Show BOARD 11 0 equalization evens evans things up in ar proper oper snaps shape and ana gains gain the everlasting gratitude of the it pec pie by courtesy of clerk Ful bulliner liner we are enabled to publish the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted by the cache county board of equalization I 1 and approved by tho territorial it has been represented to this board by a large committee composed of the leadin leading 7 citizens of df cache county who ll 11 appeared in behalf of and claimed to represent tile lie taxpayers tax payers of th thit is county FIRST that tho the assessed values of both real and personal property as returned by the assessor of this county ire are in axce excels s of the true value of said property and that said asE assessed eseed values of said eaid property 1 and that eaid assessed values as s returned for this year are tactically practically the same fame as those fixed for the past two years when boom prices prevailed while a as a a matter offart ft act a gradual decline in prices has been going on for the past three years and that assessed values in other counties of the territory h have ave been reduced from year to year as property and valus value depreciated while assessed values in cache county have been kept at boom prices SECOND becom present financial panic affecting 0 as it does all business aud and decre decreasing asin the demand for all farm produce and making 1 almost valueless all farm animals together with the fact that crops in cache county this year are on an average only half balf the he usual crop will render it almost impossible for many to pay their heir taxes u upon p oil the basis of asse assessment much odthe of the pio property perty will necessarily have to be sold by b the collector and a general hardship inflicted upon all citizens THIRD ill I 1 that alia t the assessed valli aaion of railroad telegraph 0 and telephone properties has been reduced for this county this year by the territorial board of equalization and that assessors and boards of equalization in other counties have reduced values this year from ten to klaity per cent AND a great many taxpayers tax payers of this county have appeared in person before this board during the past six days and have affirmed d the said representations of said eaid committee ard have also earnestly petitioned for a reduction of values throughout the whole country AND WHEREAS the said committee and the petitioners petition ers aforesaid asked for a iQ induction of at least thirty 30 per cent in the actions of all property both real and perso mrs oual Lial AND Wi WHEREAS irREAs it appears to this board after hearing 0 the evidence e offered by the said committee and the other petitioners petition ers aforesaid that the assessed values of both real anti and personal property as made this year are in in excess of the true values and that owing to the present financially embarrassed condition of tile the count county y and the partial loss of crops it will be impossible for many to pay their taxes upon the present basis of assessment and that much of the property properly will leave lave to be sold by the collector and a general hardship worked upon the whole people BF BE IT THERE therefore FORr RESOLVED and it is hereby ordered and resolved by this board that the total valuation on all property in cache county both real and personal except cash on hand band or in banks and except also railroad tele telegraph I 1 raph and telephone properties as it dillap will appear on the assessment rolls of 6 this county for the year after tho the special corrections are made by the board be and the same is hereby reduced twenty 20 per and that all taxes 0 general and special including 0 logan city anti and school bool taxes be collected upon said valuation as hereby reduced A resolution was also adopted granting in an additional reduction of 10 per cent on assessed values in the newton precinct on account of the tho damage done to the property thero there by the breakie breaking 0 of tile the nowton newton reser reservoir voir the board has listened to many petitions asking for reduction of assessment rates but for pure hy arid and flowery elucidation of indigent circumstances the following 0 yanks the slapjack |