Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-17
ASSESSORS
FIX VALUE
Total of Grant County Assessment Re-
turns Found to be So. 937. 1888.
co. CLERKS COMPILATION
Real Estate Valuation Given at Sl8,056, 8I9,
Personal Property at S4,88i06a.


The assessment rolls OF the vriaous
towns in the county are on file at
County Clerk Grifiis' Office and will
be published in an edition OF the Her
aid not far distant. Some radical
changes are shown in assessments
and equalization facts throughout /
Grant county as made this year COM
pared with last year and other pre-
vious seasons. These changes from
the old way OF assessing were brought
about through the state tax commits
sion and in compliance with the law
as it has always existed with refer
ence to assessing property at its full
or true value. In past years the let
ter and spirit of the law has been
wholly ignored and every official in
every precinct in the state has carried
ont his own ideas OF assessing. Be-
cause of this there has been no real
system or uniformity of values in the
different sections of the state and in
fact in no two subdivisions of
county has there been uniformity
of values
Last spring the state tax commits
sion took hold Of the matter in earn
est, but it is unfortunate that their
instructions were not made public
earlier. Assessors were taken BY sur
Prise and unable to comprehend that
the commission really meant what
their instructions implied-that they
must do their work according to law
or prosecution would follow. In
most of the towns, in the County at
least, there was an endeavor made TO
| comply, as is shown by a more than
doubling OF the property valuations
| as a whole. Some OF the towns and
villages have increased their assess
ments four fold, while in few in
stances there have been decreases
from past years. In these latter cases
there is no doubt that instructions
have not been needed, aud it viii re-
main with the County Board to right
the matter. With county overseer
of assessment, under the new law,
very much of this'discrepancy will be
removed. or at least ought to be
The total assessed valuation Of all
property in the county, real and per-
sonal, is $22 937,SS3. The total
assessed value year ago was 50. 276,-
425. 50. This shows an increase over
flast wears assessment Of $l3,j6l,
457 50.
The total value Of the land exclu-
siye oil the buildings is S9.Sls 025.7o.
The buildings and improvements are
valued at .703, 323. 50, and both the
land and buildings figure up to $14,-
/ 00l, S93
The city and village lots exclusive
OF the buildings, are listed at Ss43.-
$50. the buildings and improvements
at S1.7s7. 35S, and the total value of
citv and village lots aud improve
ments S given $1,000, 426. The total
value Of real estate lands and lots
with improvements is Sls 056. So
The total number of acres Of land in
the county is 72l,7 59. the average
value per acre being $l94o.
Besides receiving the attention Of
til state board in apPartioning the
state tax 10 the county this assess
ment governs the apportionment u
the county tax to towns, but is used
only as returned by the assessors by
the towns IN raising the town tax for
4 current expenses.
The total valuation Of all the towns,
cities and villsges in the county q
reported by the assessors il given Ter
low together with the total valuation
reported last year, by which a com
4 parisou is shown.