SUPPLEMENT TO PUBLIC LAND LAWS. 



Acts and Amendments Legislative Session 1915. 



(The section numbers herein correspond with the numbers 

 in Compiled Public Land Laws 1914.) 



SEC. 5-a. MEMBERS STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION POWERS 

 AND DUTIES. 



The State Auditor, a member of the Public Service Com- 

 mission of Washington, to be designated by the Governor, and 

 the Commissioner of Public Lands shall constitute the State 

 Board of Equalization. The State Auditor shall be the presi- 

 dent of the board, and the Commissioner of Public Lands shall 

 be secretary thereof. The board shall remain in session not 

 to exceed twenty (20) days; may adjourn from day to day, 

 and employ such clerical assistance as may be deemed neces- 

 sary to facilitate its labors: Provided, That the expense of 

 such board shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars 

 ($500) in any one year. The said board shall meet annually, 

 on the first Monday in September, at the office of the State 

 Auditor, and shall examine and compare the returns of the as- 

 sessment of the property in the several counties of the state, 

 and proceed to equalize the same, so that each county in the 

 state shall pay its due and just proportion of the taxes for 

 state purposes for such assessment year, according to the ratio 

 the valuation of the property in each county bears to the total 

 valuation of all property in the state. 



First. They shall classify all property, real and personal, 

 and shall raise and lower the valuation of any class of prop- 

 erty in any county to a value that shall be equal and uniform, 

 so far as possible, in every part of the state, for the purpose 

 of ascertaining the just amount of tax due from each county 

 for state purposes. 



