New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-03
STATE TAX COMPLAINTS.

DFr,u-scuooL MONEYS EXCESS OF SCHOOL
TAX.
70 me Rdffor OF The Tribune
SIR; The action Of the State Board OF
Faualza:on IN nxlng the valuation OF the several
countics FOR state taxes seems have called down upon
che members 81 the Board. vino voted for the adoption
OF the table prcseaed by much and severe eehsure
and criticism a. well from the counties IRON whose
valuations there deductions az from those 20 Wch
additions made.
The table OF equalization that was adopted pre-
parea By me- and by my vote It carried in the Board
of EQUALIZATION. I have excuses 20 oner ana no
apologies 70 make for that table. few simple facsw
dispe a vast amount Of Misrepresentation as TO that
equalization n published m the press in nearly every
county Of the State that S77OO0O00 we're taken nom
the assessed valuation OF real estate in the City OF New
York ~, tie year SIC and distributed over the Other
countic Of the state with the exception Of Kings and
that s7 900 co. were taken nom The assessed valuation
OF KINGS and placed other counties than NewHork.
Tho assessed valuation Of real estate in New ork CITY
in 1876 was Ss02,287,Ol5 The table submitted Dog
majority OF tho state Assessors added TO the assessed
value Of tho CITY Of NewYoTk S20632355S. The table
presented by added % the assessed valuation Of the
city only S123 s33 which made TIC real estate valid
alton o. the city, the purpose Of state Tax. the sum
OF 81 OIb5G5 600 The total equalization of real and
personal property in the City Of NewYor, on which
etate levied this year. is 81 Z3419ll7s This IS
fraction less than 10 per cent OF the assessed valuations
Of the real and personal property OF the state aud vet
LONG and loud compi ints made 1.-the country be-
the city Of NewNor does not pay larger proper
ton o.. the state Tax.
The real estate OF the City OF New-York eQua'ized at
60 per cent Of valuation Of Sl692 ,GlO,OOO This is
higher valuation than real estate expert OF any man
familiar with real estate values viii place the full ana
trne value city The real estate OF the County OF
KINGS is oquglized at 60 per cent on valuation OF
silO735 OJO This valuation is most certainly fuil
nnd true value Of the real property Of the County OF
Kings The equalization OF these two counties on the
valuations above stated ought 70 satisfy any reasonable
man THAT value should be placed ON their real
estate for state faxes.
In $500 the assessed value Of real estate in the State
wss 81 1I9 93S4s4 or this amount the City OF New
York had S3g-, J33 GI9, and Kings County S9724l7O7
being total for both counties Of S475775,326. This Is
1850 per the assessed value Of the real estate ID
tic State.
In 1873 the assessed value Of the real estate in The
sixty counties was sl,75o69s9is. OF tho value, New
York City had SS36G93.3sO. aud Kings, $20s
932.933 total for the two counties, S1Ol5,626,3l3
This is little than 90 per cent Of the whole possessed
valuation Of the state From 1860 To 1873, both years
Inclusive the in the assessed value OF the real
estate in the state S63O76543l and Of this increase
all bot SGO014447 was IN the City OF New-York and
Kings County. During all the years OF high
prices, tue counties outside Of New-York and
Kings with the exception OF some halfdozen, did not in
crease the assessed OF real estate and in onehird
Of them reduced the valuation Of 1862 and threw the
great burdens Of State taxes upon few counties and
very large percentage upon the City Of Ncw-York and
Kings County But the State Board Of Equalization
only act upon the valuations Of the year II has power
20 ask indemnity for the past take security Tor the
future under the law 1s74, under the influence
of the state Assessor many the local have
put up valuations nearly TO tnS fun value After
most thorough and impartial examination, ain satisfied
that the counties Of NowYOrk and Kings are equalzed
for the state OF 1877 real estate, at higher
basis OF valuation than any other counties IN the state
- rfrra - e. Ir
5000 were taken the assessed valuation OF the
real estate o. Kings County, and placed on other coun-
lies with the exception OF Newly ork. What is the tactf
The assessed valuation of real estate in Kings County in
1876, was S2z3,3s962l. To this valuation was added
by ny table Of equalization, S23,O5O.ST9 making the
squalzd value 81 the real estate in Kings County, 10y
Stale taxes, S24G44O,O00 The addition The assessed
value of real estate Kings County 1s S27l6ll more
shan the equalzed 'aiue OF the real estate OF Cayuga
County foI this year
The addition 10 assessed value Of the real estate in
NewYork CITY. which State tax is to be paid OF SIC
mills is SI730s4 than the equalzed value Of the
real and personal property Of the counties OF Erie and
Rensselaer, with l,O06,356 acres CT land, and with
population Of 31i 623 Rensselaer, County complains OF
an undue proportion ci valuation Is the complaint roa
sonabei IeC0the real estate IN Rensselaer, assess
ed at S102J7653. In 1876 1t was assessed vt @239G-
295. Tie estate Of Incorporated companies in the
county So G5,23j Deduct from the assessed valuations
TINS comfy The valuations OF Troy aud village prop
erty aud It's Js5l0 acres Of land, deayng GOOO acres
Troy and the villages ouD, are assessed at about
s21 so per
Columbia County complains OF injustice, 100 III lSOO,
Its real estate was assessed al $l3G7s24s The real es
tate Of corporations at $l4O722i included In the valua
lions In 1876, real estate assessed at Sls492
Ol3 The real estate of corporations at $4,0202G2.
Deduct the assessed valuations Of the real estate of corp
onons for the wears 1850 and $40 and the IN
tne assessed % req aTn 1dS df he cnunI
nre assessed NJ fraction less than SD per This is
cal per acre ess than the fu value OF lhe farm "nds as
estimated In lSI1.
Duchess County has entered Its protest against The adj
tou made To the assessed value OF real estate by the
state Board OF Equalization on the 9TH inst How does
this county stand In $50 the assessed value Of real
estate was S2l 1871 2s3 the real estate Of corporations
81 7j5. In 1876 the assessed value OF real estate
WAS $40 5I 2l6 and real estate OF corporations $440
l45: decrease in value OF real esate in the
county In sixteen years after dcductng the assessed
xc NJ The raj estate If corporations 81 O7S fj5 The
farm lands OF this arfaned county assessed ~ less
than S2s per In 1871 the city Chamberlain OF
Pougkcepse gives the value Of that city AZ S33 900 600
then this very pertinent and sensible question
whether revision OF our assessment roll Is not ur-
gently needcdi'
At the meeting Of the Board OF Equalization the
5th ls5t, gentleman from Otsego County entered an
earnest protest against the addition proposed to be made
to the of real estate In that county
md complained OF the amount OF canal tax Otsego
County had paid TO benefit the City OF NcwYork How
Is with this county IN relation TO the assessed value Of
real estate In 1860 its real estate valued 81 So
7sl.741 In 1876. at $l2,49i,Ol0. Increase in SIX
teen years S2,7l2 269. The GO6977 Of land in
GLIDING villages aud railroads, assessed at rac
tion over 900 acre This is $40 per
less than the estimated value Of farm lands
Ctseeo County in ls74 Is not fact that tho school
money received nv OtseSo County has far than
comren its citizens for the canal tax 1t has paid
Ur are tbe figures for ncr aXpayers 10 LOOK al for
only few wears, as 30 school taxes paid aud school
taxes received In ten years, from Sos To 1877 OsesO
received the sum Of w 500 ia more scl3ol tax hh
os Ya,t Tor those SINE years ard see how the nc
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