The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-27
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TO the Editors Of Superior Times, the Real
Estate Oecners, hestde,,ts, Nom residents and
all ott.,rs conce,Yted:
In IHE ZINES ot last week, March l3, 1915,
ID communication signed district Attorney"
pfese..ts TO view an exhibit of The Financial
Conditlon OF Douglas County. As the nfor.
nation therein is entirely new to tins COM
mubity, OF curious, novel nature, pre-
sentinS false, erroneous Statements respect
ing the resources, liabilities and admiulstra-
tlon OF tins county, it Is justly due TO all
real facts.
Ia the communication above referred TO-,
which bears the signature OF District At
torney", or Thomas Clark, it is asserted that
the expenditures of this county for years
1870, 1871, 1872 and 1878 have exceeded
the levy OF the taxes by $l6, ,40S; and right
along side appears another statement with
communication signed Richard Ref, County
Clerk", showing excess during same time
Of SIS, ,55u.U5.
From both these statements it would ap-
pear that county is heavily involved in
date at winch last annual account " as closed,
Tie tta61tties Of tie county acere e1ceSs of Me
resources or nr levies by fifteen TO si1:eer. thou
sand dotiarsl
As these statements are presented to us as
facts, it will surprise us all-at home and
abroad-when the truth in respect TO the
matter Is herein declared, tnat instead of d
debt of 81 $500 alleged TO be due by the
county on 23d November 1874, the county
had, on hat day, IL tar resources alone, 10 sag
'"eltu,g Of other properly, tie mot 1854 20
! ooer and ADORE all us ka6ititiesi
| As some of our non resident property
holders may not be familiar with the local
administration of this county in respect to
the amount and nature of the tax levy, |
will state that the financial administration of
this county is really composed of one
Board of Supervisors, although there are
t,co organizations-a Town Board, and a
County Board. The laws IF WIscons IL pro-
vide that whe e there is but one town or
township in the county, the Supervisors of
that county sh Ill likewise be Supervisors Of
the town; hence the Supervisors of Superior,
which is the only town in Douglas County
are likewise SUP svisors of the acounty and
SUpervis, of the Town.
The tax levy, if interpreted correctly, will
therefore mean: the levy for county, town
and all other purposes, aud when we speak
of the levy for this year or that year, 9e
mean the entire leoy upon the ,ritole ual4ation
Of the torn aud county, incissiUe-to wit:
The taxes levied for town, county, state and
school purposes, and each property holder
pays his tax in relative amounts respectively,
for the purposes designated in the levy, each
aGd all alike, whether the property be in or
out of town, "A uniform rate upon all real es
tate within the county.
This information being sufficiently under
stood, We shall readily comprehend the ma
ture of our tax levy, and | sdali now pro-
ceed to give in detail items OF the tax levies
/ for 1870, 1871, 1872 and 1878, covering
the period now i'll question::