Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1919 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. GIVES MORE PQWER TO BOARD New Tax BUT Haa Provision Which Will Permit Revaluation of Property to Avoid In- , • Justice. Indianapolis, Jan. B.—lnjustices suffered by taxpayers because of the present limitations on the power of the state board of tax commissioners to equalize assessments will be stamped out If the provision hi the new tax bill to broaden the of the state board is* enacted by the legislature, which convenes this month. Under the present law the state board has the power to raise or lower either the real estate or the personal property of the entire county, but does not have the power to order a revaluation of the prpperty of any particular local* taxing unit or the property of any particular taxpayer within the county. The new measure vests the state board wl,th the power to order a revaluation »of the property of any taxing unit, that is, cities, towns, townships and counties, or a revaluation of any individual assessment within the county. Under the working of the proposed law, the state board would have the power to go direct to the township or other local taxing unit and order the revaluation. By this method the taxing unit at fault would be corrected and the other parts of the county would not be disturbed. The same condition Is true of any ndlvldual assessment In the county. The bill would give the state board the power to order a revaluation of the property of any taxpayer.