Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-09-20
TOTAL ASSESSMENT.
The Rolls Show q Net Gain In vaIua.
ton Of ot,656,045.

Vne Role snow Net Gain In valua.
ton Of et,656,o45.
The total assessment of New Mexico
for 1902 is $41,1Os.745. against S3s..
90i. $3.50 In 1901. The exemptions from
taxation this year amount to $2.474,-
ISL. against $1,927.941 In 1901. leaving
a net gain in taxable valuation dur
ing the past year of 81 ,s56,945.
The assessment rolls of only four
counties meet the requirements of the
law. they being those of Bernalillo,
Chaves. Grant and Mckinley. The as
sessment rolls of two counties, Santa
Fe and Rio Arriba, fail to show a sum-
mary of the different classifcations OF
assessable property. San Miguel coun-
~ leads In the amount of assessment
gained since last year. 1t being now,
according to the assessment returns,
the richest county In the territory.
having passed Bernalillo In that re-
spect. The county gained $685. 900.
Santa Fe county made the second larg-
est increase in wealth. SEQ 900; then
comes Guadalupe with s212,o00; Eddy
$500 600; Chaves, $4,000; Taos. $780,
600; Otero. $16l 900; Sierra, $l53.O0O;
Luna. Sl22 600; Colfax. $4,000; Dona
Ana, $4,000; Union. SCI 600: Rio Ar
riba. $4,000; Socorro. s37 900; Mora.
$4,000; and San Juan. s537 The
counties that lost In wealth are Grant.
1882 600; Mckinley. S222 200. Berna-
lilo. sl2a.00u; Valencia. $4,000; and
Lincoln. 50 800.
The taxable wealth per capita In
each county is as follows, Chaves
county leading In that respect this
year the same as last year. The per
capita assessment % Chaves county.
exclusive Of railroads and telegraph
lines, IS $3.50. Eddy second with $500
per capita. and the other counties as
follows: Sierra. $3.50: Union. S33l:
Otcro. S269; Lincoln. s2iS: Cclfax.
SECS. Guadalupe. s2SO, Grant, $500:
Luna. s2l6; san Miguel. $751;; Berna-
lilo. $3.50. San Juan. Sl2S; Dona Ana,
sl23; Santa Fe, SILL; Socorro. Sis;
| Valencia. sio9; Mora, 1914; Mckinley.
sec: Rio Arriba, $5l: and Taos. $50.
/ The per capita assessment for the ter.
ritory Is $40. II the per capita assess
ment of the territory were like that of
/ Chaves county. which in the opinion
OF many, il ought TO be. the total as
sessed valuation of New Mexico would
be $l40, 600 900, and that of the diff
ferent counties as follows: Bernalillo,
sl5.00o.00o; San Miguel, slS.50o 600;
Santa Fe. $1,000 900; Valencia and Rio
Arriba each. ss.500.0O0. Socorro. ST.
100000; Dona Ana. s7,0o000c; Taos
and Grant. each. Sc 600 geo; Cclfax. So
500. 600: Mora. s6l25,o0o; Union. 3d.
500 600; Mckinley and Guadalupe.
each, SO. 200. 900; Lincoln, 100000,
Otero. 81 500 600: San Juan. s2.750,-
Geo, Luna, s.. 500 600; Sierra. s2,25o.-
600. and Eddy. s2l25,oo AS It is,
the assessment return for each county
Is, San Miguel leading: San Miguel,
s4,567 600: Bernalllo. Si.li9,00o; Col
fax. S2.934 900; Chaves. s2.906. 600:
Grant. 81, 904 coo: Santa Fe. 81. 269 600;
Dnna Ana. s2.lG5,00o; Socorro. 81 1867
goo. Union. $2.02i 600: Valencia. ST.
967 000; Eddy, 1882 600, Sierra, sl,-
$4,000; Luna. s1.427 600; Otero, ST.
2ss.0C0; Guadalupe, $3.50 600; Mora.
si.2i5. 900; Lincoln. sl,22s.o0o; McKin-
ley. $3.50 900: Rio Arriba. $500 600:
Taos. S696 900; San Juan, s6l6o0o. 1t
must be remembered that no railroads
are assessed in San Juan, Otero, Lin
coin and Guadalupe counties. as new
railroads are assessed only six years
after construction. In Chaves, Luna.
Union, Grant and Dona Ana counties
: the railroad mileage is only assessed
In part Singular as are the discrepan-
cies In the various counties In the per
capita assessment, they are still more
startling In the per cent OF levied
l taxes collected, and strange To say, II
Is In the counties having the lowest
per capita assessment that the ratio OF
levied taxes collected during the past
: year is the lowest, ranging from 40 to
: over 60 per cent