Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-01-12
ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION.

secured. The State should assume and main
lain the fun thorough aud complete regula-
lion of railroads by law.
ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION.
The assessed value of property Is as follows:
Lands and town lots. ........... $3.50, S9l $50
Personality. ..................... lOl,Uo9, Uyo
Railroads. Observation-Disclosures. 3S,.22, Bl
lrlrGIapis, ,........'......... f-l,-ot
T,lel hG&Es.. .................... lo?,3'o
SOL, $50, 39S
Less exemption for tree cIlture....S G,24O, l57
Total Tor taNatlon. ...,....., Si2o, ilU,S1l
Al property i protected by the law. All Is
undrrvalurd, and much personal property is
cot listed for taxation, which Is required by
law 10 ne listed. This imposes an undue pro-
portion of tINcs upon those who make full re-
jlrH> lo the assessor. The plainest principles
i -Dui government are violated, when these
i rlualities which may b. reachCd and Obviatcd
H., legislation, are still permitted to exist year
ntjcr wear. Protection for all property Is de-
-irch and those who have charge of it, and the
pNutr>, should not shrink from bearing their
IW~t share of tn" burden. County treasurers
should remit to the state Treasurer taxes coli
'Clri each month. Counties should be held
tnr full amount of levy and have the benefit OF
Ill interest collected. Much interesting infOr-
nation and many suggestions aS To proper leg
I-hltDu upon this subject will hc found in the
'ucrrnt report Of the Bureau Of Labor Stats
jos, obtained from county officers, many Of
Wn. IN | ave had ! 'Ng experience Is assessing
property aud in irvYing and collecting taxes.
IN It i a very general feeling that additional
iggi, ,ation is needed, and ] again commend the
NuOlc matter of assessment and taxation OF
property To your earnest consideration.
COUNTN AND CITY INDEBTEDNESS.
The report just mentioned also contains
some Information relating to county and city
rate uftaXation. expenditures and Indebtedness
The reports arr not complete but enough II
given to show that both city and county in
achtrdncss Is comparatively light. An cN-
CrptiUn may be made 10 this statement in the
case of five or six cities, and perhaps two OF
three counties that are still bearing consider
able burdens Of Indebtedness arising from aid
voted to railroads many years ago. On the
whole, however, the showing is very favorable,
in comparison with some Of our neighOOrlng
States. Thirty-tive of our ffty-cight cities
report an aggregate Indebtedness of S3,4ii,3 S3.
Those reporting include nearly all of the
larger cities, and it is probable that the entire
city Indebtedness is not over -, OOO,Wo. COun-
" Indebtedness amounts to -, "a, 1853. No
whore is Il higher standard of public or private
credit maintained. aud nowhere are the rights
of property more carefully guarded than in
Iowa.
COURTS OF CANCELLATION.
funhr attention Is dIrrcted 10 simpler
and less expensive methods Of settling dis
putus between idiyidualS. such as often lead
10 costly litigation and sometimes to unpleas-
ant and yrvatious fcuds of long standing.
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M,|'h why" """"'V'."'! .'i
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u'raI'ohS. III" HOW Vi naIu.i "' gus III
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ticallvond tbornu rlIy Than can he acrompIiSh-
ed nv ur;i,nt,. arti,rnrl.,. The whole field il
ana Of vrrv intrrr!rin., iruI,iry 70 which |
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- u >'"l"S ana territories thr sums respect
we T"'rlN'd nom them under tue dlT"ct
tax arI approved August =, Io"l. III" amount
imposed upon low" under that law was 500
vs. me >tatc unirrto"k me cpUectlon Oh tAIS
'''' '''' '''' t''' NV - ~ - Summing -
discount OF hi,""h per cent. the actual amount
paid over 10 IN" :. "rih@ S"S4. - W.
Tue whole taA imposed amounted 10 HZ"u"o.
W". me amount rr"iH''l, as paIu' lhcIuh!i!
rulnnlSSl"ES. T. @l'h".b>l3l; amount S'!ll
due. =@,t+O, 5Il.F'. IL" bIIl RENTS anu re-
lnuui>hrs ne Latter amount and refunds the
i""lnrr TINS hlil Is lu~t anu should become
law. NOuIh ftiirNtI inc states resting uhlrT
IHr huld"H 81 thram"uHt Htlil due, Whlie ne
IrluhiihG 10 IN" SlItcS "lIch came 10 the
rrNcH' "i ~" "'u"rai government when II
was IN n~tr">'. would u" Il %faceiul ACT on
th" lart "l III" latter now that It's treasury
- buId"n"d with Troublesome surplus.
recommend THAT you memnrlalize congress
NISCLIIA\EurV
Notlrial Commissions A new periOd of
three, Years Tor tine issue of nOtarial commits
sIuuS viii BERN IuIy 1 Kiss The number
issued in the last two and "A half wears is D.
gg1, for which A fee of q - each has been
CHARGED This hardly covers the EXPENSE
attending the ISSUE OF a commission. IrcCOm-
mend that the fee. BE- raised to % and for
commissioners in other state to IS
Joan ToIman school Iands.-The Eight
een,h General Assembly appropriatcd - 900
10 indemnify certain uurcIiaserS of land in
Webster and Hamilton counties. On the
pom M D4rembrr ISS7. there remained nm
drawn Of said apurorriation q lGi 81 The
interest on tucs, RI, AIMS should he stOpned
TrIpsr,,h, Trlruhuna and ExprcsS Com
uanirs sb6uId he rru,iirad Ia rep1rt as fnIIy
to State authorities AS raiIrod companies and