Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-11-11
TAX STATISTICS
IN NEW MEXICO
Gathered From Official iOurc.
Is With interesting
arrangement.
WORTHY OF CAREFUL READING


The assessment Of mo territory for
1906 totals ff2.57S, 7a2. an Increase Of
over half a million DOLLAR over that
81 the year previous. brought about
BY the fact thai tho ~ raso A North
eastern railway b taxed Tor the first
t|uic in OtOfo county. Tho exceptions
amount io f3.b2S.lG4.11. an increase
of over si00N90 over last ear. leas-
lax the asacsampnf FOR taxation puf.
poses almost $500 600 creator than IN
the year nrrvious Had u not been
Tor heavy LOSSES la cattis aud sheep
on the fnngc during the winter and
spring oi ieUf.igNh due 90 Inadequate
shelter and lack of provision Tor feed.
Ing. the assessment would show
much greater increase. San Miguel
county takes the lQad In assessments.
rs total for 1865 helms st,O30,1s2.
ficfnaiili0 county 81 second with
total OF t3fT2 asa. and Chavoa county
third with S1.2z2. 3ab Other co1nties
having an assessment over $4,000. COO
are: Cnlfax. $3.50 SIS. Grant 81
siO.95O. Socorr0. t2.333.56os Roma
Ana, " 300 it2.Bo: Kddy. f2.036.36o.
aud Otero. e2027.ea7. The counties
having an asscaament OF bet wecn ti,-
10000 ana $1,000 600. are. Santa We.
ti.7o6.b72; Union, tl,7l4.627, Luna,
1883. bfS Valencia, si.3i5074; Mora.
ti.3ii 1876 sierra. 81 .ss76G5. Rio Ar
riba. si.0f5, sea. llncoln. ti,eff.535.
Roosevelt sl.Oif.S26 The counties
with az assessment roll Of less than
81 900 600 are. Mckinley tsag .473
San Juan. f9i7.7ie: Guadalupe, ss2a..
3ia sandoyal, fSi0.SSs. Taos. s720.f
Col; Quay fbS9.723, and Torrance,
, Sgt9.aSi
In comparison, h VIII he Interesting
10 note the amount Of territorial tax
/, es paid by each county for the year
} ending jane 30. 1895 san Miguel
contributed tf31S9. The following
cosniies contributed over $4,000
I Chavez fis.g2l; Bernaiillo f39.09i
y Grant f3a177 Colfax. s3e,St7; ant
: Union. 2O,f22 Those thar contributed
]. between s2O.0O0 and $4,000. we're
4 Eddy. so. 3eS. Soc0rro 1910. DOM
q Ana, S25 soc. while the following pail
/. into the territorial treasury between
$4,000 and s2O.O00: Luna fia.662
Otero. fie.a97. Sierra, siSog6. sanii
Il Ne. sif2iG: Valencia. ti6.e0l Lincoln
q &l6.i7n. Mckinley, Si3.52G: Mora
a ei0.5g7. Guadalupe. sl02f0. tn
h. showing of several counties Wonld b
much poorer were n not TOT taxes pai
=. by railroads in some counties the raj
O. roads having contributed over one
a half of the taxes collected The couf
u ties IN which less than $4,000 terri
4. torial taxes were collected. were. ri
Of Arrlha sS.Sf2. san Juan. es.4is
~ Roosevelt. 81 .9G7, Quay. 1857: Tao
"a t6.Sl6 and Ssndoval. s6fai
n. The most interesting comparison 4
however. the per capita assessment I
nj each county less the railroad assea
l.. ment aud exemptions, and the ID
a capita taxes paid. Taking the schOs
census Of 1905 for the basis, the %
h. capita assessment Ol The conntit
81 ranges a. follows; Chayes, ef0Si
ri The only other counties having a d,
OF capita assessment exceeding 5000 are
Do Eddy, S23iG9. Quay. t2lf.4i, an
II Lana y20is3, IN all four the prll
o. cipal wealth being IN stock. especial
pe cattle
n Counties having q per capita asses
y ment Of between el0O and $500. are
er sierra ti95.T3; coliax. tls9.7S, vi
Kinley. si77.9S; Otefo. tih6.4e; "a
~ Jtae. si52.S3; Lincoln. ti4l.f7. Rooa
w welt. sii0.69; San Miguel. eilS.28. IA
Bernallllo. eilS92. The counties
20 which the per capita assessment
IN less than 500, are: Torrance. t9s So
u DOna Ana. s96.2as socorro. 1920
=. Guadalupe. 5000, Santa Re, $685.
~ Valencia, t1229s Sand0vel. $685..
Mora. t6a a; Rio Arriha eso.as. an
2. Taos. t3G.7G, In other words. Chavs
~ county "a eleven times a. rich y,
~ capita 10 40 II Taos county: almoi
~ six times as rich a. Santa Fe count,
le almost four times as rich as Be