Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-20
TO COMPUTE TAXES
TREASURER HAS TABLE FOR
EASILY COMPUTING TAXES.
THE TAX RATE is 96 MILLS
Table Is Made for Computation Of the
Taxes Upon Property Within the
City Limits = Is Great Labor Saw
er How to Use 1t.

BY the use of table prepared by
The county treasurer and his assist.
ants, owners of property within the
city limits of Ottumwa can easily de-
termine what the amount of their
1903 tax levy now due will be. The
table is made only for the use of those
who have property within the city and
IL OF no value In determining the tax
upon property outside the city limits.
At the time the assessor makes his
estimate statement is left with each
property owner which will tell the
valuation set upon the property by the
assessor and which shows the amount
at which the property is returned to
the county auditor. By taking this
amount and following down the first
column of figures under the heading
of value till the same number is
found the amount of the tax can be
Instantly seen.
In the second column is given what
is called the consolidated tax. This Is
the total of the tax levied for state,
county and town purposes. In the third
column is the additional tax which is
put upon property within the water
limits of the city and the fourth
column is the amount Of tax added for
property which is within the light
limit. If the property is located in the
main portion of the city and is subject
to all these taxes the sum of the three
previous columns will be found in the
fifth column and will be the total tax
to which the property is subjected.
If one has property valued at $500
which is subject to all the taxes by
following down the first column till
the value $500 is given and then cross
- ss it<s.5a the fifth column the total
Z tax will at once appear as $3.50. If
the property is not subject to the wa
ter tax. subtract from the total the
amount found in the water column
which is 81, this will leave $3.50. II.
the property is not subject to the light
or water tax subtract also the amount
found in the light column which in
each case will be found identical with
the water and the tax due on the prop
erty Is $3.50 or the amount found in
The first column and known as the
consolidated tax.
To Facilitate Work.
This table has been prepared by
tIASoouA anu Ills dSSlSL-
ants and it's purpose is to facilitate the
computing of the taxes in each individ-
hal case. By the use Of the table sys-
TEN it is necessary to perform the
various necessary computations but
once where without it it would be alb
solutely necessary to perform them
thousands Of times or upon every oc-
casion when tax payer came to the
office for the purpose Of paying his
taxes.
The total levy due in 1904 is
DIG mills for property which is subject
to all the various taxes. OF this the
levy for state county and town pur-
poses is So mills. the water levy is S
mills and the light levy is the same.
1t is upon this basis that the table has
been figured out. It will be found that
the table progresses in multiples of
tive in the column of values and is
sufficiently complete to enable any one
TO find the value Of his property and
compute his tax without difficulty. The
Z table Is as follows: