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Show STILL THEY C01IE. iore an! iloM CoapUlnli Apat Hate's FIgarrs. A quorum of tbo City Council was present list night, silling as a board of equalixitlon, and the fol-lowing fol-lowing complaints were nresenlb President Webber, Director Geo M. Cannon and Ellas A. Bmiui and escreUry Bilemin, of Zion's Benefit BuIIJing Society, appeared to protest ajalnst the capital slock of the society, $175,000 being assessed. asses-sed. Mr. Webberstated hat It was a poor man's soclely aifl formed solely for Uie purpose of enabling Its members to build homes and therefor there-for to increase the LMlhln t.m.rt of Ule cily. The director! served without pay and the object of the society was not to mike money. If it was a foreign coriioraUon ifwould not lie requlrej to pay tixes under the law. If the tax assessed by the assessor thould be allowed to stand, the society would have to go out of the business. The profits of the society were SflX, and he did not object to that being paid. Judge SmlUi slid Uie county board of equalisation had remitted the assessment on Uie capital stock of$I7S,0W, and he Uiought Uie cily should do Uie same. Mr. Cannon said the members of the association got together and allowed one ef their number to use tlie money of all of Ultra to bull J a house. The members of Uie association associa-tion received this benefit in turn. The man who built the house was asses-ed upon It aud the assessor assessed as-sessed upon the money of the society wiUi which It was built. By this method, he said, Uie capital of the society w as taxed twice. Assessor Clutc attempted to an-snrerthe an-snrerthe arguments of the gentle man, bill his effort was very weak and had the effect of strengthening the claim of the socitly. Jud.76 S nlth. r."irtitln- fl. Deseret National Bank, asked Uiat the valuation of S2K per share on the 51 shares of Uiat corporation wmlucsl to $ ier share. The bank was also assessed on $Ji.600 capital stock and on real estate $$,-KJ. $$,-KJ. JuJge Smith objected to Ule real estate being assrssed, as it was Included iu the capital stock. John I.awrence owned a lot on Fifth West Street which was valued by Ciute at $.1,6 W. He considered this excessive. Peter Shergriu owned a lot on South Temple Street, which was valued at jJ,WJ. This was more than the property would sell for. Tiomis Sleight ownel a lot ou Pear Street, which was so situated Uiat It could not be reached by a wagniu Mr. Ciute value! this at 52,40.1. while the county valuation was $90J. He thought Clute-was away uffhis bae. Mrs. Jane It. Taylor represented that she was assessed on two rods w hlch hal been deeded for a street A. K. Hyde objected to CluteV valuation on his property on North Teaiple Street of S23,I:. The coucty assessor's valuation on lhe same property was S 9, and when Mr. Hyde offered it for sale list sprlug for 15,00), It laid lhe real estata mn out coIJ. Mr. Hyde Uiought 15,01 would l abjtit right. A. P. Barnes on ned a piece of prop-rtyaJjoiuliig Davis, Jlnwe.V l.V foan iry, which was valuel at S-W. The county assessor valued it at SM0J, and Mr. Barnes would like to find a bayer at Ciute 's figures. Chirlotte 51. II ill owned a lot near the corner ol I aud Fir-t streets, which Mr. Ciute va'ued at 59J). The owner wanted to find a tiurehver at that price John Squires du ned a lot in block i, plat I), which was valued at VJ. IiityiMrll!ctilLatlou was 5.MD. Mr. Squires didn't Uiluk Ciute was ju-titied in Jumping Uie value up to that extent. Mrs. Sarah T. Dancan oltfected to Uie valuation of $ on her lot on Seventh Kat Street. The tax this year was J.T.SJ, as against SLSJ last year. She hal not brreti able to i'tan offer of over $) for the place. Wm. J. Silver objected to the cx-cesIve cx-cesIve valuation of Ills property on North Temple Stm L La-t J ear it was v.ilu.-d at 3I(I.)J, w Idle this year it wasjsllj, while Uiccounty valueil itat53iM). Mr. Silver stated that he was not anxious to sell out, but if theasse-sjr would take the property prop-erty a', his own Valuation he would let him have IU Henry It'iser thought Clute's valuation of 21,100 on his projicrty in block 47, plat A, was a! luge her too high. The couuty valuation was under J 10,0 V). Sir. Siiry 1L Smiley thought Ciute' valuitlensnt HI Mil oil ln-r lot, 2JxlO, in block 33, plat A, was excessive. Mrs. K. Trennyne staled thai the tax uon her property on South Temple Street was double what II was la-t year. She was a wifow, and besides this heavy tax, had to pay sj.-cial taxes for water mains which wirjof no earthly benefit to tier, 40 for street sprinkling and sjeclal s.'hool taxes. She asked for some reduction. Hichanls Brothers' Main Street property was valued at $74,luO by Ciute, while the county assessor made It 51.0 W. The owners thought Ciute was too high on some of the iros-tty. B. U. Itaybould's property was valueil by tlie city at J3I.0.M, while the county va'uatlon was 5Ji,0JJ. Mr. Itaybould thought the county assesjm-nt was high enough. Joe Baumgarten owned a piece of property In the Twelfth Want ami another in the Seventeenth Ward, which were valued at $il,4W. while the couuty valuation was $13,0. lie thought the county avssr"s valuaUon was too high, but Clute's figures were unreasonable. The following iersois asktsl to have their taxes remitted because nf their Inability to psy: Thomas Home, Kleveutli Ward, JIL70: Mrs. K. D.-cker. Sixteenth Ward; Klila J. Jone-, Twelfth Ward. 5.4 1; Sirs. L. Itoblnson, Kighth Ward, 27i; Mrs. Matilda Counsel!, SixtecnUi Ward, $220. |
