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MEETING OF STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

1916

September 5, 1916.

The State Board of Equalization assembled in the hearing room of the State Tax Department, Tuesday, September 5, 1916, pursuant to law.

PRESENT:

State Comptroller, Hon. Eugene M. Travis.
State Treasurer, Hon. James L. Wells.

Attorney-General, Hon. Egburt E. Woodbury.

State Engineer and Surveyor, Hon. Frank M. Williams.
Speaker of Assembly, Hon. Thaddeus C. Sweet.

State Tax Commissioners, Hon. Martin Saxe, President; Hon. Walter H. Knapp, Hon. Ralph W. Thomas.

The meeting was called to order by Hon. Martin Saxe, President of the State Tax Commission, at 12:15 P. M. On motion of Mr. Knapp, seconded by Mr. Thomas, Attorney-General Woodbury was selected as chairman. At the request of Mr. Woodbury, this motion was withdrawn, and on motion of Mr. Knapp, seconded by Mr. Thomas, Hon. Thaddeus C. Sweet, was selected as chairman. Mr. Horace G. Tennant was unanimously selected as secretary.

On invitation of the chairman the following gentlemen were heard by the board:

John W. Byrne, representing the city of Troy; Robert MacIntire, representing the Comptroller of the City of New York; Edward O'Connor, representing the Tax Payers' Association of Troy; John H. Ehrehart, representing the New York Central Railroad and other corporations.

These representatives argued at some length in favor of the claims of their associations, municipalities and clients, presenting affidavits in substantiation of their arguments, after which the State Board of Equalization went into executive session, at 1:40 P. M.

Mr. Lewis K. Rockefeller, Deputy Commissioner in charge of the Bureau of Local Assessment, Equalization and Statistics,

appeared before the board and explained his method for obtaining the data presented for the consideration of the board. After some discussion of the county rates presented by the State Tax Commission, it was moved by the Comptroller to adjourn until Thursday, September 21, 1916, at twelve o'clock noon at the office of the State Tax Department.

Motion unanimously carried. Meeting adjourned.

STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

Albany, September 21, 1916.

The State Board of Equalization met pursuant to adjournment at the office of the State Tax Department, Albany, N. Y., at twelve o'clock noon. All members were present. The secretary read the minutes of the last meeting, which were approved. The board then went into executive session, and after deliberation. appointed a sub-committee, consisting of the Lieutenant-Governor, the Attorney-General and State Tax Commissioner Walter H. Knapp, to study the data collected and presented by the State Tax Commission and to report back to this board. On motion of the Comptroller the board adjourned to Thursday, October 5, 1916, at twelve o'clock noon, at the State Tax Department.

HORACE G. TENNANT,

Secretary.

Albany, October 5, 1916.

The State Board of Equalization met pursuant to adjournment at the State Tax Department, Albany, N. Y., at twelve o'clock noon. Present: Hon. Eugene M. Travis, Comptroller; Hon. Francis M. Hugo, Secretary of State; Hon. James L. Wells, State Treasurer; Hon. Martin Saxe, Hon. Walter H. Knapp, and Hon. Ralph W. Thomas, State Tax Commissioners. The sub-committee appointed at the last meeting of the board not having reported, on motion the board adjourned to Thursday, October 26, 1916, at twelve o'clock noon at the State Tax Department.

HORACE G. TENNANT,

Secretary.

Albany, October 26, 1916.

The State Board of Equalization met at the State Tax Department at twelve o'clock noon pursuant to adjournment.

PRESENT:

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Edward Schoeneck.
Speaker of the Assembly, Hon. Thaddeus C. Sweet.
Secretary of State, Hon. Francis M. Hugo.
Comptroller, Hon. Eugene M. Travis.

Treasurer, Hon. James L. Wells.

Attorney-General, Hon. Egburt E. Woodbury.

State Engineer and Surveyor, Hon. Frank M. Williams. State Tax Commissioner, Hon. Martin Saxe, President; State Tax Commissioner, Hon. Walter H. Knapp.

The meeting was called to order by Mr. Sweet, chairman of the board. The minutes of the last two meetings were read and approved. The chairman of the sub-committee, which was appointed to study the data which was submitted to the board by the State Tax Commission, presented its report, which after Leing discussed was, on motion of the Secretary of State, seconded by the Lieutenant-Governor, duly adopted, all the members present voting for its adoption except the Treasurer and State Tax Commissioner Saxe, who voted in the negative. President Saxe presented a table of rates and dissented from the rates reported by the sub-committee, which was concurred in by the Treasurer. The chairman ordered that the records and data in the possession of the sub-committee be filed with the secretary. Adjourned.

HORACE G. TENNANT,

Secretary.

The equalization table made by the State Board of Equalization for the year 1916 is based upon the assessment rolls of 1915. The increases of this year not being available at the time have not been taken into consideration, but should show in next year's table.

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Average rate of equalization for State, 85.765909+ per centum.

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