The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-25
TWO MILLION ACRES
AND MORE ADDED TO THE STATES
TAXABLE AREA BY THE AN
DERSON BILL.
AUDITOR DUNNS FIGURES
SHOW THAT THE NORTHERN COUN-
TIES ARE THE GREAT GAIN
ERS THEREBY.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ADDED
AUDITOR DUNN'S FIGURE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ADDED
To the Valuation on Which Is Based
the Tax Rate of Every
Citizen.

Some interesting figures have been
prepared by State Auditor Dunn and
his assistants which show in exact
hsures the operation of the law for the
taxation of railroad lands, commonly
known as the Anderson bill, the last
tax year having been the first year of
its operation. The figures, obtained
from a: compilation of the returns
made by assessors in the various coun-
ties of the state, show that the num-
Der of acres under taxation last year
was "a, 428,667, as against 32,0631S6 in
1896, an increase Of nearly two and a
half million acres.
That this is practically all due to
the new law is discernible from a study
on the hgures, as in the southern part
or the state, where railroad lands have
peen disposed of for the most part for
long time, the 1897 figures are prac-
tically the same as those for 1896,
While in the northern and northwest
ern counties decided gains are shown.
Altkln county, while it's citizens
were among the foremost in the cru
sade for the new bill, has only shown
gain Of 1900 acres, although this is
accounted for, perhaps, by the fact
that the Aitkin assessment was select
ed by the railroads for contest and
the tax cases are now hung up in the
courts. Anoka county, close as it is,
has now $4,000 acres more under as
sessment; Becker, $4,000 more; Bel
re
while county even as far south as
Big stone has experienced a gain of
$4,000 acres. Cass county, in spite of
the detachment of it's territory for an
nexation to Grow Wing, has gained
$4,000, and Crow Wing has gained
21700O.
Singularly enough, Chisago county,
where the author of the bill lives, has
dropped 1900 acres for some reason.
presumably the plating of portions of
the county for town and city lots. CLAW
has gained $4,000 acres; Cook, IL, 200;
Cottonwood, 10000; Douglas, 1000:
Grant, $4,000; Hubbard, $4,000; Isanti.
without a mile of railroad, 1900; Itas-
ca, $1,000; the unassuming county of
Kanabec, 100000; Kandiyohi. 1900:
Kittson, 100000; Lake, 10000; Marshall.
$4,000; Mile Laos, q 600; Morrison, 1874
O00; Norman, $4,000, and Otter Tail,
%, OO0
The banner county Of them all. how
ever, is Pine county which shows an
actual gain of 243,000 acres. There are
two main lines ofirailroad in this coun-
ty, and both have been faring we'll I'M
der the old system.
Polk county, ON the face Of the re-
| turns, shows q falling off of 100 900
acres, but this is not hard to under
stand, as Red Lake county has been
detached from 1t since the 1896 tax.
and the $4,000 acres under taxation in
the new county show net increase
for the territory formerly comprised in
Polk county of ia, 00e acres, the greater
part of which must be attributed di-
rectly to the Anderson bill
Roseau county, like Isanti, as vet
unprecedented by railroads, gains TO-
0OO practically doubling its taxable
area. st Louis gains $4,000, Sherburne
$4,000, Stearns 100000 Stevens 1900.
Swift $4,000, Todd 1000, Traverse 81
000 Wadena $4,000 Wilkin IS 900
Wright 5000 and Yellow Medicine IA
| 600. The counties not named above
remain practically the same, only va
| rying few hundred acres
The value Of the land increases from
1926, 1913, 1874 to $241, $685. S7, which shows
that the addition Of this land has re-
duced the average value per acre. as a
great deal Of the added land is remote
| and Of comparatively small value.
The average valuation per acre in 1896
was $7.37; in 1897, $7.01
The valuations of town and city lots
have in the meantime increased from
$242, 25S, 354 to $243, 6O6,277.
The valuation of personal property
has increased from $85, 493,S75 to sS5.-
623, 812.
The total valuation has increased
from $563, 945, 663 to 570,598476.
At the same time, the average rate
of taxation has increased from "a mills
in 1895 to 246 mills in 1897, thus in
creasing the total tax levied from S13,-
| 535, 94S.29 to s140S4, 400. Al.
The state taxes levied for revenue
soldiers relief funding tax, etc, in
creased from s1ye15, 164.75 in 1896 to 81,
OPS, 1918 last year.
The state school tax Of LIS mills In
1896 realized $64S, S63D2; the tax Of LA
mills for the same purpose in 1887 realiz-
ed SOL, 935.77.
The local school tax Of one mill melted
$569, 079.47 in 1897, as against 1852, 764. 81
the year previous. q
The special school tax last year
amounted to $32,313, 6s2.12, as compared
with 1925, 1878 the year before.
The interest and premium on state
leans amounted{to $241, S4912 last year
against s199,924.4 AZ the year before.
The county taxes were as follows:
Revenue, 1897, 81, SSe, 76S10; 1886, $1,645,
$685.
Interest, 1897, s24S, Oss. 81; 1896, $751;
93O72
Poor, 1897, $685. 81; 1896, 1926, 727.5s.
Other special taxes, 1897, SITE, 246.S4;
1895. $240, 1852.
The city and town taxes were: In
1897, 3,641, 1886; in 1885, $3,559, 41454.
The township taxes were $672, 237. 06 in
1897, as against 1851 ,060.7S in 1896.
The delinquent road taxes were only
1854, 459.37, as compared with s165, S12. 43
| in 1896.
The interest on railroad bonds was
| $50, 1850 in 1897; $62, 1854 in 1896.
The other special taxes amounted to
| 1858, 426.49 in 1897; $97S,S64.48 in 1896.