Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-08

Figures are now 0DtulIlNute tIOhi thS
reports made to the Auditor of State by
the county auditors to show the amount
OF increase in the taxable value of Iowa
property, in the year 1900, over the taxa :
bic value Of the year 1900. The last as
sessment, compared with the one for
1890, shows large increase in the actual
and taxable value Of property in Iowa.
The exact increase in taxable value, as
indicated by reports from ninety-eight out
Of ninety-nine counties, is $12,15S.63O.
The increased valuation this year is on
personal property, and in the new build
ings erected the past year, there being
no real estate assessment in 1900. The
increase in the taxable value of personal
property was $S,74O,619, and in new
buildings $3,41sO11. The total adjusted
taxable value of all classes Of property in
the State, according to the assessment OF
1899, Is $526. 653 1886. The increase will
bring the taxable value, in round NUM-
beers, to $3.50, OOO, 900. Four times this
amount gives 81, 158, 600, 900 us the enor-
nous total Of the actual value of property
reported for taxation in the State Of
Iowa. There were but three counties in
the State in which there was decrease
in the personal property assessment. Polk
County was one Of these. 1t fell off
1895 AIS in the taxable value of personal
property. Other counties that fell off
were Lee and Marion. Among the coun-
ties that had the largest increases were
Pottawattamie, Black Hawk and Har-
din.
The fish commissioner is preparing to
take an appeal from a recent decision Of
Judge Silyara in q case against B. Schrei-
ner, Jr., in which the police magistrate
drove wagon through portion Of the
law and rendered it useless il the decis-
ion is permitted to stand Schreiner was
charged with stretching trout line
across the river. The law permits the
stretching Of a line of this character half
the way across the river, but provides
that the stretching Of line entirely
across n stream, so us to form an Obstruc-
tion to the free passage of fish, shall be
deemed misdemeanor, etc. Brennan &
Brennan, attorneys for Schreiner, filed
demurrer to the information, admitting
the facts us set forth, but alleging that
they did not constitute an Offense mas
much as il was not shown by the allega-
tions that the trout line constituted an
obstruction to the free passage of fish.
Judge Silvara sustained the demurrer
and the prosecution has decided to stand
upon it md to appeal to the District
Court. The ruling of the police judge
practically renders the section of the law
relating to trout lines of no force and
effect until it is reversed.
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The State executive council has taken
up the question of taxing the express
companies of the State. 1t is understood
that the council, since starting upon the
assessment of express companies under
the Cheshire bill, considers the problem
before 1t greater than at first the men-
bers realized. The difficulty lies in the
variation of values on the different ex-
press companies found according to the
formula of the new taxation measure
whereby one company Will be taxed out
of proportion to others doing the same
business. Section Of the new. law is
the one which has resulted in making
trouble for the council. According to its
provisions the value of the entire prop
erty Of any company is to be figured up
by the council and from 1t all real es-
tate, bonds, mortgages and other per-
sopal property situated outside the State
and used exclusively outside the general
business Of the company, is to be de-
Quoted, after which the formula continues
with further provisions. 1t is this ques-
ton Of deduction from the value of the
property outside the State which is
troubling the council.
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According to the report of the State
Auditor, bank deposits in the State and
savings banks Of Iowa, exclusive of the
national banks, have doubled since 1896.
The capital stock has increased only 3d.
O0O, 600. In deposits June 80 were over
SOL 900, 900.
Short State 1remA