Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-01-28
This amount is by law divided as fol

Normal school Fund, rs per cent. 1892 ~
Drainage Fund, 50 per cent, 5s,Ooi %
The last sum is distributed annually to
Tie several counties in the State in pro
rlportion to the amount received from the
Il sales Of lands in such counties. Includ
ling balance in the treasury 10 the credit
{ of this fund, the amount to be appropra-
tied .he present year will TO about $685.
! 0C0.
Including he balance to The credit Of
HE Normal School Fund in the treasury,
lthe amount to be appropriated this year
ito the Academies and Colleges Of the State
will be about $40, 900.
VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT.
From the report Of the State Board of
| Equalization, consisting of the Senate,
meeting for the first time under the new
assessment law, in September last, it APP
pears that the number Of acres of land as
essed in the State last year was l7,all,
l4lS. The average valuation as equalized
was $e,78 per acre. The aggregate val
uation Of land, as eqhali2ed was $l18,l78,
500. Aggregate valuation of lots as
equalized, $36,aS3,511. Aggregate val
uation Of personal property, $l3,607 sos.
Total aggregate valuation Of property as
equalized, $l6s, 62O,23S.
E A comparison with the same items of
the assessments of 1853 is decidedly favor
able to the good objects Of tie new law;
showing an increased return and valuation
Of property in 1859 as compared with
1858, as assessed, OF 3S2;6I9,680, aud as
equalized, of sos, 702,213.
| The true rule in the levy and collection
Of taxes is to make the property Of the
State pay the taxes of the State. When
all property, real and personal, is assessed
at a fair cash value, the burthens of gov
eminent expenses are equally and fairly
distributed. The property Of every man
/ is protected by the law, and each should
| by compelled to pay to meet the expenses
Of the State according to what he has. 1t
is difficult to conceive why any discrimin-
alton should be made in the assessment Of
personal and real estate. And offsets Of
Indebtedness against assessed valuation
might as we'll be made upon an incumber.
ed farm, as debts deducted from the tala-
alton of personal estate. This question of
assessment and the levy and collection Of
taxes comments itselfto your careful con.
federation. Independent ofthe defect 10
the law, growing out Of the discrimination
labove suggested, our present law ia defect
i've in its de;ails and machinery. 1t re-
Iquires simplifying and perfecting.
j The total taxation levied last year for
State purposes, including the amount to
Inject State Indebtedness, and for township
libraries, was 4-l0 mills per cent, on the
dollar Of valuation, Producing in the ag-
gregate the sum Of 1924, 3lolls of reve-
niue. This is 5000, 900 less than the pre-
yious year, snG less than any year for the
past SIX years.
Il esTl TIsTIos. ise6
+ Tie returns. required by law 70 be made
Ito The Secretary Of State Of agricultural
manufacturing aud mineral statistics, are
I very imperfect, and show an inexchsable
Neglect ID the officers charged with tie
I duty Of making such returns. So far as
they bave been made, they show the val
Iuation of the products Of industry to be
1893, 986,77l, the counties Of Grant, Kew
aunee, La Crosse, MaBitowoc, Milwaukee,
i Portage and Wood making no returns
4 These counties are among the most inn
portant 10 the State, The same neglect is
Exhibited in other particulars.
The number Of Deaf and Dumb reported IA l20
q The number OF Blind reported isisa aM 81. SO
The number of Insane "
And the number ofIdioiic 1ah sns 9AsaI ioa "
i Forty-nine counties make no feport.--7
1.-THE law which requires statistical informa-
\ tiotAlo be furnished, is entirely inadequate,
and ought to be revised Severe penal.
ties ought to be imposed upon officers who
either calelessly or wiIfully, fail in the per.
/ Torrance of such duties. 1t is a matter of
great public concern that, every year, in.
j formation be furnished of the evidences of
increasing wealth and prosperity of the
State. 1t is safe to conclude, that scarcely
more than half the mineral and agricultur-
1 al products and manufactured articles and
fairies Of the State are shown by the re-
ports made. OF the vast lumber and tim.
Der trade Of the Moth and Northwest,
We have but q very imperfect knowledge.
The Legislature ought TO be furnished
With all the facts showing the wealth Of
The State, and the energy AMI enterprise of
lie people. 1t would be useful to our cit
izeus at home, and do credit@ the State
abroad. It would invite capital hither for
permanent investment, from which far
g.eater advantages would be reaped, than
from foreign capital loaned at twelve per
cent:
co9MoS SCHOOLS.
The number Of persons Of school age
t5a. it, between four and twenty years Of
age, as returned for 1850, is 268, ST..
The average length of time schools have
10 be taught, is five and one half months.
Total number of school districts in the
State, 4,33l.
Valuation OF School House Property sl,iS5,lSl 90
The average wages paid to Male Teachers
I per month, has been j "a W
The average wages Of Female Teachers II 81
TIE amount paid for Teachers wages du-
ring the past year, is ooo,ooo w
The amount is an increase Of over
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