Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-22
committee on accounts of district at
torney etc a. follows:

say that he is Dist. Atty for Iowa County.
that the above report IS true e, AND correct Of
| Subsidized and sworn TO before me this 18th
| day Of November 1900
The following report of County
Judge was read and ordered placed on
file and published with the proceed
! ings Of the board:
TO the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of
! Iowa county, Wisconsin:
Gcntlpmen- The following named persons
were adiudgcd insane ana committed to the
| state Hospital for the Insane as Mendoza
| Wisconsin, since Nov ~ $500
| Eva nillery, committed March r. 1900
John Henry Gullick, committed March l2
| 1900,
K. X. Anderson, committed September H.
further report that the following named
! persons we're adiudgcd insane and commit
! ted 10 the Iowa County Insane Asylum:
| Michael Callahan, committed Dec, lS, 1899
| Betsy johnson, committed Aug 49, 1900.
| further report that james tOnncrh, Karl
! WHlkorshHuCr and Minnie DOcring were,
| after an examination by competent physi-
! clans a. to their alleged insanity, discharged.
! further report that have received notice
! from the Superintendent Of the state hOsDi.
| tai for the Insane, OF the death and discharge
Of the following named persons, heretofore
committed rs Insane patients, towit;
John Henry GuIIick, died March 10, 1900.
Eva IlilCrY discharged June 2dd, 1900.
furthCrrCpOrt that have received notice
| from the superintendent Of the state llOspi-
| TAI for the insane, Of the transfer 10 the Iowa
| County Insane Asylum the following named
| per on, heretofore committed Us Insane
patient to Mendoza, Wis
John H. Cos. transferred June II, 1900.
furthcrrcport that have received notice
from the superintendent Of the Iowa County
Insane Asylum Of the Death Of the following
named persons, heretofore committed rs in
Frank j. Rowe died February ! ., 1900.
David .. IhOmns, dICd April 10, 1900,
Dated ut DodgcyiIr Wis, this l"th day Of
November a. y. 1900,
All Of which Is respectfully submitted.
NLDHO jerks, County Judge,
The following report of the chair
man, as n committee TO attend the
meeting Of the state board Of equaIi2a-
ton in the interest Of the county, was
read
BONNEVILLE, Wis, Nov. o, 1900.
To Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of Iowa
County, WIS.
GENTLEMEN; The undersigned being an
pointed by this Honorable body at IT,, last
annual session 10 confer with the state board
Of equalization In bchnlf Of Iowa county,
buus leave 10 make the following report:
During the past iiy" years there has been
n decided movement ON the part Of the super
yisOrs Of Iowa county in tue inhlter OF equal
IuIiun Of assessment Of the several towns
aud cities IN the county on the basis Of fun
valuation, which Is the only lust ana legni
assessment.
we opponents OF ne movement VINO gen
orally represent the mOucycd interests con
front Us with the statement that such u basis
Of valuation would necessarily increase our
urupuitIOn Of the state tax and hence should
he abandoned, even orr committee appointed
to confer with the state board OF CqualiIati ion
IN 1900, In their report to the board last
November said: "IuICss something different
prevails next year, our increase this year Of
- OOO, 600 in our valuation, an actual dOub-
ling, may cost rs considerable. and the fur
thol statement that any county which VS.
| 81 al ~
rCal value Is apt to find Itself obliged TO pay
fOrits action" notwithstanding these state
mruts, the district attorney was instructed
| to notify every assessor In the c. unity I'M
mCdiNtUly after his election, to asses all pro-
| pcrty at ITS fun value and 10 prosecute any
| and every nsscssOr who failed to conform
with his Instructions, thus demonstrating
| that tins body at least Is determined to do
| it's duty. IT such Instructions were given by
| the district attorney, 1t Is II matter OF regret
| that some localities nave FAILED entirely To
| do tholr duty, nor has there been to my
| knowledge any prosecution Tor Surh dcrllic-
| ton Of duty. There has been, however, quite
| u considerable increase OF assessment, quite
| II portion of such increase representing mon
cys which had hCrot DfOrc escaped its just
| burdens OF ,tnNRllohi, llaI lho lhslrucIl3n
| Of the board heon followed more faithfully
| believe II would have resulted In further
| good to the county In CQualihing the burdens
| Of taxation. Such being the state Of affairs
| il was with considerable doubts and fears
| that | appeared before the state board Of
| equalization at their several sessions In July
and August 1900, In an cndeaNor to secure II
| more equitable hppOrtIOnmcnt OF the state
! taxes, aud though my efforts have nOtrcSult-
| ed In any reduction from our HpDOrtiOnmunt
| In 1903, before we attempted to assess at full
| values. Il clearly proves to me that we have
! not suffered on account of our Increased val
uuS, hut have Jared huttUr than our neigh
| hOrs who hay" been assessing ON basis OF 10
or % per cent of real values, While there
| has been u general increase in values
| thrOuguut the state of $50, OOO. 600. II per
cent, iuCrCasC, The stock and dairy districts
al Imam
| parts owing Ia the increased values of stock,
etc. My efforts were mainly directed to com
parting The land of Iowa county with that Of
| Lafayette county on the south ANA t'runt
county ON the west. Comparing the assessed
valuation with Its selliug price, as reported
from nrlunl 81, Also called the state
boards attention hthV comparatively small
amount of moneys assessed in each Of these
counties ~ compared with Iowa county,
which was altogether out Of proportion to
| the amount OF moneys deposited in the banks
of said counties rs compared with our Cuun-
~. Also called their attention to the much
ricucr mining wealth Of each of those coun-
ties than that of Iowa county. For the better
comparison OF our condition under the plan
Of assessing at full valuation rs compared
with our former method Of - TO go per cent =,
| viii compare the appOrtiunmcnt of 1898
with that Of 1900, before aud after. A. YOU
remember our valuation was considerably
raised last year over hat az lSoH. The val
ucs fixed by the state board for
Iowa county SG2h0,liS ~GTS4,G"2
Grant county SS,Sio,hH SN.1lGlNA
Lafayette Co S6,g3l, 30 SG,i13.OGS
From the above appears that
Iowa county Is raised : per crut above the
Cuuulilpd values Ot 1898,
Grant county Is raised 10 percent above
| the vuuNlikrd values OF lSNS, aud
Lafayette county Is raised per cent
above the ruuHlilod values VI 1873;
Iowa county is lowered - pCr cont. below
the values fixed by our assCssurs, while
| Lafayette county Is rHisVd II per cent
above the values fixed Ivy their a,-r~~ors
aud
Grant county Is raised II per cent above
tho values fixed Ivy their usSrssurs.
Mark YOU, gentlemen, that Iowa county,
which had raised Its assessed Nauuti ion
81 900, GOO, or almost double it's turmcr
amount, was raised from | to 3 per cent. loss
than la FayCttC and Grant counties which
had failed tu assess ut anything HpprlN-
mating full values Had all parts Of Iowa
county done their duty, a. have some iurali-
ties | believe our showing would have boon
Il stll better, rs the State board of rQUlliz-
alton are put in pOSScSStOu ut alt the sales
" real estate IN the county each year. with
the assessed value Of each parcel " land rs
fixed Ivy the local HSsCSSOr, from this data
they arrive at the relative value Ot aS~uSS-
mcut to sale price. Some portions of our
county make u very poor showing ON that
score. being no better than our ucighhNrng
counties: white Ia some localities the a~SvSs-