| Show Tax Payers Meeting A meeting ol citizens was beld last evening In the eourt house lo bear u report lion a commltteo previously appjlnlrd to luvetilgate Ibo difference lu I taxation between Provo city property proper-ty and property In other cities In the rOUDIY mud secure such reduction 00 might equalize this value ion Mr 8 B Jones chairman ol Ibe meeting elated that the committee Jbail failed lo incur Bucb reductions aa they thought Provo was entitled lo Borne Blight rouuctlon bad been made In the valu often of business property tui none lu reel Jeans property Mr K B Jones next read a report of the assessed valuation various pieces ul Provo business properly showing alack a-lack ol uniformity In assessment and alto comparing Ibo valuation of pror lIyl In other cities In the county with Provo business and reoldooo property thowiUEairtatdller > ncelu valuation Mr Jones also mated thai In tome Inttsncei the deputy aneaior bad mode reduction ODd that those reductions reduc-tions bad beau railed by the sassiest Mr B B Janes advised the meeting that anything further that could bo done In the matter must bn done Individually Indi-vidually by Ibe property owner going teforo the board of equalization aDd that nothing mora could be don by The committee Ho however wall ul the opinion that lomellliog should to done to correct the wrong mil wag Impish UO Ibo potplu ul Provo Urxugh this dlicrlmluatljn Mr Walter Bcult wai of the cplului that eomethlui insist be dune lo re uce the uUh ttxallon ol oily properly IIi bid a 110 uiclty property which he bailiUoliil li sell for fli5 liM Jeer It ainlllil DI SJ7li te dup city Biteftor reduced It lo 160 but the assessor rained It 1 lo 270 again This bad caused blm lo miss a tale ol his lot because people Wfllld not buy city proteily acd pay inch taxeB on II He compared file taxation n clly lot in other chits allowing that there wane wide d IIleeenee Jones 01 OD gagh1C good legal Went to secure Joe ice If It could act Lu dODo In I aly other mincer allbolgb nothing could Ire done thin year A numb 01 other Speakers lot lowed giving pridatices Dr the unjust dorlmlallull and giving ext IIOIOIOlO 10 the necessity for making soma culled effort to secure relief from the xho luallvu 1lonoe Wese Ivoll of lox UII tesldeuce 1 Illolell being higher than the amount the properly I would rtnt far |
