The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-20
COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
Monday, July 10, 1891.


Board of equalization met persuant
to law. Present, Commissioners Chas.
Graf, A. NJ. Hannay, Robert Roberts,
Robert S. Hughes, William Borchart
and County Auditor Gunders, and up
on motion Chas. Graf was elected
chairman and P. A. Gunders clerk of
this board.
The oath as required by law
was duly administered to the
several members by Stephen ThOrne,
clerk of court.
On motion board of equalization
adjourned until a, m. July 20, A. ID.
1897.
Tuesday, July 20, 1897.
Board of equalization met perSuant
to adjournment. All members
present.
On motion the board proceeded to
examine the assessment books for
the several assessment districts in
this county as returned by the asses
sors, and upon examination we find
the following assessment books not
complete, as follows:
Mankato township we find that
there are about % or more tax payers
that are not listed for taxation.
Lake Crystal book very Incomplete
and so irregularly listed that we are
unable to determine the true results of
any class of assessments and that we
find that there are fully about 80 or
more tax payers that are not listed
for taxation.
While the assessment book for the
city of Mankato seems to have been
carefully prepared, we find some tax
payers not listed for taxation, land also
find some not assessed enough. And
we hereby instruct the county audi
tor to proceed according to law to no.
tify the different assessors of these
negligences, and that they proceed
to correct the work Immediately so as
to have a complete return at an ad-
journed meenting of this board. We
further find that great many mort
cages and land contracts as recorded
by the register of deeds, held. owned
or controlled by residents of this
county, are not listed by the assessors
of the several assessment districts,
and therefore instruct the county au-
ditor to make list Of same and noti-
fly said parties to appear before this
board of equalization at'an adjourned
meeting on the 10th day of August,
A. D., 1897, to show cause why said
mortgages and land contracts should
not be listed for taxation throughout
this county.
On motion board of equalization ad-
journed to 1:3O p. m.
At 1:30 p. m. board of equalization
met persuant to adjournment. All
members present.
On motion the auditor is hereby in
structed to notify the assessor for
Lyra and Good Thunder to correct
his return of the number of watches
and clocks, and of dogs for Good
Thunder.
On motion ordered that the follow
ing classes of personal property in the
several assessment districts be chang
ed as follows:
Horses, and asses two years old to
average SlS, except Lake Crystal
and the city of Mankato, as returned
by assessors.
Three years old and over, as return
ed by the assessors, except Lake Crys-
tai and Beaufort, to average $25.
Cattle
One year old, to average S..
Two years old, to average SO.
Cows, to average SIS.
All other cattle three years old and
over, to average SIS, except the city
of Mankato as returned by the as
SCISSOR.
Hogs, to average $3.50.
Wagons. carriages, bicycles and
sleighs to average SIS, except city of
Mankato as returned by assessor.
Sewing and knitting machines, to
average 81, except city of Mankato as
returned by assessor.
Melodeons and organs, to average
$40.
Planofortes, to average S75.
On motion ordered that changes be
made in the valuation of the different
classes of personal property and the
following percentage be added to. or
deducted from the assessment.
The figures in black on the follow
ing schedule indicates the percentage
to be added to, and the figures in red
indicate the percentage to be de-
Quoted from the valuation as return
ed by the assessors for the following
assessment districts: