Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-20

| the I'M Beta happa society VIII w htiu III
commemoration of the centennial of its or.
ganization. Five delegates arc expected
from each of the thirteen chapters now con-
stituting the fraternity. Joseph III. Choate
will preside An Grafton will then he de
livered by Wendell Phillips and poem by
Charles Godfrey Leland.
FURTHER RETURNS under the new tax law
are as follows: Bethel had the following
valuation last year: Real estate, S344, 424 :;
personal property, SS4, 991 polls 900,
$50. $40; total, S5lO,215 This year it is as
follows: Real estate, $3.50, 437; personal
property, 1921, 900 polls (41D, So, 200 ;
total, S102, 657.
Bennlngton's personal property valuation
last wear was S404, 900 this year it is ST.
05., 310-an increase of S641, $50.
The Barnet grand list shows the following
changes Real estate this year, $40, 49i.
against s417, 1922 last year personal estate
this year, 1924, $50, last year, S153,346 :;
railroad this year, $40, ESQ; last year, SIS
522
The grand list of Weathersield is S7aS2.
S., against $3.50. "A in 1880 The real es-
tate is valued at S419,GO7, an increase of
$50, 651 The personal property shows an
increase nearly threefold, being Sl9',G.S,
against SO, 724 for last year.
South Royalton reports the following
figures Appraisal of real estate in 1850,
$3.50, $50: personal property, SOS, 945 num-
Der of polls, 369 valuation of real estate in
1881. 800, 525 personal property, 5000
1863 number of polls, BAT. 1t will be seen
that there is a gain in real estate of sos, 345;
in personal estate of Sl3l, 424, and loss in
polls of -. making net gain of $3.50, 500.
Only four persons were found who refused
10 swear TO their inventories and whose lists
will, accordingly, be doubled. The grand list
has been increased from $500 to $1,000.
J. J. Myer, of Rutland having failed
| to make out and return an Inventory to the
listers, his personal property has been assess
ed at $50, 900, and the list doubled in ac-
cordance with law. This sum, with others.
will, it is thought, add about $3.50, 900 to the
total of the property valuation of Rutland as
recently published.
The grand list of Wallingford is S13, $40 %
against S7546.56 last wear. The real estate
has been raised from $40, 1874 TO S693, 9l4,
and the personal from S207, 53S to S521 4S2,
and 1855 worth of property has been
doubled, five lists not being given in. One
list reached over 500, 900, one over $50, 900,
and five over S25, 900.
| 1 he DTdtllcDOrO aSStsSlDcHl Tolls SHOW
the following aggregate: First-class real
estate (houses, lots. etc, with land less than
10 acres, 81, 4S0, 555 ; sccond-class real
estate farms, etc, of more than 10 acres,
$3.50, $50 personal property, 81, 246,Gl6;
railroads, S24, 100 1853 polls, S27l 600 :;
total valuation, 1886, 500 One per cent
of this sum shows the grand list to be S33,
.c5. Last year the grand list was so, 800.
Brattleboro's figures are as follows: 1850,
real estate 81, 590,452 personal property,
S622, $40 list for State taxes, So, 800. 1881,
real estate, S1.S56, 4S9 personal property,
| 81, % 1, 24G list for State taxes, S33, 293
an increase of $40, 1874 over the list of 1880.
! The figures from Barton are as follows
| The list of 1880, in round numbers, was
$500 the list of 1881 is $780, The taxa
BILE personal property in 1850 was So. 900,
this year it was S2lS.0 The whole list is
raised so per cent There are 55S polls in
town.
The valuation of Rutland, as finally re-
vised, is as follows Polls, 1901, $3.50 200 :;
first class real estate, S4,475,O50 second
class real estate, 1915, $50 personal prop
erty, 2,sGl, 500 railroads, Sl6G 042-total
valuation, S9,059,051.
The figures for Brandon are as follows ::
List for lSS0-G50 polls at 5000 each, $780,
900 total real estate $40, 1881; total per-
sonal property, S2GG, 1874 aggregate, ST.
161 ,6S931 List for 1SS1-632 polls at 5000
each, S126, 400 totalreal estate, 81 ,107, 92G;
total personal property, 1898, 665.25 aggre-
gate, S2,0G2, 991.25. The above footing
shows an increase in the valuation of real
estate very nearly "A per cent above the ap-
praisal of 1880; an increase in the personal
estate of little over 2l3 per cent above that
| ha 1isf for in,
crease of little more than ~ per cent in the
entire list of 1881 over the entire list of 1880.
Among Brandon's rich people are John A.
Conan; who is taxed on $4,000 Eliza E.
Marsh. $4,000 n. T. Sprague, S37 200 ;
r. b. Smith, $4,000; DIR. F. A. Smith,
S14, 600 +. ID. Thayer, SIS 900; John ii.
Vail, S34, 600 The listers were obliged to
double lists in fourteen instances thirteen
cases on account of wiful neglect to fill ont
and return inventories and in one case on ac-
count of false inventory.
Berkshirc's personal list is Sl90,92l as
compared with S33, $50 last year The real
estate is S4SS, 0l1, against 1874, 9l5 last year.
Polls, 325. gain of 81
The personal list of Fairfax is increased
from $40, 3j4 in 1880 to S157,511 and the
real estate from S326, $50 to $50. All. Add
ing the doomed property and the list this
year amounts TO S6Sl ,S92 against S425, 30i
last year. Polls, 293, same as last year.
Milton reports personal list of 1904, 339
- compared with Sl61, S76S1 in 1850. The
real estate has increased from S525, 1GS. II
TO S62G, G307l. Railroad taxes this year,
so, 3l9. so; last year, Sl3, l4G.5 50. Total list
this year 81, OBJ, sol; last year, S111,3, $50.
Polls 30, increase of 10.
The complete returns Of the Marshficld list
for 1881 develop the following interesting
statistics by the list of 1880 the total valu
alton Of real estate was S2lG,S79 personal
property, So, 1877 polls, $500; total
list, S2s9317 BY the list of 1881, real es-
tate, sil?,S16 personal property, S192,
2i2; polls, S6lS; total list, SG739 lS Rail
road appraisal, $50, 475. 1t will be seen tina,
the real estate has been nearly doubled AM
that the personal property has been increas,
: ed nearly nine fold. There was one instance
of doubling SOS, 900 of personal property
If this is considered, the personal property
for 1851 for the purpose of comparison will
1859 should be placed Sl63, ass. but Womb
then show an increase of over seven hundred
per cent.
, MoEE GRAND LASTS. The grand list o.
Pitlsford is Sl3,273 being an increase ovcl
that OF 1880 of nearly 50 per cent. The ap
praisal shows an increase in the valuation OF
| real estate of 81 per cent and an increase il
: personal property of 1856 per cent.
Number of polls in Castleton, in 1880, $40
, valuation of real estate, $542, Gel; persona
estate, S107, l01 grand list, $685.. IS; il
1881, 5l3 polls real estate SG22 $40; per
sonal estate $3.50, $50; grand list, $40, O53. 90
In Montgomery the personal valuation ha
; been increased from S25, ,,55 toS 1Il .5i2, an,
tlp rpal ESTATE, from ~plS Ol,S IN -DSu Cllll
Polls ;!2i, a decrease of four.
The assessed valuation of the town of st
l. Adams is n follows
= 1850 lSSI
. Personal tJls, lis |, - ONs 3
Y | Real