Show Drop in value noted in industry machinery A drop of several thousand dollars in the assessment of commercial and industrial machinery for 1961 has resulted in a decreased total assessed evaluation of the real and personal property in Duchesne I ASSESSOR G. B. Workman states that due to having but a few pieces of heavy construction machinery in the county January 1 and little oil well drilling or exploration equipment here the first of the year is chiefly due to the assessment drop from in 1960 to in this assessment category for First report of the county assessor to the state tax commission on assessed evaluation for 1961 shows the total assessment figure as compared to for the past OTHER FACTORS affecting the evaluation negatively Is the depreciation This past year is the first time in three years depreciation allowance has granted in ac with state tax ruling and the assessor's interpretation and execution of the cease-depreciation Comparative total assessment figures in the buildings and structures listing aro for 1960 and for the Sec DROP page 8 Drop noted from page Comparative figures of real estate assessments are for 1960 and for last for personal property for compared to for the face of pasture and feed shortage and resultant high hay and grain many of the farmers and ranchers are culling their livestock herds and selling head after head of feeder Workman said in explaining the difference in the livestock count and value for the two of public utilities and mines personal property and of county's apportionment of the rolling stock of freight and passenger car companies is not included in this first report Workman state board as we in the offices here refer to are expected to bring the assessment evaluation figure to last year's mark or above Several miles of electrical power lines were strung through this county last year by the Utah Power and Light which gives us hope that this public utility will focus the county's assessment figure for a clearer and better tax the assessor |