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September 13, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 39 Public Forum Iprogram .· · ~ · September 6, 1929 J·:dit~r, \VII.!\IE.'I'Tl~ Ln'l!: \Ve read in the Chicago papers that the Board of Assessors of Cook cotlllt v are holding public hearings' as to the valuations of real estate in Rogers Park: anfl that when they get through with that tO\\'nship, · they will proceed Mrs. Albert A. Faupd, 230 Catalpa to hold similar hearings for the other place. is spending severa l weeks in the townships in the City of Chicago, and north woods recuper'ating from her when th ey have finished with the City recent accident. of Chicago, they will hold hearings for the countrv towns. \Vhat will the hearings of the country towns be on? It will not be on valuations made by the duly elected local assessment officers as required by law , but undoubtedly on the valuations prepared hv the re-assessment group of the l~oard of Assessors, and as to townships in Cook county not lying wholly within the limit s of a city or \·illage, such valuations arc illegal and invalid, so why hold hearings on them? It is true, that when the valuations made by the township assessors, who a·n· ex-officio deputy assessors of the Board of Assessors of Cook county, and the valuations made by the hoard are bv said board turned O\'er . to the Board of H.e\'iew, such combined \·aluatinns arc the \'aluation~ oi the noard of Assessors ior · Cook county, hut there is 110 proviswn lli lcm \rhich authorizes or permits the Iloarcl of A~~essnrs to usurp the functions oi the (luly clectl'd tO\\'Jtship assessor · in such · to \nbhips in Cook county as do not · lie \rholh· \\'ithin the limit s of Ptlc cit\· 11r \· illag~. Thl' taxpayers in :-;uch tmn;. hips are cntitkcl tu ha\'c honest judgSimple dress . . . elaboment oi th e person whom they ha\'.C rate gown ... here's diselected iur that purpose, as to the 1 tinguished cleaning . that \·aluation of their property, to qtll)te the Supreme l\n1rt oi Illinois. in First fluffs out all of the soil \"ational Bank vs .. Holmes 2-l() Ills . 3(,2: . . . does full justice to "anti this ya luation must be made by the person e le cted as the legislature style. Just send one has provided. and :\ ot Otherwise." garment- then ask your The attempt of the Board of Asses~ttrs to force \'aluations made by per-~ own eyes. sons appointed by the_ m on the taxpayers of suc h tO\\·nships, is not in! compliance with the re -assessmen t I "rdcr and Rule 1-l of the Tax commis- , sion. Rule 1-l specifica lly refers to the I local assessment ot11cers in to\\'nships not l~·ing wholly within th e limit s nf one city, and it is a clear \'iulation l)f the law and of the letter and spi rit of the above rule and orcL·r. Although th<.~ hook s containing the origina l ' as:-;e . sment, the dat;t and papers I tlt.'cessary for the loca l assessment ot11ce r to comply "ith the sa id Order and Rule 14 are requir ed by law to be delivered to the local assscssmcnt c1fficer, and frequent demand ha s been made therefor, the Board of Assessors still refuses to deliver such hooks. papers and data. \Vhy ? The Rule 1-l above mentioned provides that the township assessor shall be notified and given an opportunity to he heanl before any change is made in an a:-;sessment mad e IH· him or h\· cleputil' S under his sup~rvision. so. the reassessment order of the Tax commisSuccessors to the 1 :2 1 5 Washington Ave. sion, and Rule 14 detailing how th~ Krauss Cleaning Co. Wilmette re-assessment should he made never contemplated the usurping of th e office of the township assessors by INC. the Board of Assessors, and, had ;t ~ione so, it would have been an invalid ;:~ and illegal order so far as that part C. L. ROGERS. President of it was concerned. The Board of Assessors have heretofore acknowledged that the township A PHONE CALL WILL BRING OuR TRUCK To YouR DooR assessors must make the assessment and must have their books, according to the opinion of legal counsel, thereGREENLEAF (Evanston) 3400 GLENVIEW HIGHLAND PARK 3400 fore why the delay in delivering th~ WILMETTE ......... ·3400 )20 GLENCOE ··.... 1300 hooks, papers, etc.? The township assessors will require at the very least three months to make their valuations and probably longer. Then, if the same is followed, hearings will be had as to those val~ations, and then the hearing before the Board of Review on complaints if any, so it looks very mucl1 as if the taxing bodies will be obliged to wait until a year from . now before they can expect any revenue from 19.2R taxes. It will be interesting to find out the reason for the delay. George H. Harbaugh, Assessor Xew Trier Twp. Don't Worry SHORE LINE CLEANERS when accidents happen-call THE I Special for One Week 1 Beginning ·Monday, Sept. 16 Men's Suits or Top Coats Cleaned and Pressed $1.00 EANERS. NO TOLL PHONES