The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-23
Valuation of Property in State
$3SS,724,4SG.
Increase of Twenty-four Mil.
lions Over County Estimates.
SHAWNEE DECREASED.
of Is Per Cent. AL.
lowed on Real Estate.
County Returned Higher Yalu-
alton Than Last Year.

At noon today the report of the state
board of equalization was completed
and made public.
The board determines the total taxa
bic property in the state TO be $685., 724,-
$50, instead of 1864, 724, 221 as reported
by tie county clerks, net increase OF
$34. 600 259.
Last year the total taxable property
WIS increased only S7.0OO,0Oo by the
state board over the valuations as Re
turned by the county clerks.
Shawlee county asked for a decrease
of 20 per cent, and was given decrease
of Is per cent. This reduces ths valua-
ton from ST. 700, 597 as returned by the
county clerk, to $15,3f6. 1853, a net saving
to the county of -, S34 in taxable
property. Last year the county was
taxed oA SIS, 557 900 worth of property,
so this years valuation is less than in
1902
This decrease in Shawnee county was
not granted because of flood damage.
This is stated emphatically by members
of the board. They reduced the Shaw
nee valuation simply because the as
SCISSORS in this county valued property
on 30 per cent basis, and returned val
uations on all classes OF property which
were higher than the general average
for other counties of the state similarly
situated. That flood damage had moth
ing to do with the boards action is
shown by the 20 per cent increase in
personal property which was given 10
Wyandotte county.
Last year Shawnee county secured a
reduction of 10% per cent in valuation.
This year it Jared much better and the
total decrease given to Shawnee county
($2. 323, $40 is about half of the aggre-
gate decrease for the entire state 90
977. O4O). Shawnee county is one of the
sixteen counties in the state to secure
any reduction whatever.
The board has fixed the rate at .0O64
mills Last year the rate was .0055.
This is an increase of nine-te of a
MIL.
In general, the board made a very
sweeping increase in the valua tons
throughout the state. The total in
crease in ga counties was $29, 971 ,299. The
total decrease in sixteen counties was
IS. 977 .04O.
The counties in which the assessed
valuation was allowed to remain as re-
ported by the county clerk were Anders
Coffey, Decatur. Edwards, Elk, Ellis.
Cove, Graham, Grant Gray, Greeley.
Hodgeman, Kearney, Lane. Linn, Lo~
gan, Lyon, Sedgwick. Sheridan, Sher>
man. Thomas, WoOdsOn.
The assessment of personal property
in Wyandotte county was raised 20
per cent. This increases the Wyandotte
county assessment from $17,S1s. 400 to
81. 945, 534
Sedgwick county was allowed to re-
county clerk Leavenworth county was
raised 2 per cent, making its revised
valuation $9,739. 066.
One of. the largest total increases OF
any county in the state was Douglas.
where the increase was SO per cent, and
resulted in a net gain in valuation of
81 .557 696. The largest increase in the
state was in Atchison county, where
the board raised the valuations 4S per
cent, making an increase of 1882. 4S9
The board made no changes whatever
in the valuation of the railroad, tele-
phone and telegraph property of the
state. as returned by the board of rail-
road assessment
The total amount of taxes for state
purposes which the assessment will
raise during 1908 is 81. 4S7 .S3s
The following table shows the total
state tax which each county is expected
to pay. 1t also shows the per cent of
increase or decrease in the valuat ton
granted by the board of equalizati0
over the total valuation returned by the
county clerks