Bingham Bulletin | 1920-04-08 | Page 4 | All Property to be Assessed Equitably

ALL PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSEDtQUITABLY Equalization of Taxation to Be Worked by 8pecial Committee Appointed by County Commissions Commis-sions and Farm Bureau. The Utah county commissioners and County Assessor R. W. Creer met in conjunction with the commissioners and assessors of all the counties of the state in Salt Lake City Friday, with the state board of equalization, where the question of taxation, was thoroughly gone into, and plans laid whereby all tangible property will be assessed at an equal relative value throughout the state. In order to thoroughly do this it was decided to hava reliable men, ' thoroughly; conversant con-versant with valuations, Appointed as a taxation committee, whose duty it will be to work . in conjunction with the1 'assessor and the state board of equalization in the establishment of j taxable property values. It is ad vis-1 able that this committee have three divisions, a number of men to represent repre-sent the northern part of the county, an equal numben the central part of the county, and likewise the southern part of the county. In conformity wih this suggestion the county commissioners and ' the county assessor met with the Utah County Farm Bureau Saturday afternoon after-noon and asked that organization to appoint such a committee from among their number. . County Assessor Creer, In making his announcement of the assessment of Utah county, stated that the maximum maxi-mum assessed value ' placed upon Utah counties best farm land was $225 per acre, which he considered 75 per cent of its cash value.