The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-03-16
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Action of fhe State Board OF
Equalization in Regard 60 the
Valuation Of Real Estate in
Highland County.
COLUMBUS, O., March 7, 1871.
J.L. BOARDMAN, Esq.-Dear Sir
AS the citizens of Highland County,
who pay tax upon real estate, may
feel interested in the action of the
Estate Board of Equalization" of
which I am a member, and whose ar
duOus and highly responsible labors,
for the last four months, are now clos
ing, I deem it my duty to render an
account of my stewardship, and also
to state the result of the deliberations
Of said Board, so far as it affects the in
terests of Highland County.
The aggregate value of real es-
tate, in town and country, in
the county Of Highland, at the
last appraised value, in 1859,
$685. ,479
This amount was increased "a
per cent, by assessed value, in
1870, adding thereto............... 2,257, 1871
Which would make the total as
sessed value, in I87O............... 1871, ,45O
To this amount the Board added
3per cent, to equalize with the
other counties of the State,
which is................................ 7,143
Making in all..........-.............. 11,9lS,53S
From this, deduct a surplus of
izing the slate........................ 59,598
ll,e59,OOO
From this amount, again deduct
IL per cent, which a majority
of the Board, as it was left dis
cretiOnary with them, by an
act of the Legislature of Ohio,
deemed just and proper 10 do. 1,423,0S0
the next deoade..................... 10, ,435, ,92O
The tax paid to the State on the
valuation of 1859, to-wit,
mills to the dollar, on $685.
479, was per annum. ............,. 87,258
The tax to be paid on the valua-
ton of 1870, to-wit, % mills to
the dollar, on $IO 435, ,92O, the
amount estimated by General
Goldman, Auditor of State, as
fully sufficient to meet all the
demands of the State, for the
next year, amounts to the sum
.............................. 26O64
Making difference of .............. II,IS9
This, you will perceive, relieves the
tax payers of Highland County for the
next year, eJeUe11 thousand one hundred
and eighty nine dollars or discount
of over thirty per cent, off the pro-
ceding year.
1t may be proper here TO state how
this reduction in favor of Highland
County is accounted for.
First-The total value of real
property, as equalized by the
State Board, 1859, was. $685., ,246, AL
Secondly - The total value Of
real property, as equalized by
the State Board, in 1871, is.SI ,I45, ,7IS,9 ,946
An advance, since the last decade,
of 81 per cent, while Highland Coun,
ty during the same period, according
to the abstract of valuation, as return
ed to the Auditor of Slate, has advanc
ed only 81 per cent. And, in addi-
ton to this, would state, that the
Southern part of Ohio has been pay
ing, for the last eleven years, an un-
equal amount of tax, as compared
with the northern. Now we hope,
that, by advancing largely the realty
of many of the northern and eastern
counties, we have arrived at the true
equalization and Just valuation of all
the counties of the State, and for the
next ten years our burden of taxation,
for State purposes, will only be equal
to all the other counties of Ohio.
ALI of which is respectfully submit
ted, SAMUEL Z. HIBBEN.