this property for 1S19 and for ail the preceding years in which taxes were not paid, phosphate mines this year will be classed as nonmetalliferous min-j min-j ins property and will be assessed at their actual cash value. J. T. Hammond, a member of the commission, com-mission, was delegated to the duty of preparing a set of rules for the board, and William Bailey, secretary, will prepare pre-pare the blanks for the reappraisement of the form lands, blanks for merchants, blanks for changing the rolls and. for personal property assessment, as re-Quired re-Quired by the 19)9 legislature. Improved farm lands were divided from unimproved lands by the last laws passed. Previous to that time all farm lands were assessed under the same ruling. |