The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-01-11

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snd1thc taxes collected from insurance
companies indicate gain Of e28, 627
81. The heavy payments by the
GENERALLY government during the. two
years ending Nov. 1, 1859, amounting
to much the greater part Of oul
remaining claim on, account q
expenses incurred by the State becaust
| a the was, reduced very materially
the revenue to be. exempted from
that source; hence the receipts there
from during the last two years were
| nearly $500, 900 less than during 1865
and 1869. The gross receipts Of the
revenue during the term were II, 769,.
p522.91, which, with the balance in the
treasury Nov. I, 1869, made the amt
Of avaiiableT means during the term,
%, O26,663O7. The expenditures
were d, 97S, 1898. Balance Of gen
eral revenue In the treasury Nov. s,
1871, e8l, S40.84. The warrants
issued during tie period amounted to
d, 81, 930.78, Of which e666,61s.74
were issued fur the use and support
of the various. puhlic institutions OF
the State; $500, 03l.29 were drawn
for the ersction, enlargement, and i'm
proyement Of public buildings; and
S58, 264-2l went to obierts Of . special
Or extraordinary character, for which
the legislature has at various times
made appropriations-such as the
Geological Survey and report, the
encouragement Of immigration, the
reunion Of lows soldiers, republica
tion Of Supreme Court reports, etu-
The balance Of the warrants issued,
amounting to $62e,O19.5f, very
nearly represents the regular and
ordinary expenses of the State govt.
These, it wai be seen, constitute only
little more than one-third Of the
entire expenditures Of the.Stafe
Among the valuable tables presented
in the report Of tho Auditor Of. State
is one setting forth. the objects aud
amounts Of taxationlgeneral and local,
throughout the State, for the year
1870. The grand Aggregate 81 the
lesvies is sS,s71 $3.50. The total
valuation upon which This taxation
was based is SOC, OK {, 900 dollars,
making the levy some 81 per cent. At
present, the following are the rates
that may be ievied by the proper
authorittes 60 farsas the SAME are
designated by law. sFol - 3z~a'
State, 2 mills; County, for ordinary
revenue, 4 m; County, toy schools, n
M; County, for bridges, am; Tnp,
for roads, 5 m. Total, 81 mills.
In addition, schoo! boards are
authorized to leyya tax for contingent
fund, and one for teachers fund,
sufficient with the annual apportionm't
to sustain school "a weeks in each
year, and longer if desired by sub
districts. The people may vote
additional taxes as follows;
County for pub, buildings, 10 mills;
County, for high schools, an; IMP,
for railroads. 50 M; School dist, for
erection Of school house, 5 IN. Total,
80 mills.
This does not include taxes in cities
and towns, where as high as 124 mills
may be raised for revenue, sinking
fund and library, besides the FIVE per
cent railroad tax which MAJ be voted
nor yet any special levies to meet
interest and principal Of bonded debt
Of county, town, or school district. 1t
will be seen, however, that 36A mills
may be levied in a subdistrict. In
cities and towns the levy may be much
higher, partially because Of municipal
expenses, but mainly because. 81 the
fact that cities and towns may also tax
themselves in aid Of railroads, 80 that
there may be two FIVE per cent. levies
those Of the township and the
municipal corporation-upon the same
property ct the same time. This
would make possible aggregate Of
fifteen dollars and ninety cents upon
hundred dollars, aside from the amount
raised for teachers, and contingent
funds, for the payment Of judgments,
and on account OF bonded indebtedness
/ am personally coenizant Of an
independent district where, on account
OF two or three Of these items, tax
Of three and half per cent. has been
levied for the year 1871
To my mind, Eve per cent. is as
high a rate of taxation rs should be
levied upon any property in any one
year, exclusive of amounts necessary
on account Of bonded Indebtedness.
. Az . jndicious step toward
such limitation, recommend the re
peal of the acts of 1868 and 1870,
allowing townships, &C., to tax
themselves to aid in building
railroads. Under these acts over
2, LOG, 900 dollars have been voted.
Most Of this outlay has been well
invested, and will bring ample return
in increased commercial facilities,
influx Of population. and development
Of resources, to the communities
interested. Nevertheless, the policy
Is at best questionable one, and by
no means to become, part OF the
permanent law Of the state.
The revenue received from the
railroads during the last two years
amounted to S292,377.14, Of which
$9O,171.SS was retained in the State
Treasury, the balance being paid to
the counties through which the roads
run. The counties receiving revenue
from this source mainly enjoy the
benefits Of the roads. They are
Afforded BY thsse arteries the spcediest
ACCESS to the markets u the world,
end the best prices foF thsts prodpcts,
which do nota enjoy. aHy e this
rsgs,ssc ~s&Rc deprivsdb - ~ Alae
ianllisiee A3osded ~ thsse great wofks.
and arc compellA6 TO ,tfNnepOrt 4he1e
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