MAJUH ALL, N.
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to fill WMlM on this Board,
but other... Ml Mr. Holcombo's
relative to .tki Tu
Board im full foroa
and effeet. While Mr. Laake waa
representing MniHmn County in
the Honaa during tba 1M7 ses
sion, Honorable John MeBee, Sr.,
waa representing Madison County
tha State .Senate. Mr. McBaa
w a prominent Republican and
prominent lawyer from Miteb.il
County. Ha alao apparently eon
atdared Mr. Hokombe's legisla
tion, creating tha Madiaon County
Tax EquaHiation Board aa wlaa
because he gave Mr. Laake hi
lull cooperation and support.
Honorable Fred W. Hoteomoe
again represented Madiaon Coun
ty in the House at the 1969 ses
sion of tha General Aasembly. Mr.
Holeombo waa aj
vinced that his
Madiaon County Tax
Board waa wise
1M session ha
the passage of legislation.
which named naw persona! on
said board, but otherwise left It in
full force and effect Honorable
Albert Canine repraaanted Madi
aon County in toe State Senate at
tha 169 session and ha apparent
ly was convinced of the wisdom
of tha Madiaon County Tax Equal
isation Board bacause ha cooper. t-
. - . . t v i I. "
ad fully wwn nr. nwwoa.
reference thereto.
I had the honor and tha privl-
Lm to renreant Madiaon County
i. h House of Biuiasenterhris
.t th. 1M1 seasion. I maa. than
convinced, aa I now am, that tha
legislation introduced by Mr. Moj
eombe during the 1966 session
attw im tha Tax Equalisation
Board for Madiaon County waa
TWO WEEKS' EXTENSION
Due To Late Start -Bad Weather - Slick Roads
LIST YOUR
TAXES
NOW
GIVE IN YOUR POLL
J
The Board of County Commissioners have voted to
extend the time for li&ting 196 personal property tax
beyond the January 3o, 1965 deadline for an addition
al two weeks. This will extend the listing period through
February 18, 1968.
After This Date There Will Be A
10
Penalty Imposed On All Listings With A
Minimum Of $1.00
i
Bosks Will Be Returned To Courthouse February t8
fHE LAW READS, IN PART
It shall be the duty of every person, firm or Cor
poration in whose name any property or poll is to be
listed under the terms of this subchapter, to list said
property or poll with the proper list taker or the su
pervisor, within the time allowed by law, on a list
setting forth the information required by this sub
chapter. In addition to all other penalties prescribed
by law, any person, firm or corporation whose duty
it shall be to list any poll or property, real or person
al, who willfully fails or refuses to list the same with
in the time allowed by law, or who removes or con
ceals property for the purpose of evading taxation,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor punishable by a fine
not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment
not to exceed thirty days. The failure to list shall be
prima facie evidence that such failure was willful.
(1957, c. 848).
Vehicle Listings Will Be Checked Against
Tag Registrations - Inventories Cdn Be
Checked Against Income Tax Returns
EVERY DOG MUST BE LISTI
AvoHIHPenalty Contact The List
T-l W-l Mrs. F
T-l W-2 Mrs.
T-l W-3 Mrs. Roland
T-l W-4 Clyde Wallin
T-2 W-l Mrs. Bethel
T-2W-2 Mrs.
T-3 Mrs.
T-4 E. G.
T-5 C.
Your Tcwi
Bat
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take
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T-6
T-7.
ley
Bradl
T-8 W-2 Handy W. Co
T-9 Mattie Ray Ramsey
T-10 Bursin Chandlerl
athlene Phillips
Mrs. Clement Buckner
Miss Essie Mooneyham
ames Coates M
Brigs
T-15
T-16
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W. B. ZINK, Tax Supervi:
wise. I, therefore, introduced end
the pMMit of legislation
wr personnel to said
board, bat otherwise leaving it la
full fore nd effect. At this
, Mr. Card M. Robert. Ml
representing Madiaon County In
tha State Sanate. Apparently,
Mr, Roberta alao considered the
Tax Equalisation Board aa being
deairable for, aa I recall, ha made
no effort to repeal the legislation
creating tha Madiaon County Tax
Equalisation Board and offered no
opposition to my bill naming new
personnel to tha Tax Equalisation
Board.
I again had the honor and tha
privilege of representing Madiaon
County in the House of Represent
atives during the 1963 sesieon. 1
than, as now, considered Mr. Hol-
combe'a 1965 legislation creating
the Tax Board as being wise and
proper. I, therefore, again intro
duced legislation naming new per
sonnel to the board and continued
its operation. Honorable J. Yates
Bailey was representing Madison
County in the State Senate at this
time and he was apparently con
vinced that the legislation creat
ine the Madison County Tax
Equalization Board was sound and
advisable, and he, therefore, co
operated with me fully in contin
uing the life of this board.
As I have already stated, when
Honorable Fretd H. Holcombe, in
his wisdom, introduced the legis
lation, creating the Madison Coun
ty Tax Equalization Board, I, at
that time considered it wise and
desirable legislation. I have con
sidered it wise and idesrable leg
islation at all times since down
to and including the present.
Death, the acceptance of other
offices, moving out of the coun
ty, and other resignations have
made necessary changes in the
personnel of the Madison County
Tax Equalization Board, over the
past ten years. I am not certain
that I can name from memory all
those individuals who have served
on the Madison County Tax Equal
ization Board during the past ten
years. Among those that I recall
as having served on said board at
some time during the past ten
years are Nat Blan ken ship, B. K.
Meadows, F. E. Freeman, Judson
Edwards, Bernard S. Brigman,
Bill Wihitten, Coy B. Morgan, Oren
Rice, Ralph Barnes, Talmadga
Franklin, Brown Ammons, and
Ernest Snelson. I consider all of
these gentlemen just named aa
being honorable, patriotic citizens
and taxpayers of Madison Coun
ty, who wore well qualified for
doing and have done a good Job
on the Madison County Tax Equal
ization Board during their re
spective period of service there
on. I think that most of the citizens
and taxpayers realize that under
the general laws Madison County
is required to list and assess all
real property for ad valorem tax
es once every eight years. This
activity requires considerable time
as well as knowledge of the tax
value of real estate throughout
the county. In my opinion, it can
be better done by a board set up
for this purpose, such as the Mad
ison County Tax Equalization
Board, than it could be by a board
of county commissioners. A board
of county commissioners may not
have the time to devote to this
activity. Secondly, they may not
have the particular knowledge,
inclination, or willingness to per
form this task. The most im
portant reason, however, for hav
ing someone other than a borad
of county commissioners perform
this function is that members of
a board of county commissioners
are directly nltlvecL in politics,
and are compelled dosloolJdireotl.v
to the voters far theHotiniuance
in office. This makes iynoV dif
ficult for a board of cJuntyom
missi oners to propei pMrfoan
the duties now perfofciealby the
Madison County Tax Equalization
Board.
I would like to call to Mr. Co
dy's attention that at the time
Mr. Holcombe first introduced the
legislation with reference to the
Madison County Tax Equalization
Board, Madison County alb that
time had a Democratic board of
county commissioners. Madison
County still had a Democratic
board of county commissioners iff
all times for she ten year period
beginning the first Monday in De
cember, 1954, and eliding the first
Monday in December, 1964, It
necessarily follow, therefore, that
Madiaon County not only had a
Democratic board of county com
missioners when Mr. Holcombe
introdoced and secured the
of this legislation, hot it
had a Democratic board of
county commissioners when Mr.
Leake la 1967, Mr. Holcombe
ii 1969, and I in 1961, and
in 1968, introduced and secured
fore, thai this legislation was not
originally enacted, or continued in
existence, as secnething directed
against a Republican board of
county ssejirnlssionsis.
I would also bin to call Mr. Co
dy's attention to the fact that
for the ton year period between
the first Monday in December,
1954, and the first Monday to De
cember, 1964, the Madison Coun
ty Tax Equalization Board work
ed harmoniously and effectively
with the various Democratic
boards of county commissioners.
During that period of time, Mad
ison County had efficient and ec
onomical government During that
period of time, Madison County
became one of the four or five
counties in the State of North
Carolina that haa NO bonded in
debtedness. During that period of
time, Madison County secured the
three industries now operating in
Madison County, namely. Pacific
Mills st Hot Springs, Hammar-
lund at Mars Hill, Mills Manufac
turing Corporation at Marshall,
and also during that period we
acquired the MATO Packing Com
pany, Incorporated, in Marshall.
I hope that Mr. Coidy's board of
county commissioners will prove
able to give this county efficient!
and economical government. I
hope that they and the Madison
County Tax Equalization Board
will work together harmoniously.
If there is any further infor
mation which I can give to Mr.
Cody that would be helpful or if
there in any way in which my co
operation with him and his board
would be helpful, I will be glad to
cooperate with him in the public
good at any time he requests my
assistance.
I am surprised that a man hold
ing the responsible office that Mr.
Cody now holds was not suffi
ciently familiar with the legisla
tive process in North Carolina,
and with legislative history in our
State, to know that I was not en
titled to be credited with having
created the Madison County Tax
Equalization Board at the last
session of the General Assembly.
I am unable to understand exact
ly what he was attempting to say
in last week's edition of your pa
per. It may be that Mr. Cody was
seeking to escape responsibility
for certain duties and sets which
come within tha province of the
board of county commssioners.
Although Madison County does
have a Tax Equalization Boards
which assesses real estate for taxa-
Communion And
Foot-washing At
Drv Branch San.
m '
OsiMsmlnn services and an old-
time foot-washing will ho observ
ed at the Dry Branch Free Will
Baptist Church Sunday night, Jan.
tL
Tha pastor, the Rev. Arnold
"Red" Bulhnan and the members
of the church extend a cordial in
vitation to everyone to attend and
take part
Special singers have a
invitation.
MHS Basketball
Schedule For
1964-65
Ian. 29 Spruce Pine - There
Feb. 2 N Buncombe - There
i'eb. 9 Cane River - Home
Feb. 5 Reman - there
Feb. 12 Tipton Hill Home
Feb. 16 EaHt Yancey Home
Feb. 19 Laurel - There
All varsity games start at
7:00 p. m.
PAINFUL CORI
AMAZING LIQUID
RELIEVES PAIN AS
IT DISSOLVES CORNS AWAY
Now remove corns the fast, easy way
ith FrecioneJt. Liquid Freezone re
lieves pain instantly, works heluw the
skin line to dissolve corns away in just
days Get Freeionc . . . at all Jrus counters.
tion, it is still Mr. Cody's board
of county commissioners that de
cides how much money Madison
County is going to spend each
year and for what. It is also Mr.
Cody's board of county commis
sioners that sets the tax rate for
Madison County and thereby de
cides whether your taxes will be
higher next year. Perhaps Mr.
Cody is just unwilling to face up
to the facts of life and to accept
the responsibility for exercising
the authority, and performing the
duties, granted and imposed by
law.
I hope that you will ha able to
publish this letter in this week's
edition of your paper.
Vary truly yours,
LISTON B. RAMSEY
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of legislation naming
MARSHALL, N. C U-l
No.
to the Tax Equal-
It is obvious.