Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Trustees Meet.

The township trustees and the coun-
ty commissioners met in joint session
on Monday to adopt basis OF assess
ment for 1905.
The same basis was adoDted that was
in force last year, excepting that this
year no horses can be listed as ponies
and no cattle can be listed as western
and southern. ALI horses and cattle
are listed as domestics. Grain and |
feed will not be listed this year, as has
been the custom for several years.
Govan Mills of Lake City was elected |
chairman of the meeting and E. A.
Miller of Medicine Lodge, secretary.
The following basis was adopted:
1t was decided that all taxable property be
listed at its cash value, deduct constitutional
exemption and assess the balance of prop-
erty at 1917 per cent.
Land, per acre. ..................Sl 90 to 90 |
Domestic horses six months old
and under one year......... 900 to Is 90
Domestic horses one year old and
under two years. ........... IS 90 to q 90
Domestic horses two years old and
under three. ....:............... "A 90 to 80 90
Domestic horses three years old
and over. -. ........... 80 90 to 90 90
STATIONS, ~ times service fee.
Cattle six months old and under
one year lsteersl $12 (heifers).. COL
Cattle one year old and under two
years (steers) s1S, (heifers). Zoo
Cattle two years old and under
three years tsteers) $24. {heifers) 15O
Cattle three years old and over,
:'ss:: -. -: i f:s
Mules and asses six months old
and under one year. ............ Is 90 to 81 90
Mules and asses one year old and
under two. :. :. ............... "a 90 to 50 co
Mules and asses two years old and
under three. -. .......,.. 30 90 to 80 90
Jacks, 20 times service fee.
Sheep six months old and over. $50
Hogs six months old and over. seper 10;
Farm Observation-Disclosures
wagons, discretion of assessor.
Pleasure carriages Of every de-
scription-discretion of assessor
Gold filled or Gold Watches-dis-
erection of assessor. ...........
Silverine or Silver Watches-dis-
erection of assessor. ...........
Plate and DISQUALIFICATION of
| Pianofortes, discretion of assessor
| Other Musical Instruments same
| All interest on bonds of the Unit
All bonds and interest on bonds
of any state, county, district or
municipality. -............ face value.
taxation ................ ....... face value.
| Stocke in any company or corpo-
ration. .......... .......... face value.
Shares In national banks. face value.
Moneys. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. face value.
Credits less bad accounts. 49,. face value
| Average amount Of merchants
stock for preceding year. 3
| value. Z" "
| Average amount of merchants
| moneys and credits for proceed
| ing year, actual value. -. . -
| Average amount OF Manufacture
| ers stock for preceding year,
| &C tual value ............ $3.50. .,
Average amount of manufactur-
| ers moneys and credits for pre-
ceding year, actual value - . - I"
| Shares in any vessel or boat . actual value
Tax Tax s sale eert inca face
| Notes, face value. .....:. " I"
| Mortgages, face value . &"
| Aggregate value of all other per-
| sonai property, discretion of as
| assessor,
The following trustees were present:
j. M. Demint, Cedar; F. F. Root, Ea.
gle; Thos. Kinkaid, Elm Mills; Tip
McCracken, Elwood; Goyan Mills. Lake
City; E. A. Miller, Medicine Lodge;
Cyrus Yoke, Mingona; A. r. Green
street, McAdoo; R. l.. Groendycke,
Nippawalla; Geo. Brough, Moore; VIM.
Gesner, Kiowa; w. G. Afford, Hazel.
ton. The trustees Of Aetna, Deerhead,
Sun City, Turkey Creek and Valley
townships were not present.