Show I COR CORN N j Assessor Ex-Assessor iJ of S1 S. L. L Editor The Tho Telegram Your Issue ot of the an article under the sig Blair Richardson in cussed the contribution Lake county taxpayers to general fund and the eta sta fund While I have no int a newspaper CO with the writer I wit wish something about on one or ort tv statements that place m me I l ridiculous position After Atter reciting the evento even s sto to the reduction ot of maul levies In the various taxing the state 6 60 per cent not one half times Umes by th of 1916 1915 having as s Its pel per cent tax rolls Mr Richardson Irs In Salt Lake county assessor made an honest under Instructions from board ot of equalization to I property at a full 3 I value Mr Richardson t ton ton on to say When the ment was completed a a. ve yeti had been m macjeJ de He then expresses his that salt alt Lake county wt one In the state that law Quoting furth further r assessor ot of Salt Lake cou cou u upon on the state board ot of q q and pleaded with then them permit a reduction of 0 ts county values to a to other counties Ot or to other counties to a 11 basis to equal those ot county I desire to dissent on onit t foregoing statements IF F the per cent Lake county in 1916 was der Instructions fromAl front I board of 0 equalization meat ment was made mad that year II era eral high basis of t I cause neither Salt Lake the boards of erly function with less rev they had in 1915 1015 Effort to place an equitable va var aU all property under my ju That effort is have been fairly success Second the county assessor of waited on the tho state b a rd and pleaded either permit a reductio Lake county va va es toa J equal to the other c u un raise the other counties per cent basis Is entirely I had absolute authority valuations In this count count- askIng anybody's pern did I plead with them t tori rl In other counties those of Salt Lake co nt I did not know until III 19 undertook some assessors in other cou failed to comply apply full valuation 11 ment Is true also of 0 thos under the jurisdiction Of board of equalization 1 No one knows better belter t tand tand and I do that real prope county is ge- ge close to per cen value Here Is where a averages raises the county one single Ige J g greater value than th the value alue of the ent A I. I |