The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-25

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The Nc.yaIuatiOu or l.cni Estate in
West Virgil. ia-in linn tnsc Inrren>c
Taxation. 49, 'tt'a' 90 t'ilaii
4 correspondent in the Kanawha, region
writes to-. lis to- know what amount
the rcvaluation ;alat was made in
West Virginia auhderr tlicsp acta n OF
1873 added TO tile v,luationoiof real
estate, and what amount win be added by
the frcsent rcvalualion. Nm reply we would
say That tic former rq.asscssinnt raised
tho valuation Of real estate about ST., LII
900. Judging IRON tho returns made by
tho assessors thus far. this year the amount
.,ddad will be anywhere from s$o,Ooo,OoCp
70 So, 900 0OO.., Wo,notico that the returns
from We.xel, Just completed, add about
- per cent. TO tlie'value of!real estate in
Tint county, Or over $4,000. I, The; report
from Gilmer county shows - per cent. in.
crease. Marshall county shows 10 per
cent, Ritchic county 50 per cent, Writ
county 81, Draxton 80, Doldridge %, Roane
20, md lal'ayettd 80, rwhile Harrison
runs downato TO- Jefferson TO 40, and
Marion from 10 TO 10. On the other. hand,
Mineral county runs ,iup from 90 to 100,
and cven as high as $50 per cent. Averag.
ing the whole State at 3 1per cent. the
amount added to-, the taxable value Of tho
realty throughout the State Twill be about
100000. 81 'aiti2"q .sfrauA !U& -
This means, Of course, an addition. oil
80 per cent to every farmers taxes, not only
his State taxes but also 10 his Suite school
taxes, and also to his county, district school
and road taxes. The farmers Of West Virgin.
In will got this clearly Into tleirheads.ne
year. The tax bills Of the sherilfwill re-
veal it to them with'the clcarness and dis.
tinctness Of the MONDAY sun. They will
see at II glance that revaluat;on is, as We
-.
have told them from tho. first, only a dis
guiscd method Of raising the tax on every
farmer in West Virginia It was not in.
tended that they should see into this bus
mess tins year, Tor inns Is election gear,
and the taxes will not be assessed on the
revaluation until next ,! year' Next year the
increase will, come: hot and heavy: Inc
real estate Ill west Nirslnm VIII pay: slo''-
QUO more IN the way oil increased State
taxes alone anu thus VII NOT pe clreum =
stance to the increase IN LOCAL taxes. For
instance, take our ne'shpors oil Marshall
county, who are raised S6 per cent by the
valuation OF this year. This will add over
:, million and aouorter of dollars 81 IN that
' -, ,.a,,.at;a.: I~I:.'a.s.as
county alo'ie " ''io '"''iol' anu ''ie.e"ao
the taxes iorstato purposes alone $500,
and for county purposes, including district
,.xo, iro,, two 10 three timps Ills nmonn,.
$500 - d. -, IS III 49, =
LII oliiei "o'us' 'ne =" Ie' VI ie''i so''''' Al
Marshall county who has heretofore paid
500 tax per annum will hereafter pay
sls6 And Ibis is the way that faxes ( viii
80 !hs.,. MS, 'vh..o.,o. H..
run throughout 'no ''''.,e' =" h'''e'er, .no
increase in valuation, That Will be the IN
crease in taxation upon every farmer in
v.p, virc;n;,
~ s,,ow low ,tis ; !. on,r,r;.to nod; Nv.
10 SHOW NJ" '''., ~ ei'i"es.''eo ~ y u
Eel county, where the reyalu4tlon was com.
ple,cd Il few, days ago, i've subjoin the fol-
Lowing announcement Of Tho result from
az. u',.,n,.. Il, s,,nr,,,y. ,,.t i, Iii IT,
Inc 'N%t"ge' u s''l",u..!, ilsI.,il VIII W
read with interest not oAlf Dy. me farmers
OF that county,, but by real estate owners
generally throughout the State: I,S. ''..,
nv, ,,,,a...a ~ ,,,, .s,a,.I;,, n It.'a, ~.
lne asse ea ii ,$, ssitc n i1s spuhly
hano m ~ 70 ,l,a hsst . ~ i,;;.,.
NV NV "onu ~ td"r s o H. III ., auuit!
hayS b S faithfully Reconnaissance y iarm.
navy N WA '',om no,,i;I.o ;.S, aii''
e T H sf a bceD no nsqsase AI in The yaua
- ,, n 1,ooia oiS,i,, nensoh -. t4e '.'u'
t'oI OF the soous o. ahe inerenant, .' rag
Sono ~ i, . .ho , ,non; ...muus notss, "
1,ut tha ,nnn who nSu lie io,p"' a'
i T,a ,n no, rn wio o"n nis hoi'e ,.:Ha
WIZ ara aarn;n, ,bo;r l;,na ~ i, ~, ~
no Nto earning 'l 'iieir living py. tiie
The increase and additional Ink isupon
thcm.d 1885. t,..'%. p,saqaf,4 ,s,!;aa
Reassessment,; is luxury, but 1T comes
cnSi, Iuu my W GniTyeG GSeiy year:
owners in Wetzel next wear when tic taX.
bills are presented Some people arc 50
foolish as not 70 TO- to like rcassessmcnt; 'eNi$
,.9H' a. W. o"'He'. ''ys '''a'-is" an OUT
Some Of the farmers are mad about IT,
But the bosses approve ill., !, a M. M.
The organ" iav9rs it. ~ au,!bi.; -
:, anu '"es may De ''ol' % whlp mem
Dcc,nse, i, gives ihcm ifc nriv;ioyo.s II i
Paving ahout Fiifecnn Ijnn,lrnl Dollars