| Show THE TAX MEETING the tax meeting held in the par meeting house bouse january Janu arys 9 pur to the call odthe of the county corn com miss missioners loners ners of iron county was sea a success there being present about eighty tax payers and each asprec toted the information given wilford atford day was chosen chairman with chas D adams as secretary senator lunt chairman of the board of county commissioners stated that the object of the meet ing was to go over the tax problem and get acquainted with the new features in the tax law ped p ed by the legislature he then asked that representative day be permitted per bitted to talk on t the i is q question li estion rep day c entered ter a d in into to a gene general ral discussion of the subject answering many questions directed to him said that the matter of taxation was of interest to everybody and that it was our duty as citizens of thus this great commonwealth to will angly assist in providing means whereby we e can have ni and better roads good institutions of III learning etc the gentleman stated theta that a great portion of the revenue of the state is appropriated for these purposes and for the tak ing care of all classes of people the officers of the state were very much exercised over the tax ques tion lion and desired to keep the levies as low as is compatible with the needs and interests of the people mr me day stated that in the last leg nia I 1 t a when the matter was up for discussion it was contended by some in a of the members that it would be necessary necess aay under the new law to have the property of the taxpayers assessed three times its present valuation the ration being 15 mills levy maximum under the new law to 45 mills under the old law to this chas D adams took exception and stated that in this county we had a levy of from 26 to 30 mills for a number of years for state and state school county and dunty school purposes and that less lear than double the present valuation with a levy of 15 mills enalls would bring w as much revena as under the old ok law and the gentleman considered the present tax high enough E EL OL clark asked that the county counti officials present express themselves as to the method they expected to t pursue lu in arriving at the valuation of the property R G williams jr 1 county asses or stated in an answer to 0 the question that he proposed to stick to the law ds as far as his judgment would per put mit and would carfer with and make enquiries of of the leading citizens and ad busin business cri men an of the county as to the tax tat values of each particular kind of property pro prop penty erity S J ward in interposed a question asking if leading citrA ci tiena eri meant the tax payers payer the hie question waa as answered in thi the affirm aane BAT cha adams at thi p out no in led that a c romett c be app inter t id d with th lh a ir r a tax i uati rat i when in hi i ina to par PAP w ir re as asa q pi P pert th moli oil i was carried and harian harm an D baal baa I 1 geo D morris and J J adams were selected senator lunt believed and said it w wis is genera generally lh conceded that ill il property proper tv owners wic willing t pay a just tax lax and to i inious system that uld old to bf jiwat ut and to t tc the p ale state and coun counti 1 isa is a qu ati ai in an which cons thoi that hl and has b n gil bj b lebing e loina tv re n it A tt tl it t bears ears at af this thib point 3 J adams inter it ar iad pr bcd oi a qu ill ti in I 1 w I 1 aked the eai 1 it i h I 1 he hat hai in i i i I 1 th the t it at i eni no I 1 a i i if I 1 it it f i 1 t it at I 1 I 1 I 1 V tt II 11 I 1 w w w i it h 11 C T r I 1 I 1 n ni axi i one anc the tat late ment that all air the people are willing to pay a just tax tre tire gentleman said aul that all the analysis is 13 that thai some borne of the people are unwilling to be justly taxed after considering the interrogation inter rogation the senator said ve beaire to get a fair cash val nation uati onon on all property after which it will ill be the policy of the cammi to make the levy as low as possible here benator lunt spoke of the benefit the county would receive by advertising our re resources aces and induce denof men of capital to come here and assist in the development of mr natural resources it was moved by chas chair adani adama that those them present tender a vote of han hall to senator lunt assessor williams and representative day i calling the meeting and for the I 1 lion given the motion carried E bclark L clark thought it was vas the ton time and place to in inform form the officers I 1 I 1 fluent 0 at and haw have tin thi taxing of prop ei in th the i i mr immediate diate charge that ib IT pt 1 ot it tho city and county it i 1 n k kinli aoi the burden of tax I 1 i n hf isid aid that if oppression ennui atoo inne p P will sell bell out d ill ih antl he t L lh the ivy should siti 6 be he as light as is c at with the expenses that LA must be met m i tion tin t tj j a aej ij urn was put and n d H 1 D ADMS acting be ec retail tal |
