Word: assessor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...expenses and public enterprises must be paid for by some one. It is generally recognized that all routine and special public undertakings are intended to be of benefit to some part of the public; therefore each member of the public should contribute, on some basis, toward payment. But the assessor, under the law, asks, not--"How much have you benefited?", but "How much can you afford to pay?" This is a policy which we would not tolerate in our private affairs: and it is not strange that the application of that policy to us in our tax-paying relation arouses...
...Assessor William P. Richards of the District of Columbia announced that the White House and its grounds are now worth some 22 millions. No other Washington residence rates so high. The tax on it would be $374,000 per annum-if the U. S. had to pay property taxes to the District of Columbia. A controversy has been bubbling on this question of tax-exempt U. S. properties. Tax Assessor Richards' figures showed that if all taxable U. S. property in the District paid the present rate of $1.70 per $100, the total would...
Columbus Junction, a metropolis of 400 souls in Luisa County, Iowa, laid claim to distinction. It elected town officers: Mayor: Eva Bretz ; Treasurer : Mary Moore; Assessor: Nellie Moore ; Councilmen: Mrs. Allen; Mrs. Jamison; Mrs. Sholck; Mrs. Robertson; Mrs. Richie...