The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
CURIOSITIES OF TAXATION IN OH

< else of considerable degree of pa
: tience, we have collected from an ad
vance copy of the Auditor of State
| report for the year 1876, that accident
ally strayed into our hands, some o
the meatiest and most interesting fact
that we have met in many days. o
necessity we haye confined our inves
legations to instituting comparisons
} in The matter Of taxation Throughout
the State. selecting, however the mos
conspicuous cases we could fine to il
lustrate the extremes of taxation.
We present, also, some statis.ica
facts of no ordinary value to the gen
eral reader, all of which can be relied
upon as strictly accurate in every par
ticular; indeed, they may be said to be
official in their character.
1SOO-1S76.
In the year 1900 the rate of taxation
in Ohio per one hundred acres was, on
first quality of land, eighty-fi five cents
second quality, sixty cents third quail.
ity, twenty-five cents; and the total
amount of taxes in the State Of Ohio
for that ear was $l9,24O 67, less than
$4,000. In the year 1876 the total
taxes on the grand duplicate of the
State amounted to $2S,52l. .256, or $780,
9G5 1S5 p, including delinquencies
and fOrfeilures, the total valuation of
taxable property being 81, ,597, ,469, ,966
of which S1,076, 7SS.367 pertaincd to
realty. and $52O,6Sl ,599 to personally.
Of this tax, the County of Hamilton
pays $5, 723 6S7 25 for 1876 (ncluding
dclinquencies and forfeitures), on a
total valuation of 1925, ,5l1 ,S65, or more
than one-sixth of the whole.
Personality was not taxed until the
year 1926, real estate alone furnishing
the revenue that fabricated the wheels
of Municipal State and National Gov
ernment.
In the year 1870 there were $780,
O6O acres of land for taxation in the
State of Ohio, with total valuation
of 81, ,l67, ,73l, 500, as against % $50. 1858
for the year 1877. with a taxable valu-
alton Of 81 597 Ago ,966-a reduction i'm
seven years of A, ,402 in acres and an
increase in taxable valuation during
the same period of S429, 1885,
ACRES OF LAND.
On the grand duplicate of Ohio for
the year 1876 Ashtabula County has
the largest number of acres eff land of
any county in the State, being 439, 1856
acres. valued at S9,527 ,259. Licking
county comes next. with her 429,614
acres, valued at Sl5, ,766 ,3S1. The
county having the smallest number of
acres of any in the State is Lake
County, which returns l45, $50 acres,
valued at $4,612,Ol4. There are other
counties in the State, however, with
much larger number of acres than
Lake, that return much smaller val
uation. Paulding, ter example, with
her PSI, ,5l3 acres, ,(more than Hamilton)
values the same at only $l,605, l36, the
smallest valuation OF lands of any
county in the State. Hamilton county
returns 232 99S acres of land, with I'll
largest valuation of any other county,
namely, $22 1917
VALUE OF REAL ESTATE.
AS TO the value OF real estate in
cities, towns and villages for 1876,
Hamilton County aggregates the larg-
est, being Sl33, 744.4S0, and Paulding
County the smallest, being $9S 0l6.
Hamilton County also leads in the val
ue of chattel property. being S66,339,
725, while Paulding falls behind her
sister counties in the value of her chat |
tel property, the same being $635 237
LIVE STOCK.
OF live stock for the year 1876, Ham
ilton County has the largest number
of horses, being 19,206, valued at ST.
220,146, and Paulding County the
smallest, being 3,74I, valued at Sl49,-
9S4. Ashtabuia County leads the van
in cattle. having 35,227, valued at
$3.50, $40. Paulding County returns
the smallest number of cattle, or 1855,
vdIuCu dG SO@,Ot4s d0ulIltOu was tuC |
largest jack and mule county in the |
State last year, returning ], ,765, valued |
at $132,935. Erie brayed the feeblest,
having but 40 mules and asses, valued
at tS2,260. In sheep last year, Licking
County sustained her old-time reputa-
ton, returning 2l3, ,495, valued at $780,
$40 Montgomery furnished less wool
and mutton than any other county
last, returning but 4, ,226 sheep, valned
at Sll, 1926. Clinton County returned |
the largest number Of hogs, being A.
222, valued at $257, 100 and Geauga by
far the smallest number, or 1856, val |!
ued at S13,207. These comparisons
are interesting, and worth preserving
for future reference.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY.
The largest total valuation OF prop
erty in 1865 in any city or town in the |
State is, of course, that of Cincinnati,
being $1S3 .952.966, the rate of taxation |
for the same year being twenty-seven
mills and four hnndredths OF mill. |
The smallest valuation of property in
1876 in any city or town in the State
was that of Ripley, Brown County,
being 81, ,l93,079, the total rate of tax
alton for the same year being twenty
one mills and eighty-five hundredths.
EXPENSES FOR ALL PURPOSES.
Ohio has but three cities of the first /
class, namely: Cincinnati, Cleveland
and Toledo. The total expenses for
all purposes In these cities for the year
ending the third Monday in March,
1876, as reported to the Auditor of
State, are as follows: Cincinuati.S3,-
S65, ,273 p; Cleveland, Sl,SSO.6 1850 O6 j: