Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-07-20
YEARS ASSESSMENT.
Good Assessing Done in Burleigh county
Requires Few changes by
County Board.
Some Comparative Figures ofthis years
Assessment with last years
Rolls.

HA AVA
leigh county this year was we'll done,
and as a consequence fewer changes
were made by the county board of
equalization than ever before in the
history of the county. The general
tendency of the board was in the a
of reductions of property valuations,
and as a result the total of the real and
and as a result the total of the real
lower than it was last year. Farm
lands through the county were gener-
ally reduced and the total valuation is
about $27, 900 less than the total OF last
year. The personal property valua-
ton is about $1,000 greater than last
year. Auditor Moorhouse has COM
puted the changes made and has the
abstracts prepared for the state audi
tor. for use by the state board of equal
ization which meets the first of next
month to consider values through the
state.
The work of the district assessors
was very little changed by the county
board. In only a few instances were
the valuations they returned deviated
from by the county board of equaliza-
ton. A few changes, mostly increases,
were made in merchandise in the city
OF Bismarck. In the townships the
most of the changes were made, the
work of the assessors there being not
so uniform as that of the district as
SCISSORS.
The total personal property valua-
ton as equalized by the county board
this year is SOL ,H3S2 as against $:I11:,-
%D last year. The live stock valua-
ton in the county is larger than this
year. The total number of horses one
year old returned this year is HI, two
years old 313, and three and over
2,113. The total valuation of horses
is $E,515. OF cattle, there are :,Gl7
one year old, $500 two years old, 3,94o2
cows and 1GG all other cattle, an in
crease in number Of $500 over last
year. and the total valuation of cattle
this year is $117,194. There are 49,
?7o sheep reported on the assessment
rolls at a total valuation Of $224,:229.
The total value of goods and merchan-
disc is $3.50, $50 and Of bank stock S43,-
GS7. The value of household furni-
ture as reported is $27,7S4.
Of real property returned the total
valuation is $2,137,S2O as against S.
l';4 for last year. There are G97,-
:'S1 acres reported on the rolls at a
total valuation of $1,2O7 ,:355. The
total valuation of town lots is STILL
300 and of improvements on town lots
$22o77,7'io. The total value of improve.
ments on lands is $31 $50.
In the returns of the district asses.
sors few changes were made, they be-
chandise in the city. Live stock val.
chandise i nthe city. Live stock val.
uations as returned by them were not
changed. In the townships, Glenview
was raised generally on all classes o.
property. In Painted Woods and
Ecklund the value of horses was re.
duced 10 per cent. In Menoken lands
were raised . per cent. In Apple
Creek, horses and cattle were raised
from I to IL per cent. Horses were
raised in Boyd. In Logan lands were
raised % per cent. Teller lands wer.
reduced & per cent.
The amount of the tax levy for al
purposes ordered levied by the county
board is $4,000.