| Show State Asks Aid of Counties in Seeking Values The st state te board ot of equalization Is seeking the cooperation of county commissioners assessors and re recorders recorders recorders re- re corders throughout the state in checking the assesses val values ues 0 of f property against the thc actual prices paid when the property changes hands The law provides that property property property prop prop- erty shall be bo assessed at its actual value and the state board has in tho the past conducted a sy system tem of testing the work of oC the county each year by gathering information as to the actual prices paid ana anc comparing these figures with the valuations placed on the same pieces s of oC property proper proper- ty by the assessors In the past this has been accomplished accomplished by the state sending a representative representative representative rep rep- into each county early in the year and having him transcribe transcribe tran tan scribe the essential details regard regard- ng ng transfers on fis fibs fib Then le Ie letters were sent out to the grantor and grantee in each in Instance ance and from the information thus assembled the work of the assessor was checked up Th This s year it Is hoped that the ex- ex pese of sending the agent of the board out will be avoided Instead the county officials are asked to forward forward forward for for- ward to the board the Information filed with the recorder as it is placed in the public record Appropriate blanks are provided provide by the state board for this purpose In this manner the record will be kept continually up the state board obtaining the information re required required required re- re from grantor and grantee while the transaction on is fresh In the minds of each The ata tata thus assembled assembled assembled as as- will be furnished to each county as asked and the county officials officials officials of of- will have an accurate basis on which to make an assessment and the same Information as is use used by bythe bythe bythe the state board so that the work of the assessor can be e kept accurate at ataU atall atall all aU times 4 n 0 |
