The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-25
TON is NOT TOUCHED BY THE
STATE BOARD.
DULUTH REDUCED A TENTH.
IT'S GREATER BRETHREN
INLAND.
BY Reductions Made I'm the Finish
Ing Days of the Long OfficiaI
Session.

a hard day yesterday tinkering with
the valuations in the various counties
in the state, but at the end they had
the consolation that they were within
sight of the completion Of their labors,
as all that remains is the adjustment
| of the burden to be put upon the tel
egraph and telephone companies.
Hennepin county's assessment.
after long fight, was left as 1t was
returned by the city board and the
county auditor. Duluth Jared even
better, getting a reduction of 10 per
cent in the assessors figures.
The former city had big delega-
ton over to argue pro and con the re-
duction. Freeman p Lane spoke in
favor of raising the valuation. which
he said was an unjust dlscrimina-
ton against that of the rest of the
county. 1t made a premium ON vacant
city property and would cause a loss
to the state Of $4,000
rs there complaint made said
Mr.. Lane, that Assessor Plummer is
not fair and honest man or that his
assessment is not just and equitable?
Not at all. For unknown reasons a
resolution, full of strange inconsistent
cies, was passed by the county board
The resolution means nothing"
Mr.. Plummer had before him all the
mortgages given the year previous,
not including purchase money mort
cages. He said that $5,O0S,36s was
borrowed upon an assessed valuation
| of $5,306, 725. During the year 1895
there were 1875 mortgages recorded
with total consideration of $685.
269, and upon the identical prop
erty upon which this money was
DI1Jy,or h 7o
sessment of $3,977,47S. To cut the valu-
alton one-third would make laughing
stock Of the city and brand the as
SCISSOR as fool. This process, if car
ried through, would fall heavily on
the poor man.
1t cost Hennepin county $3,037OO0 to
transact It's business last year, and it
would cost still more this year.
I'VE are not all paupers in Minneap-
Oils shouted the speaker ironically.
There are a few men over there who
can manage to pay their taxes. When
an attempt is made to enforce the col
lection Of taxes, there will be a gigan-
| tic ruction in Minneapolis. The only
way know of to get around the diff
f1cu1ty is to put the valuation back
where the assessor left it.
Judge Hicks, in reply to Mr.. Lane,
said the assessor had made his as
seSSment and the board had made
reduction of some 80 per cent in the
valuation of the lands. He thought
this should stand.
Finally, however, the board passed
the figures returned. This is quite
reduction from the figures of 1894,
which were reduced per cent by
the assessor, and the remainder cut
80 per cent by the city board.
A number of other changes were
made by the board. In class 10, town
1a oh,
were made:
Carver county, 10 per cent increase;
Dakota, increase, 8 per cent; Meeker
increase, per cent; Morrison, increase.
10 per cent; Otter Tail, increase, 10 per
cent; Renville, increase 10 per cent;
Rice, increase, 5 per cent; ST. Louis,
decrease, 10 per cent; Scott, increase,
cent; Stearns, increase, 90 per cent;
Stevens, increase, Is per cent; Waseca,
increase, per cent; Wright, increase,
5 per cent.
In Glass Z, the average value Of lands
per acre, the increases formerly de-
cided upon by the board were taken
off in the following counties:
Aitkin, Anoka, Fillmore, Grant. lie
Sueur Marshall, Martin, Pipestone,
Polk, Mile Laos, Sherburne, Traverse,
Waseca, Wadena, Wilkin.
In Becker county the 40 per cent in
crease previously ordered was reduced
to 20.
Big Stone will be increased 10 per
cent instead Of 5.
The Is per cent increases in Brown
Houston, Lincoln, Renville, and Wash
ington counties were reduced to TO-
In Carver, Faribault and Rice coun-
ties, where 10 per cent increase had
been ordered, only per cent will be add
ed. Twenty per cent had been ordered
added to the valuations in Chippewa,
Chisago, Clay Lac qui Parle and yell
low Medicine counties, but it was yes
terday reduced to 10.
Cottonwood. where a Is per cent
raise was ordered, will be raised but
per cent Dodge county's valuations
will be decreased 5 per cent
Freeborn county had been raised %
| per cent, but it was decided to lift it
| only 10. Meeker and Todd counties
were similarly treated.
Goodhue county, which had been rails
| &c 80 per cent, will only be elevated
halt OF that kandiyohi and Otter
Tail were raised so per cent but yester-
day it was decided to let them off with
70; Lyon, which had been ordered rails
ed 80 per cent, will get off with 20.
| Morrison, Pope and Stevens counties
had all been ordered raised an even
third. but they will now get off with
] 10 per cent.
Stearns, which had been ordered fat
tened 66 % per cent, will get off with
60 per cent raise. Swift county, which
had been scheduled to go up AZ per
cent, will go up but Is. Wabasha, which
was IN the % per cent class, was placed
| in the TO-
The board will meet at 10 o'clock this
morning. which will probably be its last
! session.
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