Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-16
MILLAGE CUT DOWN.
Tax Levy for the County Fixed at a
Mill and Three-Quarters.
POOR TAXIS ONLY ONE-HALF MILL.
The Total Valuation May Yet Be Increased
to Nearly $45O,OOOOOO.
GENERAL GOSSIP FROM TEE COURTS

The County Commissioners have made
their tax levy for the year 1892. The mill
age is y mills for county purposes, with
an additional \ mill in boroughs and
townships for poor purposes. The Com
missioners have had hard work arriving at
an estimate of the total valuation of the
county. but have taken as basis S430,
100000. This will be under the actual
valuation, but they desired to be on the safe
side The books already in show valua-
ton of 1867, ,000, 900, and it was estimated
that the other districts to be computed
would run the valuations to SAIL ,000, 900 on
property valuations. To this there will be
added at least S35, ,OOO, 900 OH occupation
valuations This would give total of
SAG, ,OOO, 900, but $3.50, 900 was taken as
safe basis
The Controllers estimate of the amount
to be raised by taxation for current ex-
penses for the wear S4+5 76S 81. To meet
this a levy was made of 1 2-10 mills, which
would give about S516 900. A loss, how
ever, of about II per cent is estimated for
the 5 per cent discount and about per
cent lost taxes. This would reduce the rev.
enue to about S464, 200.
wiping Out the Court House Debt.
In addition TO the current expenses the
Commissioners desire to raise S235, 900 to
complete the fund for the payment of the
bonds issued for the new Court House in
debtedness. The bonds are not payable
until 1906, but the Commissioners propose to
invest the money and thus have the debt
provided for when it natures To raise this
S235, 600 levy of 55-100 of a mill was
added This would produce about S237 900
more on the valuation estimated and
make the total millage q mills.
The tax for poor purposes levied in Nc
Keesport and the townships and boroughs
was fixed at one-half a mill, making the
millage outside of Pittsburg and Allegheny
% mills The estimated valuation outside
OF tine two cities is S120, 900, ,000
Next year, Commissioner Mercer stated,
the Commissioners expect to have the
county millage less than 1 mill. There will
be no money to raise for bonds, leaving
S235, 900 less to raise and $40, 900 less on ac-
count of the new light and power plant to be
built this year. This will give S30j, 900 less
to raise.
Lower Taxes for Next Year.
The county will also receive about $780,
600 more from the State than heretofore,
owing TO the new law which gives back to
the county three-fourth of the State tax it
paws. At the old valuations on 4-mill
State tax the State tax would amount to
5000, 900, of which the county will get $780,
600. The county's share will, it is figured,
90 to at least 100000. This will make
difference to the payers of county taxes of
S455, 600 less to raise.
In addition to the revenues this year the |
county gets $3.50 from the State tax, un- |
der the old law, which was not estimated in /
the receipts, and will go into the county |
treasury to swell the surplus at the end of
1892
The County Commissioners Yesterday
heard appeals from assessments in Glen
feld and Mansfield boroughs and West
Deer and Findley townships. There were
the ordinary number of appeals, none of
which were of special Importance. In Glen
field borough the assessors books showed an
increase of A per cent and the Commission
ers added 20 per cent. Mansfield borough |
had been increased % 9-10 per cent and the
commissioners added 90 per cent. The
books for Findley township showed an in
crease of II As per cent, and they were
o. KID. West Deer township had a slight
increase, and 10 per cent was added.