The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-06
COmmis ssiOners VIII Probably Add a
Large Sum to States Receipts
at the Present Session.
BIG GAIN IN MARION COUNTY
ASSESSMENT OF REALTY INCREASED
$25,O12,O25 OVER 1902.
Many Counties Show Similar Appre-
citation i'm Land Notwithstanding
Statistics Before the Board.

The State Board of Tax Commissioners
yesterday gave out complete list of the
assessment returns from the auditors of the
ninety-two counties. The figures show that
the true value per acre, including improve
ments, of all the land in the State by coun-
ties, the total assessment in each county
and the gain and loss compared with 1902.
Marion county leads all the counties in
the amount of total assessment in the in
crease over 1902 The total assessment of
this county this year is sl66, ,S25, ,455. The gain
over last years assessment is .025.
The average improved value of all the land
in Marion county, including the improve
ments. is s5617 which is a much higher
value than the returns show for any other
county.
The counties with the largest assessments
are Marion, Allen. Elkhart. Grant, Lake,
Montgomery, st. Joseph, Tippecanoe, Van
derburg. Vigo and Wayne. Among sthe
counties - showing the smallest assess
ments are Blackford, Brown Crawford,
Dearborn, Dubois. Franklin. Harrison. Jas
per- Jennings, Lawrence, Martin, Orange,
Owen, Perry, Pike, Pulaski. Scott, Starke,
and Switzerland.
THE LARGEST GAINS.
over 1902 are Behton. Cass, Delaware.
Grant, Madison, Marion and Warren. The
counties showing the smallest gains are
Blackford. Brown, Clark, Crawford, Clay,
De Kalb, Owen and Harrison. Three coun-
ties show losses from last year-F1oyd, Ohio
and Switzerland.
The counties that show the largest as
sessments per acre are Bartholomew,
nj
ware, Grant, Hamilton, Hancock Upton,
Shelby, Hendricks. Marion, Vanderburg
The counties that show the smallest assess
ment per acre are Brown, Crawford, Dear
born. Dubois, Harrison. Owen, Pulaski and
Starke.
The assessment of indianapolis has not
been completed yet. and the valuation on
the property of this city has been esti-
mated in the. returns made to the State
Tax Commissioners. The valuation of the
apolis is $50, 74S 2sO. and the estimated value
of the real estate in the city is $110077, ,225
The Tax. Commissioners are now in the
midst of the session TO readjust real-estate
assessments in every part of the State This
session will continue until the latter part
of the month, when the board will go into
executive session and decide upon what
changes are to be made in the returns of
the county auditors.
VALUATION PER ACRE.
The following figures show the assessed
valuation per acre, including improvements.
of all land in the State:
Adams, ,957 acres $2S.5S an acre; Allen,
406, ,709 acres, $2S6l an acre; Bartholomew W.
25O67S acres, LA an acre: Benton. 255 449
acres, $45.02 an acre. Blackford. 103. PA acres
So As an acre; Boone, 263, 25S acres $3S 25 an
acre: Brown. 199.S57 acres. $6-14 an acre; Car
roll. 234. 40 acres. sSs5 an acre; Cass. 256 M
acres. 5000 an acre; Clark, 235,576 acres.
s1s.65 an acre: Clay. 22S.5s2 acres. s2515 an
acre; Clinton, 255, 402 acres, $34.2S an acre;
Crawford, 1907l6 acres. $5.13 an acre: Da-
viess, 26S. .925 acres. sag an acre: Dearborn
| lS6 6S2 acres, $l6.21 an acre; Decatur 230 977
| acres SIS 50 an acre; De Kalb 225 $50 acres
| $3.50 an acre; Delaware, 242, 26S acres, $3S an
| acre: Dubois, 266 10i acres, $11.39 an acre:
Elkhart. 2Sl,2l4 acres, $27.S7 acre: Fay
| ette 1860 acres. S31.S5 an acre; Floyd
a0074 acres $20.6S acre; Fountain, 245 500
acres $2s. Al an acre; Franklin. 249.0s1 acres,
$lS07 an acre; Fulton, 231 .065 acres, $24 81 an
| acre: Gibson 36, ,615 acres. $25.16 an acre.
Grant, 252. .423 acres. $37 an acre: Greene
! 342 0s5 acres. $l7.s1 an acre; Hamilton 249 $50