New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-27
STATE and LOCAL TAXATION.
OPERATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF AS
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OPERATIONS OF THE STATE bOAhD VI NJ
" SCISSORS.
NOW THEY CoNTRIyE NOT TO DO II.f n,soYs
hO" IONS or THE LAW IGNoRED-CoMPAI'iiS,O,NS0
N DIFFERRNT COUN1IES-THE CIT VI VI"
WORK TIE GREAT SUFFERER. -
There ia nothing i'm the whole range VI ~"
~ Icgi.latiou more difficult to attain than Jus. "nu
eonal tar law-onet that Will assess the O, - IN
tiou equally upon all classes OF perSoH', -, q, 40
tnds OF property. The tax laws OF Ne" iOih go ~ en-,
this; but those whose duty IL i " -, ,u,,,,,co
several counties seem to labor with
a., dov,sng means Of evadng the very PLAIN req'enoH'
Of the statute. The law Of this State says .,,.
An lands and ali personal estate within tins STATE Sne o me
iodydGs or %5Ser pecssd CONSISTING Of few article. sIHs
hold furniture provisions wool 'Deep' A"'' p''1'''
this chapter shall Be ,on, s1Sstid 10 a 1pSo of
'iI 10 s sane Tie terms personal state and psIiobs
sy wss0sSsT Ds Goods ei,ts from solvent debtors pub
he sock. :sd S,,. SGy LIABLE 20 taxation estimated and
assessed sI he A t ef Gs. debt solvent debtor
Rrtseen Tie 6r day. MAY and july in each year pey @
ale Inhabitants respective wa' or Wards Spo ao .sSe
pss. p"I, MAJ just debts owing by the party
liable to taxation.
Here Is the law for the guidance of the Assessors aud 1t
is question worth consideration whether tax can Do
collected OF any citizen be show that he is unnsy
assessed upon his property by the neglect OF the Assessor
TO assess the names Of all the taxable INHABITANTS ana
the omission OF nneenths Of all the personal property
liable taxation from the taxable ISts III ING ""H
ward"
The aggregate valuation Of real and personal properly
an the state of in 1872 corrected, $780,
67e36 The assessed value OF real estate was S5O42
O2g and OF personal property $l6595233 making tota
of 5000 From this amount returned there was
deducted according TO the corrected aggregate Naua
ton" S729l6 leaving the valuation as stated s62o67e
ss OF the 1904 O29 the valuation OF the real estate
the City of NewYork valued at sl765l2S42 leaving
As the value Of the remainder OF the State $324l6S7
thus giving to the City Of NewYork moro than onethid
Of the real estate as assessed throughout
the State OF the $l6695233 the assessed
valuation personal property in the State the city
was assessed Sol 559 leaving for the remainder OF the
State s55,sOO674, the City of NewYork having Ass69
more than half.
ONEIDA COUNTY.
In 1912 the real estate in Oneida County assessed
At % and in 1868 at S42S2 63 showing an Increase
in the value years of s. 296954 The assessed value
Of personal In 1912 S2795 and III 1903 IL was
S27456-a decrease in ~ years of $4,000 In 1865 the
value of I've stock Oneida County as returned III the
census the State S245S7 80 and the value OF the
farms s2G9165 making total yalue OF farms ana hVe
stock of S3lI9s72 and in 1865 there was In oneida
County ss5l2s25 capital invested in cotton, woolen
paper grist and Touring and lumber Mills ana III tan
merry and iron furnaces; National Bank capital $l6OgOS
gas stock $4,000 &c Oneida County has 45S acres OF
land assessed for taxation at $40 "a per acre. ana s
valuation ncludes the real estate Of Utica, Rome, &c
The value Of the buildings alone in Oneida County IN
1865 according the of NewYork. was s4509l5
being S3G52 than the assessed Value VI Tue loa
estate of the county Of 1868
wEsICHEsTER COUNTY.
Westchester County has 27sN acres OF land, and IN
1857 the assessed value 9s755 in 1858 1t was sS2
OBS 2s showing increase OF value In ten years OF
Sill In 1890 the assessed valuation OF real estate
was Sites 49, and of personal property making
total Of sOO93672. The increase in valuation OF real
property in 81 years. Ia Westcheser County, was $32
1ls1e In 1867 the real estate Of Westcbester County
was assessed $4S There is scarcely an acre OF
land covered with ragged rocks. and tuneven as the
breakers anywhere IN the county that can be bought lo
this price, taxable valuatonOf the real estate OF THIS
county at would be very low. On the Hudson
River on the Harlem and New-Hayen Railroad, on the
old Albany road and the Sound or East River, the
prices at which land held and at which it is solo, are
fabulous. 1t has many large and pOpuOus towns In
which real estate is sold at several thousand dollars an
acre, orEeven by the lot The personal estate
Westchester in 1895, assessed at S2,324,693,
when the population $685. In it assessed
at 557 SOC, and the population lO97. According
to the Of Of 1885, the value Of dwellings,
alone in westcheser County Vas OF s a 9
so that this valuation only S 30 for 1913 6i
acres Of improved and Ct it of unmproved land
In 1853 the personal property IN Westchester County was
assessed at s5O6S2 and there be any reasonable
doubt that the taxable personal property in that county
has rebled in IS years And yet the assessed increase
is only tso5,STA
DUCHESS COUNTY.
Duchess County Of the best as we'll as one Of the
richest agricultural counties this State and the as
sssed valuations of real and personal property for fou
periods, is as follows:
ISz2. 1855.
Real estate $50 Real estate s2l l6s I'll
Personal esae f5SSOS6 Personal estste... 7TOl5O2
Total ....... &l9685 78 Total. ....... % an ga
1893. - 1865.
Real So f8s016 Real estate.
Personal esiate 6Sel@i6 Personal estste,.... 525233