St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-22
Completion of the Work As
signed to the Board Of
Equalization.
Action Taken Concerning
Some Of the Largest Coun-
ties Of Minnesota.
Improved Sewer Facilities
Agreed Upon by Public
Works Commissioners.
Events Of a Day Which Will
Interest a Legion Of
Readers.

The state board of equalization COM
pleted their work Thursday, and yes
terday Auditor Braden issued a state
ment detailing the increase and de-
crease in assessing personal and real
property throughout the state.
Seventy-Seven counties are more or
less affected by this return, and in some
instances, particularly on cows, relief
has been afforded taxpayers, but gen.
orally an increase in the assessments is
noticeable. Among the counties most
Interested in the work of the equaliZa-
ton board are the following:
Blue Earth COunty-Two-year-old
cattle are assessed 10 per cent increase;
oxen, 10 per cent increase; agricultural
tools and implements, 20 per cent in
crease; shares of bank stock, 20 per
cent. decrease.
Dakota COunty-Horses, one year old,
so per cent increase; two years old, 80
per cent increase; three years old and
over, 10 per cent increase; cattle, one
year old, so per cent increase; three
years old and over, 80 per cent increase;
cows, 10 per cent decrease; oxen, 10
per cent decrease; hogs, p per cent
Increase; wagons, p per cent increase;
household and office furniture, - per
cent increase; agricultural tools and
implements, 10 per cent increase; real
estate, exclusive of structures. ID per
cent Increase, excepting at Mendoza
ana South st. Paul. At the latter place
the real estate assessment has been
decreased 20 per cent.
GOOdhue COunty-IIOrSeS, two wears
old, 20 per cent increase; cattle. three
years old and over, 10 per cot increase;
sheep, 10 per cent decrease; wagons, 40
per cent increase: household and Office
furniture, 30 per cent increase; stocks
OF saloons. etc. 200 per cent increase;
real estate, exclusive of structures, 5
per cent increase.
Hennepin COunty-The only altera-
ton made is a decrease of 5 per cent
upon shares of bank stock.
OlmSted is likewise fortunate, a re-
ductlon of ID per cent on sheep being
the only alteration made.
Otter Tail county receives decrease
OH COWS of 10 per cent, but upon house
hold and Office furniture there is an in
crease of 25 per cent, and real estate.
exclusive of structures, an increase of
20 per cent.
Polk COunty-Cattle, three wears old
and over. 10 per cent increase; sheep,
10 per cent decrease; wagons, 10 per
cent increase; agricultural tools and i'm
PIGMENTS, 10 per cent increase: real
estate, exclusive of structures, 20 per
cent increase.
Ramsey county is not so fortunate as
Hennepin, as there are increases of 80
per cent on sheep and % per cent on
stock of saloons. Real estate at Rose
and New Canada was increased per
cent.
Rice County-HOrses, one year old, 10
per cent Increase; two years old, Ii per
cent increase; three years old and over,
10 per cent increase; cattle, Zone year
old, % per cent increase; three years old
and over, 80 per cent increase; sheep, 5
per cent; wagons, 20 per cent increase.
st. Louis escaped with a 5 per cent
increase on shares of bank stock.
Stearns county was heavily touched.
Horses, three years old and over, Is per
cent increase; cattle, three years and
over, 40 per cent; sheep, % per cent
increase; hogs, 100 per cent increase;
wagons, 10 per cent increase: household
and office furniture, ) per cent increase:
agricultural tools and implements, 80
per cent increase; shares or bank stock,
IS per cent increase; real estate, exclu-
siye of structures. 30 per cent increase.
Washington county assessments are
increased in three observation-disclosures
hold and office furniture, per cent;
shares of bank stock, 10 per cent; real
estate, exclusive of structures, 20 per
cent.
WinOna COunty-COws, 10 per cent
decrease; cattle, three years old and
over, 10 per cent increase: sheep, %
per cent increase; household and office
furniture, per cent increase; shares of
bank stock, Is per cent increase; stocks
of saloons, 100 per cent increase at
Winona.
All dogs in each assessors district
assessed below s. are to be raised to
that figure.
Personal property in ItaSca county
was assessed 5 per cent increase.