Show SHOULD BE VOTED TO DOWN assessment at af actual mone monc value impossible the deseret news la s publishing the ot opinions inions ot ilroy anent hoslie wan of tp te 0 tle t le te F tu i 0 ri 11 i constitutional anil and w wac Z recommend 11 t e ese e utterances to the careful consideration of 0 the voter feeling that they will help him furm form an opinion of ins his own and ote note intelligently telli gently upon these questions we call special attention to the comments of william W riter kiter on the groped amendment of section 3 article 13 if this thia amendment Is 13 passed parsed property will be assessed at cht is called its ita actual value M mr r riter baat s why he beli believes ees this amendment should not net be passed and we belice must t tax ax when they understand the meaning of that innocent locking prop odilion os ilion ion will agree with him to assess property at its ita actual money value is 13 not possible lei abee that value is IB fluctuating ond and depends largely on the skill of the real estate agent who sells it or on a number of circumstances an AD agent might chance to find a customer willing to pay for a piece of property th tacit t is B then its money value to the owner but bot the buyer may have to sell it shortly after he ha bought it and be may not be able to get more than for the same property that la its to money value to him actual money gonei value la 18 a relative term that bus bas absolutely no fixed meaning A boom is started rises the boom bursts what was the money value today la is not the same value next week how can a fair assessment be roada made on such a 3 basis how it works in parc tico tice has been shown the story is told of a town where the assessment is niad made on actual money value an assessor without experience ei and with litle 1108 common cammon sense proceeded to put pat his bill price on real estate with the sole rolo view ot of making himself solid with the administration tho the result was that a little store was assessed far above actu beruil il cost coat of it twelve years ago without the slightest reduction for deterioration such as time will work in any building A man may own a home on a prominent street another round the corner on a less lees prominent street both may be worth exactly the some same to tho the owners and yet one would have a higher nt than the other because of its location and why should an assessors opinion oa as to actual money value be accepted this amendment is one that should certainly be voted down we hope cope the voters oters will studa stud it closely the promise is we kc te elleve lieve that the rate will be lowered but pron promises libes of that kind are worth nothing no the fixco in uenh and especially in the largle lira cities ire two high now they thay should be lo lorrol crol |