Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-08-07
TAXES ARe BOOSTED.
Council Fixes X at 8 Mills, 40 Against
az, Mills Last Year.


Il s,.1 $500
Soune'' rHes W., 0s'''s
~ $3.50 1910 ,'s ,ooo
$50 80 Ak Mills Mills
Railway as. b.
sessment $ 51,30T,950 5 $685., 297
Total tax
able val
ue OF all
property. 572,S4O,391 637,9S5,369
Increase In
railroad
assessment 5'229,3A1
Increase In
taxable
value all ,~.,
property 65,144,97s
With an increase OF over $4,000, 900
In the railway assessment and an in.
,rooso =, ~ tavoh,o valve ~ oil
:"
properly III the sta'e Vi iioie 'haii
sos ,O0OSOO. the executive council COM
pleted it's work on assessments last
evening. The state levy was fixed at
. ,,;,,s ~ ono.holf mil, lace tban n
80, 80 ~ oo,,no,,
was niaue yea, aso 'oun.''
equaiiZed the Vaiues on farm ianas
as returned by the counties, raising
some OF. the counties and lowering
pthers. and placing the adjusted act.
10, ,o,,,a - al tarn, ,onas n low,
800 ~. a. no. 30
" $l'4ot ,o1o' 'oV' VI ou' SA'o-s''Vo
higher than the actual value OF the
same property as reported by the
auditors.
The following summary OF the as
easements results was given out by
Governor Cummins at the desire OF
the executive council:
The aggregate actual value OF all
the real property OF the state as re-
ported by the assessors, less exemp'
tons is l.sG4,364,56l.
The council made no attempt to
squallze or change the reported value
OF town lots, but did cqualize, as be-
tween counties. farm lands.
1t accepted substantially the report
OF the assessors as being the pest
evidence OF the actual value OF the
real property in the state
The equalized value is fixed by the
council al $l,S6b.3SS,Z64
The actual value OF the personal
property OF the state, as reported by
the assessors, is $44S,865,674. This
amount gas not changed.
After all deductions are made by
way OF exemptions, the assessed vaiue
ot both real and personal properly,
not assessed by the executive coun-
eli is $57S,64l,624
The actual value OF the railway
property OF the state as nxed ny the
council, is $56, 537 Eye
The assessed value, as hxed by the
council, is $$56,537 ,297. )
The aggregate actual value OF the
telegraph, telephone, express, sleep
Ing car equipment. and lnterurban
railway property, as flxed by the coun'
Gil, is $l1,22G122. The assessed val.
ne, $2,S06, $50.
The total assessed value OF the tax
able property in the state is $685.
9S5,3G9.
AS compared with last year, the act
uaI value of the railroad property is
increased $2O,9l7,3SS. The assessed
value is increased $5,229,347. This
includes the increased mileage.
The present assessment OF farm
lands and town lots is 10 per cent
above the assessment OF 1901.
The present assessment OF farm
lands alone is l1.2 per cent ABOVE inc
assessment Of 1901
The present assessment OF raliroao
property IS ~ per cent ABOVE the as
sessment OF 1901, ana ~ per GEM
above the assessment OF l9o2.
In making the ABOVE com parsons
the improvements added 70 rcai prop
erty, ana inc extensions OF rairoads
are included
NO comparison between me assess
ment OF real property IN WV ano
1903 IS MADE. because neai properly
was not assessed IN lso2' except &C
ADD new Duildihes.
Inc Reported actua, value VI ianus
aaJus'eu : dc.ual .a'ue