Show HE mEY GETS STARTLING lETTER TATE ASSESSMENT BOARD BOARi WANTS PER PElt CENT ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT AS AS- SESS ON LIVESTOCK XO NONE voNE I- I MUST ESCAPE ESCAPE- CLAIM SOME MEN ASSESSED ASSESS ASSESS- ED LESS THAN FULL Nu NUMBER DUMBER mER M Io Hillman Dalley Dailey county assessor re- re week the following letL let let- this elved L M from the State Board of E qua 1 IZ er tion which contains some drastic information in in- in- in formation and orders and also menion men men- ion ions one strange item that some men camp complain n o of not being g Assessed for full number of animals Something unusual but bute hey own Jie e letter follows read it March 1 1928 Jr Ir Hillman Dalley Dailey edar City Utah Sir This department has been advised II hat several owners of livestock have reported to boards of county com conr- that certain counties in the tv tate late are granting special favors t to livestock men b by permitting deduc deduc- lions ions from full numbers in the as as- These owners of livestock lave aye are requested that they be given re reo re- re in number in their livestock in all counties where they lave aye ave livestock assessed Y We do not lot know know tether this thi state e. e ent has been made macle to you but but fo for pear ear that it may be made we wish wis gain to explain our stand on the as as- of livestock We have made mad madeo Jio o change in our instructions contain contain- td d in the letter which was sent t to toIl til Il 1 county assessors on December 22 22 For your information we quote he following paragraph from thi this Better otter etter You are instructed to make an ad act act- bal al count on all livestock where thi this this s physically possible and to assess assessor assess asses assessor Bor or full numbers without making an any Seduction for any contemplated loss loss- K s s. s In ether words if you OU count a erd of sheep and find that there are sheep in that herd you are rewired re re- wired to assess them for 1971 head pis his principle applies to lo cattle and to toJ J ther forms of property as well We Inist rust you will make this matter sufficiently suf suf- plain to your our deputy asses asses- ors ws so BO that when the check is made er ter in the season in regard to your livestock assessments it will be found hat they are uniformly assessed for lull un nil numbers without exception T We appreciate the fact that it be decidedly unfair to permit t Pe h he taxing officials of one county to f ale ake e a i reduction of 10 per cent in Pe he number of sheep assessed while then ther counties are required to assess assessOr Or r a full per cent and that the themy my way to b bt fair to everyone is to for a full per cent in every i aunty in the state I As yet yete et e we have not examined the in those counties where e livestock men claim that they have een assessed for less than full numer num- num er ers but bute we e plan Illan to do this and you youlay Fy lay ay rest assured that if we find an any nl of livestock we shall mediately arrange for the taxation i r f all al o of f th the e livestock which has ic Ped assessment YOurs ours truly State Board of Equalization and Assessment R R- RE E E. E Hammond Secretary oja t t I |