The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-17
TAXES OF THE STATE
STATE AUDITOR DUNE Co.7pIErp.s
HIS ABSTRACT FOR
LAST YEAR
MUCH LESS THAN IN 1897
Lists Show That the Taxes for 1888
Are Lower Than 1897 by More
Than 1OO,OOO-VaIuation of
Farm property Exceeds Valuation
CT City Property by Millions of
Dollars.

state Auditor Dunn has just com
pleted an abstract of the tax lists of
the several counties of the state for
1898 The statement was printed yes
terday and sent to the legislature and
the governor for perusal Perhaps the
most significant matter Of record given
IN the table is that the total amount
OF taxes levied in the state for all pur-
poses last year is less than the pre-
cedlng year. In 1887 the total tax levied
was S14.084. 409.6S, against $13,S47. Ss6. so
for 1898.
The tax levy of 1898 was collected
as follows:
School Taxes
State 23-1O0 mills. ..... s712 52s "a
Local mill tax So. .......... 57IS4I II
Special school tax ............ $3.50, 2lg IS
Interest and principal on state
ioans- -. ............... 267, 156 o.
Revenue, soldiers relief and fund
ing tax funds is mills ........ Lea. s3s %
County Taxes
Revenue -. 80. ............... 1es5. 299 Il
interest ............. 27l.716 66
other special taxes (mostly road -'''o'- i
and bridges). =. ............ 295 80 eS
City and Town Taxes
City ..................... 1886. 2ss Os
Iownshlp--.- ............... $50. $50 27
Delinquent road - - ia $50 %
Other special taxes. Street i'm
provements sewerage, etc.. 91g. 953 y
Total of all tax collected s1S, s47. sss so
The average rate of taxation for the
state is 23.9 mills. Farm property
classed as acre land was assessed at
sos per acre. The total number of
acres of this class of land was IS 406-
2S9. The total valuation Of farm prop
erty, Including structures. for the whole
state is placed at $3.50, IA, 597 All city
property. including structures. is val
ued at S239. 02S,13S. or about $11 600 600
less than all the farm property in the
state. These figures alone speak for
Minnesota as an agricultural state. In
the older states the city property US
ually leads. but the state auditors
statement shows that the people of
Minnesota are for the greater part de-,
irving a livelihood from pastoral pur-
suits.
The total value Of taxable personal
property is placed at something over
SS9, 00O, 000 or about 16 per cent of the
total taxable property of the state.
For Ramsey county the total amount
of special assessments for sewerage,
and street Improvement was about
100000 Very nearly five times that
amount was spent by Hennepin county
for the same purpose. 1t cost the peo-
pie of Ramsey county $1,140, 2.27 to
maintain all the public offices of the
county and county institutions. while
Hennepin county paid about S100, 900
more for the same purpose.
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