The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-04
ss.Insi. az 7A,sooso es.47e.7a.. 10. spe. 7o.
ro,al.. sa2s. sbs.672 ss7o.sse1se s47.S7e. 4s4
TOTAL REAL AND PERSONAL. =
sl,s2a2e4, 275 s3s,5lS52e Slo5, asa. asa

Totals. ss2s .s6s.e72 SAID. eae,lee st7,07e.4s4
TOTAL REAL rrRsosAL =
sls2s 2e4, 27s s1sss.6ls52s slo5. asa
The increase in real values 10 normal. being
s57e77. 100 as against S40.658, 1888 for 1892.
II IA due particularly to the increase In build
inos and improvem ents to old buildings, and
is greatest, as usual In the Twelfth and TWEEN
ty.second wards. But It Is in tho personal as
easements that the greatest comparative gain
IA shown. Last year the net increase was only
se.l9l, 746, and there was an actual decrease
Of 81, 441. 592 In personal assessments against
residents Of the city. This year the increase
Of personal assessm ents IL nearly 80 per cent
OF the entire increment
This remarkable showing is duo to the rigid
enforcement OF the Deyo law. which was enact
ed to prevent tho evasion Of personal taxes by
Investments in nom taxable securities. By the
provisions Of that law oath had to be made
that such investments were not made
for the purpose Of evading taxation,
and the swearing Off" this year
was not 80 effective as on former occasions
Another innovation was the refusal to accept
afldavits Of exemption fled by savings insti-
buttons OF other States in relation to New York
city bank stock held by them. Exemption was
refused also to nonresident holders of bank
s sona yp before tie Observation-Disclosures and sub
mitted to be examined regarding their prop.
erty Under these rules several millions OF
rolls which have heretofore been stricken
therefrom. 5s-'
ments is represented by the jay Gould estate,
which was held at SlG.OOO.OO0, the original
assessment. despite the efforts 9f the eXeca.
statement. shown Nc the actaaI value Of the
reduction Allowed.
oP ssS Bon The 5sg q q the
assessed valuations there VII! not BE- great
siS hs s fs' viii rs srSSas yss
s hs The Nt Ss Is as which tx
Board Of Aldermen may add an amount not in
q three Of the sn s
Of bank stock will have to pay tax at q rate
about 10 cents on sl4o less than the fun rate
eountss quota Of the State tax 1e ?. .ne
books eonisInine the assess ents Viii remain
xili be open to public inspection upon
viii be returned to- tine Tax Commissioners to
have the tax extended and to the Clerk Of Ar
act requires that the books shall be warranted
before Sept. j. and the Board Of Aid rmen ad.
!ourned Yesterday until Aug. 22 to issue such
ss IS Sa as George j.
S j. sGTb ot to pay a taS tSa
estate Of Mrs jay " Gould on on $56oo6 SS anu inc
as Te 0fH1 f3 ssse
MMooo: Moses Taylor estate. 200 oOG:
William Astor estate. SO. QUO.U0O; William w.
ns is at sz5S S5 that Of s
knSWer; b Ba6bits v h. If TsaSers S n siias
srs Mary EdsSn I asnag @
beth NJ. Anderson are assessed at half mil
c zion ea"n Ihis is tor personal property ex-
1Ie hundred and and
dderhilt, George "; Vanderbilt. Eugene Kelly.
h August Belmont estate arc found in the $780,
S ~ isf. Andrew Carnegie Is; down for only
at sn4 wap sshans esse hs the sa n,s
amount. Cornelius and William X. Wander
nnilt. Maria l.. Vanderbilt. and Oliver II. L.
s-0o.0O0 Robert and ogden Goelet and the
estates q Robert irwin and tho George
Ter $3.50 600. The estates Of Augustus Kuntze.
Richard g. Morgan William l. Dinsmoro,
Schuyler Skaats. and Max Weil are asse ssed at
S3W.OOO and Adrian Iselin and the, Sarah
ITalman estate at $4O0,OOn The JahoZ a.
Anna Vttendorfer estate for s166. 900. that Of
boswell Smith for 1928. 900. the Eliza p Fogg
estate for S4l5.O00. that OF Fred Butterfield
W. r. Garrison estate and that Of +, {. Have
meyer for S21OOOO each, the Rebecca Nd.
$2lO.0OO : -
The fact that the greatest individual amounts
81 personal taxes are paid on estates shows
that 1t Is dih1cult for the Tax commissioners
20 ascertain what man Ia worth In the m after
OF personal property until after his death.