Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-03
TAXES FOR 1878 IN LAFAYETTE
COUNTY.

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lots. S1.0S3. 926; money. notes and
bonds. 81. 1l3, 1903 steam boats. $1,000;
insurance companies. $34.Sl2; all other
personal property. 81. ,973. Total.
S.. sos. 002. The state tax, at 40 cents
on The one hundred dollars. the insur-
ance companies being exempt from this
tax. mounts to S33.973 IS. Tho
county tax, at 80 cents on the one hum
dred dollars, mounts to sos, 063 SO.
The valuations above given are as
finally adjusted in accordance with the
action of the state and county boards oil
equalization. The county tax is divided
as follows: For county expense. % cents;
tor poor house. 3 cents; for interest on
compromise bonds, 81 cents. Beside
this there ID 8 road tax of 10 cents on the
one hundred dollars, which DOES not go
on the collectors book. The books
were finished by the county clerk and
turned over to the collector July 29th.
and the last mentioned officer is now
ready to collect the taxes for the year
1873.
To institute a comparison. briefly. We
will give below last years taxes. which
were the lowest since the war.
Valuation Land, $~4,755,953 ;
town lots. Sl.O41,4 O5 money, notes and
bonds. SS77 800, insurance companies.
$39. all other personal property,
Sl,3i7, 49l. Total, S5,O81 100. State tax.
So, OS9 80; county AK. SSS,679 81.
The merchants licenses are to be adj
ded to the taxes for both the above
years. For this year they will add to
the total valuation OF the county a sun
about sufficient to make It 5000, 900
exact figures cannot be given, as tho
merchants have not all made their re-
turns; but the reduction on their taxes
eriy.
The dram shop licenses will yield
about 81, 900 to the county. and $4,000
to the state.
The axe on the railroads. which do
not go on the collectors books at this
time. amount, on the Lexington & st.
Louis railroad; for county. Sl.3Oi 30;
for state. $473 20; on the Kansas City
& Eastern railroad: for county, 1882 40
tor state. Sl75 40.
From the above it will be seen tina,
the state and county taxes upon tho COL
~lector's book, for the taxes Of 1877.
am oun,ed to S12O,76s 90, and that the
same taxes for the year 1878. amount to
Sl02, 036 73. a reduction OF $lS, 1872 IL,
The county taxes for the WI years
compare as follows: For the year 1877,
SSS,679 81 tor the year 1873. 500. O63..
SO. a reduction from the county tax Of
last year amounting to $2O.6l5 50.
1t will be observed that the larger
valuation causes the state a to be in
creased 1888 AZ. while the reduction
of the rate OF tax by the county court
effects the saving in taxation as above
set forth.
The able, conservative and ecOnomi
cal management OF u county finance:
since 1874 is reducing the burdens upon
our people every year.. and is placing
the county upon the high road to pros
perity. With the railroad enterprises
now In course Of construction and con
temptation. all completed, which theJ
will be soon. Lafayette county will
have the best transportation facilities o
any county in the west. With her sur
passingly rich soil inviting immigration
and her hospitable and kind-heartet
people ready to welcome newcomer
to a land of plenty. a land of school
houses and churches, a land of eduoa
ton and morality, there Is every reason
to encourage our people in looking for
ward to an era OF renewed prosperity
and happiness.