New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-27

F rsio s'si ssl'o 1865
AN Cs2 3s8i Real .........s 2SS SP5 osS
Personal estate.''' 49olo.
ii years ......... s'"aSl' To.l....... sS,Sis''l'
Increase value Of real estate as assessed m s1Se9liO
,r iS r. IL. value Of personal assessed ~
for taxation Tot: increase Of taxable S2S'OS'
mi ,,o,s,,. o,,, NJ 1868 gives the value OF the farms
n, onoTdSsa County at s29lOsG; OF the i've Of farm
"a eo7 iSs of fools and implements AZ $500 ellins
NV ,, a69 Tic value of the dwellings III oyIacns ,hs
iyen m 1892 $50 Value of land not % ~ The real
census te CITY of syracuse at half the valuation, he
returned in Controllers report Tor i0 900 "a an acre
% state Assessors could not have visited tha' County
Within two years the law requires
r, valuation Of the real estate OF this famous cou
in 1855 $l9s343 in 1865 IL was a 272 Assessed
i'm value OF real estate in ten years oi o assessed
valne of persona property in 1855 Sozi, a. 57s s21
value in 1868 se97? Increase y N eG Orange County
fem wears C8 The land is assessed az a. v OI a.
acre The City Of Newburgh is fnr tSs county where
ar lands sell Very nigh and where lands on lne fSS
up the thousands ana on Inc in this county were
valued at sSo52 433 1865 the farms at S211Sgg
making a total value for the county, n"V iheiu"e WV
loss of the City OF Newburgh. OF sjo,Gc5,zU'
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY. -.--, l.. ,o-o
Tho valuation of the real estate III tls county IN 20
was SS 5GS a9S valuation 1858 sl5O659l; valuation
1865 Sl4 g5g4CO Increase in valuation vi rear $50 ha
Syfsen yers A. 6O37 there any reason why tno
STATE Hssessor should value the real estate IN 81 Law
"ce S0S 5I less in 1868 than 1t valued IN looSI
Have iaTds decreased value in that County ID ne G
ST. Lawrence has 65s 685 acres Of land ana is
assessed at eight dollars eieren ana mee i9,nM ce @
,cr and this valuation includes the Guy OF OSChe
%"rgb with iTs zoos people; POtsdam, with 400; can,
ron with COCO; Lisbon. with 5OOG &c Dedurt i tli1
valve If Ogdpnsburg and other town properly Hcucu
i'm the valuation aud the lands OF tins county arc as
sessed at less Than SIR dollars acre There were ouI
three counties Ohio, ten years ago. where Ihc lVi
estate was assessed low in the County o e. Law
in 1868 The valuation OF Se ned states in 1870
was Sc So an acre farm implements ana toos sGaosU
value of live stock <3.994e6. According 70 lhe oesuS
of NeYork in 1865 744 Of farm lands were re-
turned AT S25 sos O3 fraction oycrSl6 % an herehiu
r c and tools at SSs8O9 The value Of the
buildings returned at s643665O value OF tne D N.Y.
County of Jefferson with 6644s population in 1865 paid
m 1865 $lOl, sS4 10 State tax; ana 81 Lawrence W s
o. Is there either law justice in such yalua
ton as this of the County OF St Lawrence5 S i"NcTs
York aud New England by boat aud rail-
Wa Give the following assessed valuations real estate
IN the County Albany for the years named: is42 81
of te assessed value of real since 1872 %
years S24 1873, increase OF over 500 per cent
personal property assessed IN the Couhy ana oiy
Of Albany m 1872 at s44756Cs IN 1853 at SSl4s4l; ~
1858 at SsSlO141 and in 1868 at SIe9o9 Inc assessor
valuation of the City of Albany IN 1905 according 10 e
annual report of the Board of Supervisors was OF re
estate, 81, 6SO of personal prolery' so"iV t
2e7 Increase OF personal estate In ~ yS9 aFs
in the County s319iT Decrease from 1865 s6ios s
over 81 COO Deductng the lands the town OF Water
vlie assessed as farm lands-and the ahds Oh o 70
In Albany County assessed for taxation at va 50 per
acre. with the farm lands in tho town or Wateryet tey
are assessed at M ohS Se and west Troy being
IL is true much Of the land IN Albany County rs very
and very much Of 1t very valuable ana sells reau-
y AT several hundreds and for thousands OF dohis a
acre and the Beard OF are very Ia, from
the proper line Of duty when they allow lands l towns
I'm Albany County be assessed at ~ So sO Is VA TO- ana
sis II per acre These are scarcely the prices OF via
lands In the far West The United States census report
of 1850 assessed the value OF the farm lands IN Albany
County 1G6O. SO 54S acres at sleCi4i oenS al I
ing tools and implements, sGu,SG0 Albany County
In 1866 had lO6lS mich cows, 1895 sheep;
23055 lambs. 5000 hogs. aud lOl2s horses INC Petsoa
property was assessed in the county in 1868 at only 5s
1875 and this includes the personal property ia NaterNet
Cohoes and West Troy belonging to population num-
bering III 1865 52e9 According 10 tne census OF He"
| YORK In 1866 the value OF the farm lands In Albany
County was Sl69665S3 value OF live stock, SleO,5't
farming tools and implements, s9fe6 number or acres
OF land plowed in 1865 66,396 acres In pasture 66
acres in meadow 924s acres IN oats 2661; IN rye,
10 g2 i'm buckwheat 1861 In corn, lOl32; ana number
of acres in potatoes 72i5 These facts show hat asr-
etIsSperty cs BE found there if tho Assessor
makes dilgent inquiry for the owners OF H. Inc value
census return Of 1865, was $ 1924 and In the county,
&C. 1885, making total value OF buildings OF 7,sGJ99s
The assessments in the counties named illustrate the
manner IN which the real and personal estate assessed
and much below the cash value. as the law requires
the assessments made II the law strictly com
Piled WITH and all the property taxed that Is subject TO
taxation In the several towns the rate OF taxation w0nd
be very much less and the burdens OF taxation more
equally distributed Below Is table giving the popnla
ton the number Of acres Of land the assessed valuation
for OF the real and personal estate ana the amount
OF in NewYork, Ohio and Illinois for the year
1858.
Population 100000 Amour, Of STATE tar SO 7os 50
Numbers o. acres OF Ant OF school tax 2.27,6ll ~
,Ts Of 27el772 Total State 1887 Of