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Show ANOTIIEK OPIXIO'V. Today we have Uie legal opinion of another attorney, on Uie question ot tho powers of Uie Hoard of Equalization to lower Uie entire list of property values. The document docu-ment will be found elsewhere In this pap"" Without passing upon the gentleman's style and lllustra-Uons lllustra-Uons and manner of putting the question, we must say we endorse his conclusion, as the result of the exercise of common seuse and of allowing al-lowing the law to speak for itself, without interjecting other language and resorting to lame logic. If Uie board can change and col rcct any valuation, why can it not change afaluat Ions, even If it has to do this one at a lime, t sails! v the technical, who hang to the letter let-ter instead of clinging to the spirit of tho law? Perhaps there will be further learned opinions and more legal arguments ar-guments and quoUUons for Uio edification, ed-ification, or obfustlcaUon, of the County Board. We hope, however, that Justice will be done, and that bo needless burden bur-den will bo heaped upon the taxpayers, tax-payers, many of whom will be really real-ly aud cruelly oppressed if collection of the enormous amounts assessed against them should to enforced. |