River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-12-12
Prepare to Kick.

OA0h Gh1 lnul
currence not excepting an exasperat-
ing temperature OF 45 degrees below re-
roor ll0ab This year there will be
special occasion and fine opportun-
ity to kick with both feet. Taxes are
high in this city. St. Croix county's
county and state tax is less by $4,000
than 1t was last year which affects the
first ward fayorably in proportion,
but the tax Of this city is larger by
nearly $4,000 than last year. The
kicking will start on the line of asses
sment. People have been told that
extravaganza valuation does not affect
the tax, because the rate is lowered
In proportion as the valuation is
raised. To this statement there
arises the exception OF that portion
OF the tax that demands the pay
ment OF certain percentage on the
aggregate assessed valuation, as the
mill tax. Many will look at the
question Of local assessment by COM
parison. But, not outstanding all the
kicking, the taxes will be collected.
Taxes are inevitable, and their col
lection is provided for with certainty.
The total tax of the city-all four
wards-is $l622O.63. 1t is made up II
the following items: State tax OF that
part of the city in Pierce county
81 402 26; County tax for the same,
81, 2O9 28; County school tax, ditto,
S547 SO. State tax Of 1st ward 10 st
C:oix county, 500 20; County tax,
ditto, $40 Al; County school tax for
same, $63.S1; General tax $4,000;
Electric Light bonds, $500; Water
bonds, So, 100; School tax, SO. 1896. or
the total tax Of $l6,220.4l, the 1st
ward is TO pay $779.42.
The assessed valuation of the city
in 1900 wa 1856, 1859; ia 1901, $749, 1913.
The rate OF tax In the city last year
was, for the 1st ward, 03007 on the
dollar; for the other three wards,
.025947. This year for the 1st ward it
is .023S39; three wards in Pierce
county, 02l63l.
The state and county tax of the
lst ward last year was $242. ~. This
year 1t is $21l4S. The total tax of
that ward last year was s7O1 OF; this
year, $779.42.
NtS school district tax this year is
81, 1856. or this sum the city must
pay Sc, 74S So; that part of the district
lying in the town of Kinnickinnic,
1895; in Troy outside of the city,
$249.25; in town of River Falls,
$264.45.
The amount Of district tax voted
at the annual school meeting Is
$500, but the district is required to
raise 1856 to he paid Feb. /, 1902, &C
cording to resolution passed at the
special school meeting July 81, 1899.
This resolution provided for hiring
So, 500 to complete the new addition
to the school house, $4,000 which was
to be paid Feb l, 1901; $500 on Feb. l,
1902 and the balance, Feb /, 1903.
1t would be interesting to inquire
as to what part Of the whole tax to
be raised, $l6,2204l, goes TO the sup
port OF educational institutions. The
district tax, 1886, plus the county
school tax, $6ll77, plus the one-mill
tax, $749 81, plus the city proportion
of the 100000, for high school aid
and the 100000 graded school aid,
which is, approximately, $1,000; total
Of $9717.64. Nor does this cover the
entire proportion of tax devoted to
education, as the appropriation for
the State University, Normal Schools,
the State Schools, etc, are included
in the balance. The tax for the sup
port of these institutions aggregates
something like 100000 a year. or
this we pay such proportion as our
assessed valuation bears to that Of
the state.
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