OF THE State Board of Tax Commissioners of the State of Indiana WM. B. BURFORD, CONTRACTOR FOR STATI: PRINTING AND BINDING 1910 PROCEEDINGS OF THE State Board of Tax Commissioners OF THE STATE OF INDIANA For the Year 1910. STATE OF INDIANA, OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF STATE, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Monday, April 4, 1910, 10 o'clock a. m. In accordance with an act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An act concerning taxation," approved March 6, 1891, and the several acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and an act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An act concerning taxation," approved March 2, 1907, the State Board of Tax Commissioners of the State of Indiana convened at the office of the Auditor of State of the State of Indiana, at Room 35 of the State Capitol, on the above date, and organized as required by law. The following members of the Board were present at said date, to wit: Fred A. Sims, secretary of state; John C. Billheimer, auditor of state; John W. McCardle, Fred L. Gemmer and C. C. Matson, Commissioners. On motion of John W. McCardle, Fred A. Sims was unanimously elected as chairman of the Board for the annual session of the Board for the year 1910. On motion of John W. McCardle, John E. Reed, deputy auditor of state, was unanimously elected as secretary of the Board for the year 1910. Thereupon the several members of the Board took and subscribed to the following oath, to wit: STATE OF INDIANA, MARION COUNTY, SS.: We, Fred A. Sims, John C. Billheimer, John W. McCardle, Fred L. Gemmer and C. C. Matson, do each solemnly swear that we will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Indiana; that we will faithfully and impartially discharge our duties as members of the State Board of Tax Commissioners; that we will, according to the best of our knowledge and judgment, assess and equalize the property of the several counties of this State; and that we will in no case assess any property at more or less than its true cash value, as the same is defined by Section 53 of the Act concerning Taxation, and the acts amendatory thereof; so help us God. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of April, 1910. (Signed) Commission expires April 19, 1910. M. H. PEACOCK, Thereupon John E. Reed, as secretary of the Board, took and subscribed to the following oath, to wit: STATE OF INDIANA, COUNTY OF MARION, SS: I, John E. Reed, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Indiana, and that I will faithfully perform the duties as secretary of the State Board of Tax Commissioners to the best of my ability; so help me God. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of April, 1910. (Signed) Commission expires April 19, 1910. M. H. PEACOCK, Thereupon, on motion of John W. McCardle, Walter N. Carpenter was elected official stenographer of the Board for the three sessions of the Board for the year 1910, and said Walter N. Carpenter thereupon took and subscribed to the following oath, to wit: STATE OF INDIANA, COUNTY OF MARION, SS: I, Walter N. Carpenter, stenographer, selected by the State Board of Tax Commissioners to report the proceedings of said Board at its 1910 sessions, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and honestly report the proceedings of said Board to the best of my ability; so help me God. WALTER N. CARPENTER. (Signed) Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of April, 1910. (Signed) Commission expires April 19, 1910. M. H. PEACOCK, On motion of John W. McCardle, the compensation of the official stenographer of the Board for the annual sessions of 1910 was fixed at the sum of five dollars per day, and thirty cents per page for the transcript of the proceedings of the Board at said sessions, which amount is hereby allowed. On motion of Fred L. Gemmer, the secretary of the Board was authorized and empowered to make a contract with and to employ for the Board an additional clerk at the sum of six hundred dollars for the present annual session; and the secretary was also authorized and empowered to employ one miscellaneous clerk for the present annual session, at the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, which amounts are hereby allowed. On motion of Auditor John C. Billheimer, the permanent hours of meeting of the Board were fixed at from 9:30 a. m. to 12 m., and from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. There being no further business to transact, on motion; duly seconded, the Board adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, April 5, 1910, at 9:30 a. m. Attest: FRED A. SIMS, Secretary of State and Chairman of the Board. J. E. REED, Deputy Auditor of State and Secretary of the Board. |