Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-08-15

sleeping and dining Car companies is a
difficult problem for the reason that
the roads either operate their own
cars, or have an interest in them,
which is claimed to be assessed under
the general assessment.
The board is busy this afternoon
with the consideration Of real estate.
1t is expected the total assessed valua-
tion of property in the state will
rerch about $12O,OOO,OOO.
Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 13-The
total assessed valuation Of property
in the state this year will be consider
ably greater than that Of last year.
The increases in real estate assessment
made by the state board amount to
more than s6,0o0Oo0. Real property
was returned by the assessors through
the state at $40, O,255,671. The county
boards of equalization raised these
figures to S71, ,599,4S7. When the state
board completed their equalization,
the total figures stood at $77, 759, ,637,
an increase of $7,500,00O over the tig-
ures first returned by the assessors.
AS equalized by the state board,
the figures show there are 1929, 742
acres OF land on the tax rolls of the
state. The valne Of the land exclu-
sive of structures is $62, 100, 487.
Structures on the land are assessed at
So, 45O, 466. Town lots in the state are
assessed at s4,9s3, ,92O and structures
on lots at S6,5l4, 764.
The extent to which tie assessed
valuation of land is increased in the
big counties, is shown in the follow
ing approximate figures: Cass county
is increased about 100000 from the
figures returned by the county board;
Traill county is increased 5000, 900;
Walsh county is increased a little
more than million dollars; Richland
gets an $500, 900 increase: Barnes is in
creased 5000, 900; Grand Forks is in
creased over million dollars; Morton
gets boost of half million; Penn
bina is increased $3.50, 200; Ramsey
$500, 900 and Stark 100000. The other
counties are increased by only small
amounts.
The total personal property values
in the state are s25,229 7O6. These
figures will probably be increased by
the state board to approximately $685.
100000. Taking these figures, the
following would show the approximate
total Of all property in the state for
purposes of assessment this year:
Railroad property ..,....S 1896, l57
Express cOmpanies........ l39, 22O
Real property. u, 739, ,637
Personal property 26,5O0, 600
Total valuation of all pxop. 1928, O75, Ola
The increase in. railroad property
over the valuation last year.is 81, ,32s,-
632. The increase in valuation of
real property is over s4,0ooOoo. At
tax rate of 3.s mills for general pur-
poses, this valuation would raise
about s47O, 900 annually.
This morning the state board made
the following increase in the valua-
tion Of goods and merchandise through
the state: Bottineau, 10 per cent:
Grand Forks, 20 per cent; Mcintosh,
10 per cent; Mclean, 30 per cent;
Rolette, 20 per cent; Trail, 10 per
cent; Walsh, 20 per cent. Decreases:
Benson, 10 per cent: Pembina, per
cent.
Structures on lots were increased as
follows; Mclean, 25 per cent: Nor
ton, 20 per cent; Pembina, per cent;
Ramsey, 40 per cent; Steele, 10 per
cent; Trail, 5 per cent: Walsh, 20 per
cent.
At the session Of the state board
the values of live stock have been
equalized. The values of horses 3
years old and over are as follows: In
Cass, Grand FORKS, Pembina, Rich
land, Walsh, Steele and Trail coun-
ties, $40 each; Barnes, Benson, Cava-
lier, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, Nelson,
Ramsey, Towner, s37; Bottineau,
Dickey, LaMoure, Pierce, Ransom,
Rolette, Sargent, Stutsman and Wells
counties, s34; Burleigh, Emmons: Kid
der, Logan, McHenry, Mcintosh, Nc
Lean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Ward,
Williams counties, $50; Stark and Bill.
lings counties, S26.
Horses two years old were equalized
at the same proportion Of values from
sl6 in Stark and Billings counties to
s26 in the larger counties in the easu-
ern part of the state. Horses one
year old we're equalized from $40 to
SIG, according to counties.
Cows were equalized at SIG through
the state; cattle two years old were
equalized at SIG; cattle one year old at
$40 and all other cattle at s22.
Sheep were eQualized at sl.7O, hogs
at s3, melodeons and organs at sl5;
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