Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-07-17
A DAILY TRIBUNE: TUEsDAYJULY ~, 1900.
VI. YEARS Al ASSESSMENTS d
Good Assessing Done in Burleigh county
Requires Few changes BY
County Board.
Some Comparative Figures ofthis years
Assessment with last years
Rolls.

The assessment Of property in Bur-
leigh county this year was well done,
and as a consequence fewer changes
We're 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 way
Of reductions Of property valuations,
and as a 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,O0O less than the total Of last
year. The personal property yalua-
ton is about $4,000 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
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 $517, 1872 as against s513,-
1863 last year. The live stock yaIua-
ton in the county is larger than this
year. The total number of horses n
year old returned this year is All, two
years old 319, and three and over
2,7115, The total valuation sofghorses
is $79,575. OF cattle, there are 3,617
one year old, 3,5O7 two years old, 3,942
cows and 166 all other cattle, amin
crease in number Of $500 over last
year, and. the total valuation of cattle
this year is S157, 1914. There are 49,
$40 sheep reported on the assessment
rolls at a total valuation of $24,529.
The total value Of goods and merchan-
disc is $69,8Ss5 and of bank stock $433,-
Gs7. The value Of household furni-
ture as reported is $27,7S4.
Of&real property returned the total
valuation is S2,137,S2O as against So
1862 for last year. There are &C.,
5s1 acres reported on the rolls at a
total valuation of S1,207,2 The
total valuation of town lots is $611,-
800 and Of improvements ON town lots
$$257,,76 The total value of improve
ments Q lands iss$31,53O.
IN the returns of the district asses
sors few changes were made, they be-
chandise in the city. Live stock val
BfG-tHEetEE E4IG- "s.h.E.E# Nsf"EN 49, ~ 49,
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 OF
property. In Painted Woods and
Ecklund the value of horses was re-
duced 10 per cent. In Menoken5 lands
were raised 8 per cent. In Apple
Creek, horses and cattle were raised
from ( to Is per cent. Horses were
raised in Boyd. In Logan lands were
raised % percent. Teller lands were
reduced per cent.
H The amount Of the tax levy for all
purposes ordered levied by the county
board is $4,000.