THE STORY OF THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE 



to exceed fifty cents an acre. Owners and 

 occupiers of land not wishing to have the 

 benefits of the law may withdraw their hold- 

 ings at any time up to the 15th of June. 

 Claims for indemnity for hail damage must be 

 sworn to and verified, after which they can 

 be paid by the commissioner up to the maxi- 

 mum allowance of seven dollars an acre. 



3. Taxation Abuses 



Senate Bill No. 43, approved February 24, 

 1919, abolishes an old abuse by adjusting the 

 assessment system. It divides taxable prop- 

 erty into two classes, one to be assessed at 

 100 per cent, of its true and full value and the 

 other at 50 per cent, thereof. In the first 

 class it places all railroads and other public 

 utilities with all the franchises and property 

 pertaining thereto; all land exclusive of the 

 structures and improvements upon it; all 

 bank stock; all flour-mills, elevators, ware- 

 houses, buildings, and improvements on rail- 

 road rights of way; all structures and improve- 

 ments on town and city lots used for business 

 purposes. In the second class, to be assessed 

 at 50 per cent, of its value, is placed all live 

 stock, agricultural and other machinery, see 

 residence structures on town and city lots, and 

 all other property not enumerated in the law. 



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