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would like an explanation.
Looking next at Board member T. V. Williams' three properties, total net equalizations amounted to $34,400 — in reduced assessments. The three parcels are situated on Route 729, primarily on the west side, overlooking the sweep of fields and mountains to the west. It contains several thousand feet of prime road frontage on this paved and scenic state road. Its 64-acre tract of pasture was reduced by the Board from Hall’s $1600 per acre to $1200. The card fails to indicate the productive working orchard on this parcel. The 22.78 acres on which the main house is sited is halved in value from Hall’s $2000 to $1000, a 100 percent drop. Across the street, meanwhile, 44 acres of the Charles E. Sutphin hillside pasture have been lowered only to $1400 per acre from Hall's original $1600. The Sutphin land is rockier, but the view perhaps is better — the card doesn't explain the difference.
The Williams house appears more typical of Hall assessments, ranging between $20 and $30 per square foot. But the other buildings are valued without benefit of a single measurement or detail. These include a large barn, a stone garage, five other
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