Evening star., 1898-11-01
ASSESSORS REPORT
Annual Statement Of Operations for
the Past Year.
VALUES OF TAXABLE REAL ESTATE
Effects Of Law Regulating Taxes
and Tax Sales.
DECREASE IN REVEN UES

DECREASE IN REV EN- UES
Mr. Matthew Trinble, the assessor of the
District, today submitted to the Commits
sioners his report for the year ending June
80, 1888, together with a statement of the
assessed value of the taxable real estate
and personal property in the District OF
Columbia, for the year ending June 80,
1899, follows:
Taxable on land, SS7 ,S07, 1876: taxable on
improvements, S71, ,S62, 425; total S159 800
g21
Washington county-TaXable on land at
$1.5o, S10,6a5,1 ,141; taxable on improvements,
at s15o, 81 ,161 800 total, s17 Sl7,24 taxable
On land, at ST. s4,5OS, 600: taxable on i'm
provements at 81, s1,23O 800: total, So
go; total assessed value of taxable real
estate, $1Si ,15G371.
Personal property-Washingto city, s12-
''lo9o4; Washington county, s42,545; rail-
roads, taxed on gross receipts, SLOT ,976;
total, $13,431 475; total assessed value of
taxable real estate and personal property
S196. .JS7, SIG.
Amount of tax-Washington city, at
sl.3o. s23I},39S.S1: Washington county, at
sl.'o. Sgt $50; Washington county at ST.
so',62l.U5; total real estate tax. 81 71S 649 %
$''V'i4Si personal property, at 81 80 S146-
66226; $2,5I6,01J capital stock street rail-
ways, less realty. at $1.5O s3S, $40 %: 81 OBJ
oSa gross receipts street railways, at per
cent $4l,26S.30; s46,392 gross receipts street
railways, at per cent, 1927 "a: total tax
on personal property S227 4G:5; total tax on
real and personal property, $3946 1921
ne assessor states that the three mem
bers of the board of assistant assessors
nave peen engaged since July, 1897, in max
ja1
and will return the same on the first Mon
day of January, 1899, when under the law
the board ef equalization and review will
meet 10 receive and determine appeals on
the valuations and for this purpose will
remain IN session until the first Monday in
June following
Numerical Books.
The official record of the triennal assess
ne mt just referred to, he explains, will be
contained in four large volumes and should
be commenced not later than March 1899
requiring a corps of expert clerks in their
compile ton. These books are val,ab and
important records. containing a detailed de-
scription of all real estate in the District
OF Columbia, by squares, lots, front feet
square Ieet, rate of assessment per square
foot value of land and improvements and
names of the owners up to the latest date
possible. This work is necessarily perform
ed by the employment of select corps of
Cieih WHO WOrk dIttf the regular office
nc GrS, ana receive compensation, in addi-
ton to their regular pay, from a special
appropriation for that purpose. While the
cost IN former years for this service has
reached the sum of $1,000 the last assess
ment books were prepared for s., ,0fO which
is estimated will be sufficient for the pend
ing one. The act of March 3, 1897, appro-
priated sl,946 for photolithographing the
last numerical books; it is now proposed to
reproduce a sufficient number of copies of
the new assessment bV the n
proved typewriting machine, the work to be
done by the clerical force of the office
der the appropriation asked for, except the
cost of two machines and a mimeograp
for the estimated additional sum Of 500;
this would be a saving of over 81, 400 as
compared with the cost of the last numer.-
cal books.
Taxes and Tax Sales.
The report continues as follows:
THE good effects of the law which was
passed February 2S. 1895, in relation to
taxes and tax sales are already observable
in the increased amount of revenue re-
ceived and number of lots sold at the tax
sale of last April. 1t is believed that many
OF the evils complained of in the old law
are now corrected One serious defect in
the old law has certainly been healed in
the provision. that no deed shall be is
sued until all taxes and assessments ap-
pearing upon the tax books against the
property are paid, with penalties, interests
and costs, including taxes for the years for
which the District purchased the property
at tax sale. This is legislation in the right
direction and will undoubtedly show bene-
fetal results in the near future.
Licenses Issued.
During the year ended June 80, 1898,
3,4o3 licenses were issued, including 531 bar
room, 135 wholesale liquor and lis engineer
licenses. There has been certified to the
collector of taxes LIZA certificates for mis-
cellaneous receipts.
Receipts from licenses during the year
ended June 80, 1898, are as follows:
Apothecaries, $1J1.69; increase, $10G2.
Auctionee~s, $1,926.6S; increase, $l.Gj Banks
and bankers, S2IG27: increase $75.71. Bar
rooms, s221 ,170.so; decrease, SG,672s9 Bill
posters, $50; decrease $SSi. Billiard, pool,
bagatelle tables, &c, $3,3Io36; increase,
500. s. cattle brokers', $Ji0.0I increase,
s23.32. Commission merchants 81 727.04 de-
crease. s14299. Dealers in ice merchandise,
s174. Dealers in junk and secondhand per-
sonal property, $2,5333.43; increase, $tiS2.34.
Dealers in old barrels, 500 Entertain
ments, circuses, balls and exhibitions, 3d.
025: decrease, $510. Hacks, cabs and pub
lie vehicles, s., ,52S6i; decrease, sG1625.
Hotels, s5,964 AZ: increase, $46l 40. Inteli-
gence offices, $26I.o4; increase ss9lS. In
surance companies, District of Columbia,
Sl6o6.72; increase, sI2i.0o. Insurance agents
of outside companies, $3,466.1S increase,
s363.04 Insurance agents percentage tax,
9lS, fDi Sb. lnSurdHce companies, lfdteF-
nal, s95: increase $95. Livery stables,
s3,464.17; increase. S164.91. Manufac
turers of Illuminating gas, $1.O72;
decrease, s54.35. Peddiers, s291 Pawn
brokers, $3.50: Produce dealers-Itin
Grants ss,2l674: special. s11O2Os; fruit
stands, s19l.67; total, $10.510.49; decrease,
$3,401.54. Restaurants and eating houses,
s6,3O2.19; increase, $605.22 Real estate
agents. s7,Si5.S9; increase, s1OS,36. Thea
ters, $500: increase. s16333. Wholesale
liquor dealers. s35,324.G0; decrease s3,356 20.
Totals-S333 ,013.56 $4, 4,012.I3, S13, ,16l.0G
Total decrease, 1s97-S-S13. 1906
Total increase. 1S37-S-S4 07273.
Net decrease-$9 691.33.
Total receipts from licenses, 6-7-S342,- =
704.S9.
Total receipts from licenses. 1S97-S-S333, :
O13.55.
Net decrease, 1s97-S-$0, ,891.33
Traffic in Liquor.
1t will be observed that the decrease Of
nearly $4,000 of last year received from
this source has been followed by still
further reduction of over $4,000. Thirty
three bar room and eight wholesale liquor
licenses were rejected by the excise board
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