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the county, Ben Venue farm was assessed at $5.5 million. The Eastham family appealed to the Board of Assessors and their assessment was lowered to $4.7 million.
The main difference between the original assessment and the one after the assessment hoard had changed it, was a lower rate for 1,680 acres of woods. The woodland had originally been assessed at $2,000 per acre. The Easthams brought statements from forestry experts reporting that it would be 20 to 25 years before the woods would yield much marketable timber. The assessment on the woods was lowered to $1,500 per acre.
Mr. Warner reported that in considering requests by other landowners, the Equalization Board had heard frequent complaints that other properties were assessed higher than Ben Venue. He said the number of such remarks caused them to take a look at the assessment on Ben Venue.
The Equalization Board proposed to increase the assessment on the wood land to $2,500 per acre, to raise the assessment on pasture land from, $2,000 to $8,000 per acre, to increase the assessment on 50 acres classified as tillable from $1,000 to $8,000 per acre, and to increase tht; assessment on 1(H) acres labeled as "other” from $1,000 per acre to $2,(KM) per acre.
Lindsey Eastham, presenting his family’s case, said that the 50 acres labeled “tillable" is not tillable. It is is cleared land, mostly through the
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