| Show REDUCING THE assessment I 1 it may be that the me action of abio county commissioners of salt sall laka county oo on monday evening will not stand the test teat of law lav in its procedure and therefore way may be set aside abat question way may be left ia t determination bythe by abe upon abo tn motion of any one who seeks to impose upon the abe property owners the burden of which it is now siou nought glit to relieve them but whichever chevar way tho th matter la Is decided the county commissioners have prepared the way for the burde burd faed shed tax taxpayers payers t to 0 get relief in future for years post past it basteen baa been so eo difficult to get he abe assessment on property reduced that very many JARDY people have suffered buffered in income coal paradie silence rather be subject to the indignity which was wag conceived to attend a request ter for a redaction now however the he county commma booen have shown a disposition to meet the people on this proposition next year these some same corn will be jn in office their present action even evea if lt it should not tend the technicalities of law indicates their view of the circumstances to avoid all those aliU ep when next years yeara assessment te made if it be proportionately as ae falge as this year then all the tax payers in the districts effic affected ted may unite in a request for a reduction with abe assurance of resting bettine it tb up for abe next year at least the matter la is to io the bands of the abe people themselves there IJ 16 no question as aa to the justice 1 of I the reduction made while no particular fault cun can be found with the assessor it must be that his reductions io in the assessed ss eseed valuation of real estate to the bouthern oat bern portion of the city and ana it for some bome distance have not the be dec loe line in prices one result of this manner of ViD tInned for several years past but A ma aided some whitt recently has baa been as a one of the commissioners expressed ato it to make renting cheaper than eval log a home whereas the iafe afe policy for this part of the country la Is to 0 o make it advantageous for bovery family to reside in ito own home the taxing gazing out of house anu and home polley policy which kaa has been inclined to too nuch I 1 la a the suburbs of thin city has bas abod a ruinous effect and the action of she county commissioners in seeking to 40 check it will meet with hearty from those who own property and actually beat bear the burdens burdene 01 f government Rovern ment the reduction if effective will re luce does the city revenue but that to la much more preferable than grinding the faces of the workingmen and small property owners who are chiefly affected by able latest action the city may imay not have so much money but yet it will have enough and taxes axes are re heavy at the present rate even with mith the reduction now attempted which of itoe itself lf Is a healthy official aien aign ign Fort further ber anti and most important abe be proportion of state tax which the county will pay will be more equitable qu qui liable table then it has been for some seme time lime |
