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AN EXPLANATIONBY CXI AS. E. CREW.At the mass meeting held at the City Ball laat week for the purpose of considering the economic conditions of our school and city administrations, the question was raised by several as to why their taxes were so much higher for 1914. Someone remarked that perhaps that some there had their taxes lowered and may be they could explain matters, but 110 one responded. At thh time I stated that I had some figures which might explain the situation, that I had a long list but would only lead those of some of the advisory board Who had taken the responsibility oi making the assessment. Some people misunderstood me and have inferred that my intention was to show that the board got benelits not received by others. This was not my intention as others did get the same benefits, but the majority did not. 1 did not intend this as a personal matter but only used the board as an illustration as to how under the system followed, the big business and the best revenue paying buildings got reductions at from one to fifteen thousand dollars on individual buildings and that this necessarily must be added to the little property and the property bringing in no revenue. A mujority of the board are warm personal friends of mine and I hold them in high regard and I want to give every one ot them a square deal, but 1 dill'er with them radically on the advisory board methods of taxation, as it is not in accordance with the law and does not gi\ e a square deal to everybody. I wish to state that we have farm land that is not assessed at what it is worth accordmg to law, but I had nothing to do with assessing it, and 1 told the board of equalization that it and all other property should be raised to its true value, according to law, and and then cut down our levy and while our taxeB would not be raised it would ba fair to everybody.Id order to set myself and the board right with the public, 1 quote below figures taken from records showing the 1913 and 1911 assessment and leave 11 to you to judge as to the equality of the aame.1913 1914Locke Hotel...........$22,555 $13,7958t. Charles Hotel 01,750 47,2joW. Borst, Temple Ct.. 13,850 9.760First Nat. Bunk 5,630 4,528Nat. Bank Commerce . 12,000 9,2uoPierre Nat. Bank 7,150 5,100A. D. Hengle, store... 17,500 13,*luuHippie Ptg. Co. ....... 12,480 11.400G. H. Jaynes, it. biiig 1,690 2,000G. U. Jaynes, It. bldg. 2,145 2,520A. W. Ewert, residence 13,845 6,855A. D. Hengle, res 1,820 1,465O. E, Crew, residence. 2,762 2,550C. E. Crew, 4th It'y addition L. 2s 4-5, vacant lots, block 28 — 332 1.0::5tha(uStnilHecosptomlt;hisT1niaxMthsitrthw11wp:clP“1Strd11nsia!wfcrlt;Csilt;1tld00' 101 br: ac ?i anrelobnpowininw:Aantl;wItTW
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Pierre Weekly Free Press
Pierre, South Dakota, US
Thu, Apr 22, 1915
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