The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-08
CHANGE IS MADE IN
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Personal Property Exceeding
5000 to Be Taxed. \
UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM
Real Estate TO Be Assessed at
80 Per Cent of Value

At the meeting of the board of county
court room yesterday afternoon, a change
was made in the method of assessment
for this year which will add greatly 10
the list of taxpayers in the county and
will make difference by thousands of
dollars in the taxes paid.
1t was resolved that all personal prop
erty be assessed at fair cash value and
that the constitutional exemption of 500
allowed to heads of families, be deducted
from the cash valuation. and the 80 per
cent then taken from the remainder for
assessment
Under this rule the list of taxpayers
will be increase For example, a per-
son has personal property valued at 5000
the former way was to take thirty per
cent for assessment which would be $3.50,
then when the constitutional exemption
of 500 was deducted, there was nothing
left, and the owner had no taxes to pay.
With the present plan the $500 exemp-
ton is taken from the $500 and then
thirty per cent of the remainder is taken
for assessment making s120 on which
taxes will be required. In this manner
many who have never had any taxes to
pay will this year be assessed a small
sum which will add up into thousands
owing to the larger number of whom
taxes will this year be required.
The real estate will be assessed at so
per cent of a fair cash valuation.
The following is the list for the assess
ment of personal property, showing the
cash valuation as adopted by the mem
bers present.
Horses and mules (road or driving),
800, $50.
Horses and mules farm or draf) first
class, $50 500.
Horses and mules farm or draft sec
ond class. $40. $50.
Horses and mules farm or draft third
class s25, $40
Stallion and jacks So times service fee.
Fat steers including all in feed lots,
$500 per head
Fat cows, including all in feed lots,
5000 per head.
Mich cows, first class, s35, SIS.
Mich cows, second class. $50, $50.
Mich cows. third class. So $50.
Stock cattle years old, $50. $50.
Stock cattle years old, SIS, $40.
Stock cattle. year old, s12, SIS.
Hogs, per hundred. $500
Hay, per ton, $500 to 500.
Oats per bushel 35c.
Corn, per bushel, 40c.
Wheat. per bushel. No. 2. SOC.
Wheat, per bushel, No. 3. eoc.
Cane seed. per bushel, 60c.
Millet, per bushel, SOC.
Kaffir corn, per bushel, 6oc.
Sweet potatoes. per bushel, $500
Alfalfa seed. per bushel. $500.
Fat sheep, per hundred, 800
Stock sheep, per hundred, $500
Out of the % trustees from the different |
townships q were present and all seemed
very much interested in the proceedings
of the meeting. There were frequent
arguments on the valuations of the per-
sonal property, but always in the end the
questions were carried by large majorities |
of the members present. a new thing !
for this years country assessors is a book !
for the entering up of a horticultural |
report. which requires a long list Of
questions
Sol Nighswonger. of Viola township, |
was chosen as chairman of the meeting /
and l.. j. Biggs of Eagle acted as sec +
rotary. At the close of the meeting a
box of cigars were presented TO the mem
bers by W. L. Appling.