Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-08-26
1888. The value Of property exempt by
law from taxation is $3,774,825.

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law from taxation is $3,774,925
Billings county returns the lowest val.
uation per acre, So cents, and Cass the
highest, 1914. Grand Forks turns in
the value at 1886 and Trail, IS. 81. The
Missouri slope counties are valued as
follows: Burlelgh, 64O,352 acres, $3.50
per acre. The state board reduced this
5 per cent. for the purpose Of ~equaliza.
ton. Emmons, 331,146 acres, $2.OO-re.
duced 10 per cent; Kidder, 49S,52O acres,
$1.61; Logan, 299,07S acres, s1.2O-1O pei
cent. off; Mcintosh, 90,099 acres, $2.41;
Mclean, 200,09S acres, S2.36-1O pei
cent. off; Mercer, los, 139 acres, $1.19-1C
per cent. off; Morton, 576,961 acres, $1.33;;
Oliver, 242,248 acres, 80 cents-raised s
per cent; Stark, 341,435 acres, s1.21.
As equalized the value of land in Trail
county will be $6.27, which places it
ahead of Cass.
The total value of all personal prop
erty in the state for 1892, in the organ
lied counties is &c., 500, 1913; unorganized,
s525,34s; total, s%20,O28,54l. AS equal
lied, this valuation will be increased
about $2,oOO,OOO. Add to this the valua-
ton placed upon the Northern Pacific,
s~2,633,600, makes the total personally
valuation not far from $25,OOO,OOO. Total
valuation, personal and real n round
figures, $85, $4,000, against sSl 1894, 1853,
in 1891. The returns from the various
counties show that there are in the state
39;O12 horses under three years old,
average value, S22.O2; horses over three
years old, 116,479, average value, s49.52;
cattle under two years old, S5,267, average
value, $6.32; COWS over two years, 49,
197,average value,$12.O1; other cattle two
years old and over, 7O,043,,,average value,
1854; mules and asses, 1889, average
value, s44.79; sheep, 3l7,647, average
value, s1.S2; hogs, 35,725, average
value, $2.43; wagons and carri-
ages, 47,l6S, average value, $14.O7;
melodeons and organs, 2,643,
average value $22.51; pianos, 1,341, aver
age value, $81.29. Bank stock, assessed
at about so per cent. of it's face value,
amounts to $1,355,684, and credits of
banks and bankers, $49,849. The ASSESS
ment shows but $20.169 for gold and
silver plateware, and $13,498 for dia-
monds and ~jewelry. Among the pecu-
l~iarities Of the assessment may be cited
the turning IN of only $618 worth of
silver and gold plate and platedware
from the great county of Cass, while lit
tie Bottineau turns in $4,934. The
1868 persons assessed in Cass are shown
to possess but $685. worth of diamonds
and jewelry, which includes watches,
while 973 persons in Burleigh are
assessed III $4,000. Barnes shows but
800; Grigg but $50, and Benson, Eddy,
Emmcns, La Moure, Logan, McHenry,
Pierce and even the county of Stutsman
have no diamonds or watches whatever.
Barnes is assessed S2,005 for steamboats,,
and Richland $1,000, while Burleigh
and Morton show no steamboat ASSESS
ment whatever. The number of dogs in
the state is shown to be 16,476. Walsh
seems to be the longest on dogs, 1904,
followed closely by Pembina with 1857
and Grand Forks with 1918. Burleigh
has 1863. Eddy doesn't return any dogs
and Richland returns dogs as personal
property. Six counties have more dogs
than hogs, Pierce having the same
number 81 of each. The num-
Der of persons assessed exclusive of
firms is Al 1858.
The most gratifying feature of the as
sessment and taxation question this
year is the fact that while the valuations
are lower the total of the state is larger
than last year, and by close figuring and
economy the state officials recommended
and the board of equalization adopted
1.-THE reduction of the tax rate seven
tenths of a mill below that of previous
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