La Grande evening observer., March 19, 1913, Image 2

PAC3TTT0
LA GrUJJDl OfSXBTia,
WEDNESDAY, MAKCU 19, 1913
L.
TAXATION
LAW REVE
VED
CHUBS IX OF COMrTTEE
TAXES EXPLAINS.
05
Bebafa to Disappear; Sheriff It
Learrr Tax Collector.
Ka
Strom of Union, chairman of the com- folio:
inlttee on assessment and taxation.. H.B.411.
baa given out a brtcf resume of the j The principal change from the
new taxation lava whtrh have be-r present lav for the assessment and
come law. The plant were drafted
in Joint session betwee Mr. Fors
strota s committee and the state tax
eommisoner and while radically
changing the present plana, will not
be radical in. Its effect, ear htfeat
be radical, In ha effect, say the
fathers of the law. There are three
general laws in the general change.
State Representative. C. J. . For- which Mr. Forsstrom summarizes as
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FINE WATCH AND I
Jewelry. M
Repairing 'SfjgS
IS OTJB SPEwiALTY SSL
We will make
watch keep time.
Old Jewelry
Made
Like New
Wahham is the watch for time
accuracy. Men who do things
oh schfdule arrange their duties
by Waltham time. The ,
WALTHAM
is the watch of life-long service
and right now
"Itt Tim You Owned a Wtdtkam."
We have a complete Waltham
stock including all models and
grade at a convenient price
range. Come in and talk
j watch with us.
S I EG R I ST CO.
Largest Jewelry Store is Eastern Oregon.
A full line of nrst elass garden seeds display.
Xow is the time to buy as our line is complete.
FANCY APPIES
Lueinda and Rome Beauties
.50c
OUR HOME-MADE SAUERKRAUT IS SPLENDID
THE 00D THIXGS COST SO MORE THAU RB1XAET
THI3GS IF TOC K5 0TT TTHEKE TO CT.
Stageberg Grocery
PHONE MAIN 70JJ
TECETiBLES 15 8EAS05 A1X TBI
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herbs wUl asselatety extirpate
every b purity trm the system.
No drags, so awtsea. aoa-alco-aollc.
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C05SrLTATI05 FRTE
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care theaieervea at lea with
ear herb. Wrtte to as tar par
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LA CKA5V. OBSG05.
GARDEN SEEDS
taxation of property contemplated by
houw bill 414 are the following:
For the county board of equaliza
tion to meet on the second Monday In
September Instead of the third Mon
day la October. This change harm
onixes with a further change pro
posed by this ill requiring that tax
es be levied in December Instead of
January of each year. Under this ar
rangement the tax rolls will be
turned over to the tax collectors and
be open for the collection of taxes at
least one month earlier than is per
mitted under the present law.
This bill also requires that the tax
roll shall be extended by the assess
or Instead of the county clerks as
now required by law. This change
will simplify administration. . avoid
confusion and reduce the number of
error In the tax rolls.
This bill changes substantially the
procedure for the collection or taxes.
It abolishes the 3 per cent rebate and
also abolishes the excessive penal
ties and interest imposed where one
half of the tax Is not paid prior to the
first Monday in April. Under the
plan proposed by this bill taxes shall
be paid as charged on the roll, with
out rebate or penalty, until the first
day of April. After this date accum
ulative penalty of one per cent for
each calendar month is provided un
til tne nrst day of September, when
a!! unpaid .taxes become delinquent
The original bill his been amended
by the assessment and taxation com
mittee to the effect that the taxpayer
may pay one-half of his taxes before
the nrst day of April. In which event
the remaining one-half shall be sub
ject to a penalty or Interest charge
of 1 per cent per month until paid.
Under this bill all nnpatd taxes are
to become delinquent on the first day
of September and be then subject to
the same penalties and Interest now
provided on delinquent taxes 10 per
cent penalty and Interest at the rate
of 11 per cent per annum.
This bill provides that the county
treasurer shall be the tax collector of
each county, except that the collec
tion of delinquent taxes Is to be made
and enforced by the sheriff aa under
the present law.
This b'll has been carefully pre
parea; it win correct many defects
and simplify the procedure In equal-
izat'on of assessment rolls and col
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EASTER
STYLES
that denote fashion
THESE are clothes that are rec
ognized as fhe Universal Stan
dard. We . are showing every
new color, style and pattern,
including an extensive assort
ment of . various , weaves and
laucy effects h blue serges
lecton of taxes. By abolishing the
per cent rebate and providing for an
earlier levy and extension of taxes
it will give the taxpayers ample time
for payment of taxes and avoid the
rush and confusion that now occurs
In the tax collector's office In March
of each year. The penalty of 1 per
cent a month after April first will be
sufficient to Insure the payment of
taxes, so that detlnauencles wtt nni
be more numerous than under the
present system.
This bill now enacted, will not
affect the collection of taxes for the
current year; the county treasurer
ill not become the tax collector un
til 1314. Provision is also made tha;
the treasurer shall be supplied by
the county court with sufficient depu
ties and clerical assistance properly
to perform his duties as tax collect
or.
Hesse BCD 411.
This bill provided for a general re
vision of the law relating to the
board of state tax commissioner. It
changed the name of that body to the
state tax commas ion.. Doe not pro
vide for any Increase of salaries or af
appropriation. .
This hill provides for a fair and
Iwster power to the counties in
which the same f imnt
prur de full lor the assessment and
taxation of such property.
This bill also provide for a fa'rer
distribution or the values of public
service companies to the counties and
taxing districts in which the same
are situated than is permitted ucder
the present law.
One of the most important features
of this measure is that It orovido
for practically equal amount of state
taxes of any bienn'um to be levied
and collected la each year thereof.
icis is a very Important bill. It
fharmoniies with 11. a 414 and the
'two taken together w ll provide many
remedies and corrections of the tax
system and methods of oar stale.
Hease BUI 5a. UL
The purpose of this bill t to pro
vide a more efflceut means for te
Every 'garment in our stock is equal in style
and fit to the finest made to-tr cat vie ib(d
Prices are no more than ordi
nary clothes, but you '.get more
than you expect.
See this gorgeous showing made
especially for our Easter Trade
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ASHBROS.
La Grande
chandise and on unsecured persona
property.
It is proposed to amend section
372S of lord's Oregon laws to require
the assessor, at the time of making
the assessment of any transcient
merchandise brought into the county'.
to collect the tax thereon at the rate
of the icurrent year. The present
ta provides the same method for
making the assessment and determ
ining me tax to be paid, but is more
cumbersome and uncertain in the
collection of the tax.
Considerable persona property
which Is placed on the assessment
rolls by the county assessors now
avoids taxation on account of the fact
that ft Is disposed of or removed from
the state in the Interim between the
assessment and the time for the col
lection of the . This condition
generally results where the owner of
the personal property, at the time of
the assessment, does not have suffi
cient real property within the county
upon which the personal property tax
may become a lien.
The measure asder cons We ration
provide fiat the county assessor
hall collect the tax upon this class
of personal property within one
monta after listing the same for as
sesames:; the rate of taxation to be
implied to be the rate of the current
year for all parpose In the tax'ng
district to which the property be
situated. j
It is provided la this bill that
scient merchand'se or on unsecured I
personal property at the rates of the
urrent year, exceeds the amount!
wr.it h too!d have beea paid on uch ,'
This bill follows closely the law
of the state of California for the col
lection of taxes on these forms of
property. The California law has been
In successful operation many year
and has been sustained by ihe su
preme court of that state.
Hob Bill ."So. 412.
The purpose of this bill is to pro
vide that there shall be a meeting
of the county court of each county
in the month of December in each
year. This is made necessary in the
view or the fact that house bill 414
requires that taxes be levied by the
county courts in December of. each
year instead of in January as now
provided by law. '
If house bill 414 passes, it is nec
essary tnta bouse bill 413 also be
enacted Into law.
As amended by the committee on i that are
assessment and taxation, house bill loak wait.
412 harmonizes with senate bill 1SQ J
embdoyxig the recommendations of
the county Judges' and county com- i
miSiloDers" association as to the !
ITHE SAFE WAY i
j IN GETTING
: Eye Glasses and :
Spectacles
terms and
courts.
meeting of the county
glv Marfan aad
The tafHsat at aiaa alts a
thraaei visibly a sea i tors.
ya.- . .
LemgJeUaw.
A Streaa; Eaderseaeat.
W. H. Holme of the Decorah. la.
Journal say. "I bave been a suffere-
rrom plies aad aemmorhotds for
years. I got bo relief antil my drug
gist recommended Meritol File Rem
edy. Before 1 bad takes half the
package the distress was gone and
aave bad ae troubl esince. I vrould
o: taxe a thousand dollars and be
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J J. H. PEAR1? & S0N!
Newlia Drag Co.
s Atteaaaaea ftoawaabs .
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exclusive agents
collection of taxes on transcieat mer- j efjvalixatloa.
prorery at the rates ef the yew
for, which the aseesment is made, j
the taxpayer skouM be eot'tled to re- I
payment by the county of the excess I
collected. la similar manner the I
taxpayer is liable to the county for a !
deficiency in case the amount collect- j
el Is lees thin the tax tha: should I
kae been collected after the rate!'
or rates to be applied to tt.e assess-'j
men's of such year are determined. '
The provision Is also made that's
these assessments cf transient mer-,!
chaadiee and of unsecured property J
s!a!l be equalized In the same man-!
ner that other an.siments are ' !
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