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Show THE" ASSESSOR'S VACUA- TIO.VS. Ctomubmts Pafl Vpin On Ssturday I Eteolni:. The Boartl of Equallaation met! promptly at : SO o'clock on Saturday evening, Sept. , with Mayor Scott , In the dislr nn-i Xlls-wsed or the fol- I Sowing cases: Thevaballoa of JI6.6J3 on two I and ona half fuinotsJnthc Fifteenth j Ward, owned by T. J. llrown, was confirmed. j The request of t fanfc i'letce for a redaction on tlie valuatlm of his lot, J510J, situtteJ on Fjurth South Street, was denied. Assessor Clutc remarked that ilr. Pierce'd requat was one of tlie most cheeSymidc Mrs. Joph EJaafds' reurt for aredocliocin the valuation on her properly in the Ninth Ward, $29, was not grantej. Sarah Pickering's request for a reduction re-duction in the valuation on her property in the Third Ward, S00, met with a similar fate. Mr. Jane Fmdley's request for n remittance of her tax of $10 on account ac-count of poverty was denied. The valuation of 7s 'Jon Ilichard Collett's property In the "'n-tiTiitb. Wnni was confirmed. The board refused to reJuce the valuation of fSlJ on tlie property of J. & Bowers In the beventii Ward. Maria Bvldley was relieved from paying taxes on $3)03 ana, for the excellent reason that she didn't bave it. The valuation of f-tiOX) on Ciurcli property In the Fifteenth Ward was confirmed. j The valuation of SsOX) on tlie pnrry of M. If. Kimball in the ' seventeenth Ward was confirmed.1 tlias Mums' retmett for a reduc tion lu the valuation on his property, prop-erty, $50,000, was denied. Mrs. Joaaison, of the Thlrtecntli Ward, wanted thevaluatlon of i2,-OM i2,-OM on htr property reduced be-caue be-caue she was a wl low. The re quest was rtfued. Jame Cheney failed to git a reduction re-duction on the valuation of $533.) on his property In the Seventh Ward. The valuation of $5103 ou Hyrum WagstalPs property was reduced to $191M because the railroads cut up bis land. Thevaluatlon of $52,503 on tlie property of G. M. Downey was con-', firmed. . J. T. Chamberlain was nllcved ' from paying $S- taxes bccaue he didn't own any proptrty. The tax of John B. Lewis, or th Twentieth Ward, amounting to I $12, was remitted because Mr. licwis 1 was ninety-'our years old. , The board refuvsd to reduce tLe valuation of 16,000 on O.IL Pettit' prorrtyIntlieCIntli Ward. The board thonjht Clute's valuation valua-tion of SJi,033 in Jame Lowe's projerty in thu Kleventh Ward was fair, and it will stand. The loanl remitted $3 on. the tax of Mrs. Chsmberiain bczause sne wa5 a I Jow. Five dollars was also knocked oT tlie tax of Mrs. M. I4. Cody, in tlie Nineteenth Ward. I A reduction of S1033nas made in the valuation of $33,473 in property rupresunted by fapencer Clawson. i Tne reduction was on the property of Mrs. Socil, on Firt btreet. The valuation of fSSOO on tlie prop-rty of S. htaley was reduced to -! and S3 of the tax was remitted. re-mitted. This wasonaccountof old "Mrs. Winters, of the Twentieth Ward, asked for a remittance of her tax of Si It was nol granted. The tax of Mix. II. M. .-nrth, of the Nineteenth Ward, amounting! to $3.0 1, was remitted becauc ihi I was a widow. I The valuation of $4S03 pn fouls seckles' property in blotlc 58, plat was confirmed. Councilman spafTord admitted that in December he sold this property to Mr. Heckles for S1030, which was a good pnt-e, tnit ha voted W confirm tlio valuation. valua-tion. The valuation of $16,003 on Nellie Wells' nronertr. in the Fourteenth Ward, was confirmed, as was aUo the tax on $7a03 cash. Mrs. Ann Hunter failed to git a reduction on the valuation of her proitrty In the Sixteenth Ward, T500. The valuation of T. It. KllerbecVs lot in the Sixteenth ward, $591, was confirmed, nctnlthstanding Mr. EIIerbecL's statement that he would take $500 for the projierty , and paya comrubsina out of IL A reduction of SIM0 was miJeon I the valuation or j-T7,S'J on Herman Hill' property opjotile the ft. James. Quite a discussion arose over the valuation of $17,303 on McMillan A Hill's property on West Temple street, north of the Commission house. The owners claimed Uia' they wetcasee&donl5I feetwhich was u-ed as an alley. The matter was Anally passed. Tlie valuation of Mrs. MorrU property in tlie Seventeenth tWard was reaucjd from $MM to S12 hc-cau?-e she was a widow. Fie dollars was knocked oil the tax assessed against Mrs. O. It. Shaw, of the Seventeentii Ward on the same ground. Clute's valuation of H 303 on the property of Mrs. K. b. Barney, in the -seventeenth Ward, was confirmed. con-firmed. Mr. Clute Lboaght the valuation of $3S09 on the property or Mrs. "C. Davis, in tiie beventrenth Ward, was about $1003 too high, and it was reduced that amount. A reduction or S3 was mace fn the tax of $17 assessed aralust Mr. McMaster, of the Kleventh Ward. A similar reduction was made ou the tax of Mrs. Tuttle of the Nineteenth Nine-teenth Ward. The board declined to reduce the tax of Catherine Forsythe, a widow, amounting to$M 40, and Mrs. James Fairclough's request for a remittance remit-tance of her tax of S10.S0, on the same ground, met the same fate. The valuation of $3,100 ou the property or Caroline foedden was conurmeu. Mrs. S. M. White's tax or $23 00 was reduced $3 because she was a wilow. ilre. O. J. Petty was relieved re-lieved from paying $3 on her tax of $10 SO for the same reason. Mrs. Susan Ed wards got a reduction reduc-tion of S3 In her tax on the ground of widowhood. The valuation of $31,00 ou the property of Mrs. Emily W00J-mansee W00J-mansee was confirmed, because Clute mid her claim of excessive valuation was tbsurd and not to be entertained for a moment. He gave as another reason why the 'valuation 'valua-tion should be confirmed, that tlie lady (.peculated in real estate. The taxes of Mrs. K.-e Pringle, of the Twenty-first ward. S0.S8, and Mrs. W. H. George of tlie Eleventh ward, 5433, were remitted because they wire widows. The valuation of $10,930 on the property of L. M. Rose, in the Twelfth ward, was confirmed. A reduction of $1,151 was made on the valuation of Mrs. It. Brlnker-hotPs Brlnker-hotPs lot In Nineteenth ward. Clute's valuation or $3,803 on the property of John Eckermau was confirmed. It. C. Newson was taxed ou lialf a rod more than hn owned and the error was corrected. The val jatlon of $3,703 on his property was reduced to $2,500. The valuation of $22,700 on the projierty of John Illakemore was confirmed. Clute admitted that his valuation was about double v hat It shouid lie. The vrluitlon. of $30,S03 on the Burr Frost property in the Eighth ward, was confirmed The tax of $3.S(la!ssed against J. I. ItjtJason was remitted because he was an invalid. The request of Martha S. Adams for a remittance of her tax of $3.20, on the ground of wiJowhood. was denied. Mrs. J. Parker failed to get a reduction re-duction on her tax of $12.40. The valuation of $3,700 on the property of S.M. McLaughlin, was eonflrmsd. live .dollars was remitted 0 the . ,.,ra-s- Vw. of the Twenty-""li Twenty-""li M - IThe rrqnert f tra reductTorTon the tar or 315 agalnfet the P. Lynch estate was denied. I The valuation of $2,C50 ontho (bropcrtyofMncB. Evans, In the Ninth Ward, was reduced to J 1,250. The valuation or $3,000 on the property orMr. Hewlett was reduced to$2,SSI. Clute's v;ni:onSf jji00o'a (Ije . .vierry or Caroline Iteesc was coc- firmutl. I The board iwrused to alter date's .valuation of $3,500 on the properly of Mrs. Cumterland, in the blx I tcentli xfftpJi The Valuation of J2.630 oa the p-operty of Mrs. PreOer, In the Seventh ward, was put down to $1,250. " ' The valuatlou of $1 700onthepio-petty 700onthepio-petty of Mr. E. lu Carlson, lu Uie Nineteenth ward, was allowed to stand. Arcductlonof $2,750 was mado in tao valuation or $7,550 on the property pro-perty or Mrs. Robert Patterson. I Mrs. C. A. Glliett and Mrs. B. F. j Pendleton were relieved of $3 each . in their taxes. 4Vn adjournment was taken until j Monday evening, at 7.30. 1 I |
