The Grange advance., 1874-08-05

repairs Of st. Paul and Dubuque road, near
Cannon Falls, and Of 1854 in excess Of
appropriation, approved, and the amount
Of deficiency ordered paid.
County Order No. 960, being issued to
Jones & Cole on duplicate bill, was cancelled.
A statement Of J. W. Hancock, School
Superintendent, to the County Auditor of
number Of School Districts visited, for the
quarter ending June 30th, 1874, was read
and filed.
July 28TH.
All members present.
The Board, after allowing certain bills,
found further on in this report) together
with the County Auditor, organized as a
Board Of Equalization.
The County Auditor laid before the
Board the returns of real and personal
property as made by the several assessors,
and all papers pertaining thereto, found in
Auditors office, and the Board proceeded
to the examination Of the same. After
"hlch they ADJOURNED, until
AFTERNOON
In the afternoon the sum Of $500 was
appropriated for repairs of that part of the
Red Wing and Pine Island road, via. Forest
Mills in Pine Island, under direction Of
Commissioner Grover.
The Board of Equalization then resumed
the examination Of the returns Of the AS
SCISSORS, and after a careful examination
and comparison, the following resolutions
were adopted by unanimous vote; that
the assessment and valuation of structures
worth more than 500 remain unchanged :;
except on application in special cases that
all changes in assessments on applications
in special cases shall be subject to the rule
as fixed by the Board for the the town or
place where situated; that all fractions Of
dollar be deducted from the amount of
the valuations.
The valuation of the stock of the First
National Bank Of Red Wing for the year
1874 was reduced and fixed at 80 per cent
Of the amount returned.
The valuation Of lands in the several
towns named below, exclusive of struct-
ures thereon worth more than 500, and of
town, city and village lots were then equal
lied and ordered to be changed and raised
as follows: Burnside raised IS per cent. );
Belle Creek raised l20 per cent. Belvidere
80 per cent; Cannon Falls 80 per cent. !;
Cherry Grove so per cent. Central Point
100 per cent. Featherstone 100 per cent. !;
Florence $50 per cent. Goodhue IS per
cent. Hay Creek IS per cent. Leon so
per cent. Minneola 80 per cent. Pine
Island IS per cent. Roscoe 80 per cent. {;
Red Wing so per cent; Stanton 155 per
cent; Vasa 70 per cent. Wsnamingo 81
per cent; Warsaw SIS per cent. Wacouta
100 per cent. Holden 80 per cent; Ken
yon 80 per cent. Welch 100 per cent. ALI
lots and blocks and all real property in the
City Of Red Wing were raised so per cent
The valuations Of all lots and blocks in
Pine Island, Zumbrota and Cannon Falls
were raised so per cent. The valuation Of
all other towns were unchanged.
The valuation Of horses over three years
old in the towns of Florence and Roscoe
were raised so per cent, and in the town
Of Goodhue and City Of Red Wing reduced
25 per cent. and in the towns of Warsaw
and Welch raised 10 per cent. and in the
town of Minneola raised 15per cent 7
The assessment Of $4,000 against the ST
Paul s. Chicago R. R. in the town { n
WEIGH, was left out of the tax list.
In the assessments Of personal prope
the 18th item, goods and merchandise,
the following named persons were ra As
to and fixed at the following nj ur:
amounts: Th
In the town Of Zumbrota, s. B. Bf WOO
raised to $4,000; H. Blanchard,
Hubbard, Wells & Co.. $4,000; 7. = -
lett $4,000; f. L. Mellus $4,000" n
Anderson $500; H. H. Palmer -
coo Dawson 90 5oo 10; :.
In the town of Cannon Falls, L II
n, ooo ~ =, ,aAy- cons
rault @Z,OUC; II. II. Manning, III the
materials and manufactured artic' 80"
Geo. Netf, $1,000. at Oh; - trad
in the town OF kenylOSt MAXI the
81 500; Edward Slee crops. "A XII XII
In the town of Pine zach OF -. any
- INN lis
81 500: d. F. Collins $1,50O; " 'ou lsv
e., ooo 1u ~ c o., ,oo W. seld
yer VA,VVO' W. T.. FgenL 3l,oV0 y, c;ti
Thompson $1,000. w. 81. y
In the town Of Wanaming0, 3. +. exp
Tough $4,000; Jens Bugge $800'ar
a., ,oo r.