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Proposed Oregon Tax Law (CotiilnuiMl (ma laai ) Apx-l fmt action of board.) Section 23. Any prrnon of corpora tlun who ahall have petitioned for tlm ra il net Inn or r'tanga oi apHrtlnmtieiit, of turtle ular MruMn.intnl, or whoa aa rasinc lit haa (won Increased by lit said late laiard ul Ui commissioner, lt tlntf lor imrpNHM ul review, who ahall l aggrieved by tha action ul such board, inuy appeal therefrom to th circuit court. In the cane of Individual ttwldciit In till aisle till) pMt shall I taken to tha circuit court of th county where the Inilivlilual realties; II taken liy an Individual alio U a mm resident of the atnte it ahall lw taken to tint circuit court ul the county In which the ruiiital ul the alula I aitnat ul; if tuken by cortmration it shall l taken to Ilia circuit court of the county In which the prliirial place ul btialmv, if doiiitwtio coriHiratlou, or residence ol tha managing agent or at torney In fact if a foreign corporation, may he. Tha aptieal aliall be taken ami HrfiH'tv in tha following manner ml not otherwise: 1. Tha nrty dcairUig to appeal from tlio action of uh hoard tuny caiiae notice, to he algnrd hy hluiMdf, itaell, or attorney, to lw Hied with tha aecre tury of anid lrd within live day, ex cluding Humlny, from the time the re view ol tha wild eaat-aniiieitt roll la completed. 2. Within ten day ol tha (riving ol mh notice the aaid tatrty, to bo known ' a the apiMdlniit, ahull (lie with tha clerk of tha circuit court for tha proper county a transcript of the petition lor reduction of awiwineiit. or o much of the record of the aald Ixatrd at may I riecfary to Intelligently preaciit the iietiHta to lw decided by tha circuit court, together with a copy of the order or action taken by the aaid txard, the notice of appeal, and tha record ol the tlliiill thereof; thereafter the aaid cir cuit court ahall have juriadictlon ol the mutter, hut not otherwise. The apcal "hall ba heard and de termined by the circuit court In a sum mary munner, and ahall be determined ax an equitable cauae. Kit her tha ap iiellittit or any county to which any por tion ol the aMcaainent comphiined ol ia or may be apportioned aa appellee aliall l cut Itleil to the compulaory attendance t wilne, and to the production ol IxMikn and paper. II, tiam the hcar littf. the court (linls the amount at which the property wa finally araeaaed liy the anid hoard ia Ha actual lull Cash value, ami the aaaraament waa made fairly and in good faith, it ahall ap prove audi araeaament ; but if It flmla , that the aaeamcnt waa made at a greater or lea aum than the actual full audi value of the property, or II the tine waa not fairly or in good faith made, it ahall aet aaide auch awwrwiiicnt and determine auch value, and a certi fied tiinv of the order or Judgment of the circuit court ahull lie aullicieiit war ratil fr the apxirtioument, levying, and . collecting of taxi agitltiHt auch proper ty and upon auch valuation ao dcterm Intnl. Nu proceeding for the apitor tionment, levying, or collection ol tuxes icainat any property ahall be stayed by reaHon ol the taking or pendency ol any apHnl from the anid board; but In event the aaiicHHinent ia decrenaed by the court on appeul, the tax collector of the aeveral counties ahall refund to the person or corporation paying aaid taxi-a on auch prowty any cxceraive amount of tuxea collected, and auch tax collector ahull bo reimbursed therefor by the aeveral municipalities to which he may hnve disbursed any suen execs- ive collection, and in event the saseas- iiient ia ituTeaaed by Uie court on ap- petti the property ahull be liable for the deficiency on the mount oi aucn in creased valuation. In event any reap iiortionuient aa between counties is made bv the Court on appeal, corre sponding adjustment ahall be made by the tax collector ot the counties atiect- ed. The proviniona of law governing Costa and disbursements on appeal shall be applicable hereto. Payment of taxes while anneal ia pending ahall not oper ate aa a wrIvct ol the appeal or the riuht to a refunding of taxes found to be oxewwlvely aasesHed. (AsseaHment final when reviewed Cer tified to county clerks Apportion merit and collection.) ' Section 23. After the suid roll has been reviewed by the said state board of tux commissioners the assessments therein shall be deemed complete Suid board Bhiill thereupon certify to the county clerks of the several Colin til's in, Into, through, across, or over which the lines of said companies run the number of miles of main and branch lines of the mid companies, and the respective values thereof appor tioned to each of such counties; and the several county clerks shall there upon apportion the amount certified to their respective counties among the ciriM. towns, school districts, road districts, ports and other municipal taxlnn anencics and districts in propor tion to the length ol such main and branch lines in each ol such munlol palities, multiplying the value per mile as above ascertained of such main i- nd branch line by the length thereof In each of such municipalities, and ap portioning the result to such municipal- It lea, and shall enter the same In the aaaeaaiiietit roll which has been made by tha county naaeaaor and equalised by the county board of equallxation and returned to the clerk. Taxes aliall be levied and collected upon the esses menu so umde In the aame manner other taxes are. levied and collected, and at the same time and by the same ollloer, (Length ol line In minor nbdivlaions to be reported to county clerk.) Section 24. To assist the county clerk In aptortlonlng tha said aateaa nient between the several municipalities or taxing agencies or diatrlct in hi county, he la authorized to require, and It la hereby made the duty of the sever al iieraoiis or corporations liable to ss- t-aaiueiit under tha proviniona ol this set, to report to the county clerk, under oath, the length of main and branch line In each city, town, school district, road diatrlct, port or other municipal taxing agency or diatrlct In ucb county. ( Record Quorum-- Temrary officer.) Kection 25. A record ol the proceed ing ol such board shall lie kept at the capltol oH-n to the Inapectlnn of the public; a majority of the board ahall constitute quorum to do business, but s leaser number may meet and ad journ from time to time. In the ab sence of either the chairman or the secretary, the board ahall appoint temporary chairman or secretary. (Apimlntment and duties of secretary Clerical ssnlatance.) Section 2i). Raid board ahall, at its first meeting, by majority vote of all the members, elect one of the appoint ive member thereof as secretary, who hall serve as such for two years, and until hi auccecsor is appointed and qualified. Ills succcamir shall be elected hy like vote. The secretary ball keep renin! ol the proceeding" of the board, which shall be certified by Uie chairman and secretary, and kept In the oflice of the said board at the state Capitol, and ahall perforin inch other duties a may lie required by law or by said board. The other appointive member shall perform such duties as may be specially required by the boaid. Such board may appoint and remove at pleaaure auch other clerks ss may be necessary, not exceed- ns two in number, at a salary not to exceed f 75 per mouth each. (Compensation ol appointive members and clerks Traveling expenses.) Section 27. The members ol said board, except the governor, secretary ol state ant) state treasurer, aliall receive as compensation lor their services the following amounts, to wit, the sum ol dollars per annum, pavable quarter-annually, aa the salaries ol oth er state officers are paid. Kach of the memliers of chid board shall be entitled to receive his necessary traveling penae while traveling away from the capital on the Imslneaa ol the ttoara, which expenses shall be Itemised by the tierson Incurring the same, and when the same is approved by the chairman shall be paid upon warrant drawn by the secretary of state upon the state treasurer out of any funds not otherwise specifically appropriated by law, (Sea-Ions Where held To be furnish ed with office, printing and supplies.) Section 28. . The said board shall hold its regular aeaaions at the state capital, and shall be furnlahed by the secretary of state with an office at the state capltol, and necessary supplies lug office's sufficient.) Section 81. In esse a vacancy shall occur by resson death, reslgnattlon, or removal of either oi me appointive members of said board, the governor, secretary of state, and rate treasurer, acting jointly, aliall appoint a successor to All out the unexpired term ol the member whose office is thus made va cant, and In making such spp lintment they shall not appoint a purmgx from the asms political party aa the remain ing sppointlve member, wnenever in making appointments provided In this act. the governor, secretary ol state and state treasurer are required to act joint ly, the action or vote of a majority of them ahall be sufficient il they are not unanimous, (Allowance ol witness lees and mileage.) Section 32. Witness testifying be fore the said board, or any member thereof, shall be allowed the same fees for per diem and mileage as allowed In civil causes In the circuit court, and the same shall be paid by warrant ol the secretary ot state upon the slate treas urer upon the certificate ol any member ol aaid board. No tender ol witness fees or mileaee in advance shall be nttoeasary, (Sheriffs to serve process, etc) Section 83. It shall be the duty Of the sheriffs ol the several counties to serve all process, papers and subpoenas required by ssid Ixntrd or any mem lx-r thereof, and to make return of the tame to the said board. ( IU-gular meetings ol the board Claims audited.) Section 8. The said board shall meet on the second and fourth Wednes days of each month to pass upon all matter properly coming oeiore me board for consideration. All necesasry co U and expenses of said board shall be sudited. upon proper vouchers, sua, upon order of the board, be paid out of the state treasury upon warrant drawn by the secretary of state. (County asressor to file oath as to full caah value ssacssment by him. J Section 35. For the purpose of as sisting the aaid board in supervising the aiweremciits made In the several counties, and that all assessments of property in this state be made accord' lng to law; every county assessor in this state, at the t ime of Uie return by him ol hia assessment roll, shall take and sutiecribo to an oath in substan tially the following language and form, which oath shall be forthwith filed by him with the said state board oi tax commUsioncrs, namely: Stati or Oatcos, County oi ... ma. I name ot aawasorr being ,n tfu'? appointed, qualified and act inm uiHw nf the above named county, do folemnly awear thtt I have diliaently and to thi. m nt mv am-.uv asteaaea mi prom-nr in uid county, ohich by law I am permitted to IHfM, at trte lllll cao value inrrcoi; mi k.v am wilfully and Itnnwinalv omitted Men any perann or property, or aaaeaaed over or under the lull caan Taiuc ineieui any orouerty or data of property whatever. OFFER HIGHER PAY Secretary EIlcLccck Prcps.es Flaa lo Keep Emplojes. 8core of Postal Clerks Resign and Efficiency of Service Wilt Be Jeopardized. and prlntlng.ain the same manner -as other state officers. Said board may hold sesalons at any place in this .state when deemed necessary to facilitate the discharge ol its business. (Examination ot witnesses Books and papers I'enalty.)- Section 20. The said board, or any member thereof, In conformity to the resolution or rules of the board, shall have the power to. subpoena and ex amine witnesses, to administer oaths, and shall nave access to ana uie power to order the product ion of any books or papers in the hand of any person company, or corporation whenever ncceaaary In the prosecution of any in quiries deemed necessary or proper in their official caplclty. Any person who shall disobey any subpoena or subpoem duces tecum of the said board, or anv member thereof, or refuso to testify when required so to"do by said board or any member thereof, shall be deemed guilty ol misdemeanor, and upon con vlction thereof shall be punished provided by law therefor. (False statements or testimony Per jury.) Section 80. Any person who shall wilfully present or furnish to the said board, or any member thereof, any statement required under this act, which may be required by said board, or any member thereof, under the powers in this act contained, which statement shall be false or fraudulent, or shall give testimony before said board, any member thereof, which . shall be false or fraudulent, ahall be deemed guilty ol perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as by law otherwise provided for such crime. (Filling vacancy Majority ol appoint- Subaeiibed and day ui mianature of asaeaaor) worn w before ma tail 1... . GOVERNMENT SALARIES TG3 LOW Washington, Dec. 81. Failure at this time to increase materially the compensation of postoffios employes, thus keeping pace with the advancing wages in other lines of employment, will seriously Jeopardise the efficiency of the service. Thi statement was taken from the annual report of First Assistant Postmaster General Hitch cock, mode public today. The need of new legislation to make the postal ser vice under the circumstances more at tractive in order to retain present em ployes and as an incentive for good men to enter the service . is treated exten sively by Mr. Hitchcock, who present a plan for the consideratiiHi of congress Resignations from the service have increased at an alarming rate and the standard of men going into the service has greatly deteriorated in the last fis cal year. Mr. Hitchcock's report thows that in the first and second class offices thare were approximately 20,000 clerks in the grades ranging from f 600 to 11,000 and of these clerks 2,340 or about 12.3 per cent resigned during the year. Of 23,000 letter carries at tached to these offices, 601 or about 2.6 pet cent voluntarily left the service. Mr. Hitchcock recommends establish lng for both cleks and carries six grades of compensation, the annual salary to be $G00 for the initial grade, $800 for the second grade and for the four suc ceeding grades 900, (1,000, 1,100 and $1,200 respectively, and providing for the advancement of clerks and car riers in first class offices from $600 ini tial grade to $800 after one year's ser vice,,' to $900 after two year' service, to $1,000 after three years' service and for the advancement of clerks and car riers in second class offices to $800 af ter one year's service and to $900 after two years' service. FOQ CAUSES WRECK. EUROPE CRIPPLED. All Communication Stopped and 8om Lives Lost by 8torm London, Dec. 29. It has been manr y oar ilnca Central Europe generally has suffered so severely from an Arctie visitation a it baa this week. From France, Belgium, Switzerland, Ger many and Austria-Hungary the same tale Is repeated ol heavy mow storms, interruption of vehicular, telegraphic and railroad communication, toss of life and general discomfort. While Great Britain as a rule escape winter weather, she baa suffered this year to an almost unprecedented degree. According to reports tonight from northern points, the storm is growing worse. The heavy snowstorms which began several day ago still continue. They are accompanied by violent galea and even thunder storm in soma places, and lave resulted In a serious railroad accident near Arborath. Scot land, in which about 60 persons were killed or suffered serious injury. Kailroad traffic In the north of Eng land and especially Scotland is becom ing completely tied up. .large towns like Edinburgh. Dundee and Perth are almost isolated. The telegraphic ser vices are disorganised and would ba completely useless but for the extension in recent years of the underground wires. The snowstorms continue with equal severity in Northern Wale and in Ireland. DREDGES TO DIG CANAL. (Sianatura and title of officer). fOfficl.l aral.) (I'enaltv for omission to file oath or aasesg property.) Section 86. Any assessor who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to make and aulwcribs to an oath as aforesaid, or shall fail, neulect, or refuiie to file the suiiie with the said state board of tax commissioners, or shall wilfully and knowingly omit to assess any person or property by him assessable, or shall apses under or over the full cash value thereof any property or class ol prop erty whatever, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor. The judgment of conviction of any such assessor for a violation of the provisions of this sec tion shall of Itself work forfeiture of his office. (Members ol board not to accept pass or gratuity.) Section 87. It shall be unlawful for any member of said board, directly or indirectly, to accept any tree pass, frank, or gratuity whatever, from any person or corporation liable to assess ment under the provisions oi mis aci. Any member of said board violating the provisions ol this section Bhall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and the judgment of conviction thereof shall of itself work a forfeiture of the office held by such member. (Companies liable to assessment to maintain office in etate.; Section 38. Every railroad company, union station and depot company, and electric railway company doing business as such within this state, and every heat, light, power, water, gas, and electric company doing business se Biich, as one system, partly within this state and partly without, or so doing business in more than one county of the stato, shall establish and maintain at some fixed point within the state a principal oflice, and shall maintain thereat a secretary or managing agent (Term person, company, corporation how construed.) . Section 89. The terms person, com pany, corporation, or association. whenever used in this act, shall apply to and be construed to refer respective ly to any person, firm, joint stock com pai y, association, syndicate, copart nerhip, or corporation engaged in car rviris on any . business, the property of which la subject to taxation under this act. Thirty-five Killed and Many Injured in Suburb of Washington. Washington, Dec. 31 An appalling disaster resulting in the death ot about 35 persons and injuries, as far aa can be learned, to about 60 persons, occur red about 6:30 o'clock last night on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Terra Cotta, a suburb of Washington. The Frederick City, Md., local No. 66, on the point of pulling out from the sta tion, was run into by a train made up entirely of eight empty coaches bound from the West for Washington. The engineer could not see the block on account of the heavy fog and plung ed ahead on his mission of death. A dense fog and drizxling rain prevailed during the day and the night and to the inability of the engineer of the rear train to - see the signal showing that another was In the block is attributed the accident. The grade at the place where the accident occurred is down ward and the tracks were slippery. The wrecked train was composed of an engine, smoking car and two day coaches. The two rear coaches were reduced to kindling wood, and the rear of the smoker was telescoped. So great was the impact that the local train was scattered along the 'track for a consid erable distance. Fortunately the wreck age did not take fire. Traffic was delayed by the accident, and it was after midnight before the bodies ot the dead could be brought to the city. There was an entire absence of any attempts at theft. As soon as possible the bodies were covered and laid aside to await the coming of the tiain sent irom the city. From the appearance of the bodies it ig believed -that nearly all of the vic tims were killed outright or died with in a few minutes after the accident. Commission Call for Bids for Two With Pip Line. Washington, Dec. 29. Revised spe cifications have been prepared by the Isthmian Canal commission for two pipeline dredges to be used at La Boca and Cristobal. Under the original specifications bids were asked for on these dredges delivered In this country. The new specifications ask for proposals delivered ready for work In Panama, one on the Pacific side of the isthmus and the other on the Atlantic side. Proposals are also asked on the machin ery knocked down in Panama. These dredges are required tor naroor work, as well as for dredging at the ends of the canal. The commission now has two dipper dredges at work in Panama and a third dredge of this de- fcription is now building. The cost of these dredges varies Irom XIW.WU and $102,500, and it is believed that the cost of the pipeline dredges will be about the same. The commission also has two sea-going dredges building near Baltimore. Each of these is 300 feet long and il capable of going to sea under its own steam at a speed of eight or ten knots an hour. One of these will be usedjon the Pacific side of the sone and the other on the Atlantic. HILL WILL RETIRE. (To be continued next eek) Russia Delays Fixing Data. London, Dec. 31. For some time Great Britain has been trying to induce Russia to fix a date for the next Hague peace conference, but thus far without success. It has been urged that May would be the most convenient month, but although this suggestion was made early In the fall, no reply has been re ceived. The British delegates probably will Include a cabinet minister in ad dition to James Bryce, the newly ap pointed American ambassador. How ever, the delegates will not be announc ed until something is heard from Russia. Give Pop Money to Fight Franea, Borne, Deo. 31 The pope has receiv ed many important donations to help him in . the dlmculties with t rance. They include $400,000 from Emperor Francis Joseph of Aurtria and $400,000 from Cardinal Vashary, archbishop ot Gran, Hungary. His Son to Assume Active Control of Great Northern. St. Paul. Minn., Dec. 29. President James J. Hill, of the Great Northern railroad, the empire bnilder of the Northwest, will retire from the active management of hia mammoth enter prises July 1, 1907. The announce ment is credited to Mr. Hill himself in conference held with Twin City busi ness men. Mr. Hill's successor will be Louis W. Hill, vice president ot the Great North- ' era, who in reality has been in active charge ot the rood for the past three years. L. W. Hill possesses to a con siderable extent the remarkable genius of his father, as has been demonstrated on more than one occasion. He has also been carefully trained iin the ways of his parent, and besides possessing natural ability, is thoroughly posted as to the Hill methods and policies. Humors have been current at the be ginning of the past few years that Mr. Hill would retire, but the magnate baa kept as bard at work as ever. Despite his 67 years he is as strong intellectual ly as 20 years ago, but he feels that the is entitled to rest from his hard la bors. In a public speech delivered some time ago he said that he was pre paring to lift some ot the burdens from his back. He said he hoped that he would devote considerable time to read ing, a pleasure which he has not been able to pursue as much as he would like. Raisuli Prepares tor War. Tangier, Morocco, Dec. 29. Accord ing to the beet information obtainable, ' Bailsuli has refused to resign his gov ernorship, and has sent his harem to the mountains under the protection ot a detachment of Kabyles, and is prepar ing to meet the forces of War Minister Gabbas at Zinat. The war minister entered the city in state today and went to the grand moeque, where he solmen ly read a letter from the sultan dis missing Raisuli from his governor ship tor causing injury to the coun try. Transports May Take Food to China. Washington, Deo. 29. Quarter master General Humphrey has notified Secretary Taft that he has available two transports in which supplies for the Chinese famine sufferers may be sent. These are the Buford and the Warren, ooth at San Francisco. Secre tary Taft, upon the reconvening of con gress, Will ask for authority to use one .of these vessels for the relief mission.
