Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-05-26
Meeting of Co. Supervisors for Business
They have Big Talk on the ASS
essments and Taxes. Interesting Fig
ures.

IL. ID. w oOQ, A. w. Emery anu A Il
Olson Burr, the latter Chairman, met
on Monday and are still in session for
business under the new laws for the
| assessment and collection of taxes
Cyrus Sergeant being absent, Jared
Warner who happened to be in town
was courteously invited to repre-
sent the west part of the coun>
ty as an advisory member in matters
especially concerning that section, so
the Board was virtually full and ably
composed to sound judgment and
business experience.
In view of adviaing the public as
to assessments, equalizations and flu
ture taxes, we give the following
notes and figures:
Last year the assessors of Grant
County reported the following total
of county landed and personal valua>
ton: $6,980,427.
This is the original basis, upon
which the following changes have
been made.
The County Supervisors met in
June last year, and slightly raised
the above valuation calling it 81 ,0l0,
sos.
In April last the state canvassing
Board, composed Of the Senators
from the several counties, with the
Secretary of State, met at Madison
for - comparison oi the several coun-
ty assessments, and Tor raising such
a. were considered too low and low
ering such ~ were thought too high.
Very we'll, Grant County was
raised from $7,010.695, as above. to
81, lT6, OH being as viii he observ-
ed, q most enornoNs S,eeN
And upon this food they ordered "a
por cent. levy Of q mills, state tax,
amounting TO 1924, 500 to be collected
next in Grant County.
The state tax paid last year by Grant
County was $29, 504, showing that
the state taxes for this year are low.
er in the total than last year by q
very large sum, though Ia Grant
County the difference is inconsiier-
able, whilst in other counties more
favored by the State Board it would
appear that the people will not have
to pay above half the state taxes
they paid last year.
In the next place, we give the
| eQualised assessments of q few coun-
ties in view of comparing them with
those Of Grant.
Milwaukee city and county, in
population triple and in wealth at
least quintuple that of Grant, our
state metropolis. second only TO Chi
cago in the north west, is equaiised
at only s27 ,0l3,s40
Rock county, almost every acre
available farm land, and more popu>
lous county than Grant by at least
100 per cent, is equalised at SIS, 1877,
623.
And there is Green, eq1alized at
S6,50l ,223, one Of the richest coun>
ties in the State, and worth at least
all Of Grant.
And Dane County, at Sl8 346. 739,
with larger territory, far more pop
ulous, capitol Of the State, the land
averaging hrSt class In most OF the
unly, every acre hel at $4,000 to
10000 per acre
Such are some of the figures, which
only those well acquainted with the
counties named, and are advised as
TO the population and wealth of the
same, can Judge as to their showing
and the clear and palpable wrongs
done our country by the State Can
wasting Board.
The County Supervisors are to
meet in June, for again taking into
account the assessments and APP.
| portionment Of taxes among the sew
eral towns, when it il understood the
assessed valuations of the assessors
under the new laws are to be before
the Board, and upon which the tax
leyie5 are 10 DO made.