The Republican journal., 1906-02-01
ASSESSORS REPORT.

Live Stock. Polls Assessed 1o2,13I,
Exempted 13,23e indicating Gain in
Population.
The State assessors of Maine, Hon.
F. NJ. Simpson of Bangor, Hon. Otls
Havford of Canton and Hon. George
Pottle of Lewiston, have submitted
their annual report to Gov William I.
Cobb and the executive council, as fol-
lows:
''In compliance with the statutes of
the State, we respectfully submit here
with our annual report for the year
1905, which includes a tabular state
menr of all statistics contained in the
returns received from city and town
assessors, and schedules of all corpora
lions upon which State taxes were as
sessed during the year.
THE total valuation of the cities,
towns and plantations for April l, 1905,
as certified by the municipal assessors
amounts to 1929, 1926, 924, an increase OF
So. 80, SO over the valuation OF 1904.
The increase in real estate valuation Is
81. ST.. 394 and of personal estate $685.
4l6.
"The 20 cities of the State which con-
tain, approximately, Is per cent OF the
total valuation, contribute AZ per cent
VI lut IilCItdoC vi ~-.foft'NN' '''i'> 49,
towns and plantations containing 30 per
cent of the total valuation have fur
nished 81 per cent of the total gam or
50, 266, 400
The cotton mills of the State are as
sessed upon valuation of sl0,o94, l0l;
wooden mills 81, 4l9, 800; pulp and paper
mills, $. 3S5, $50; saw mills, 5000, l43;
other mills not classified, s1,e23, 32o:
machinery assessed separately and
principally connected with manufacture
ing plants. 81 13S, IA, There is also
property exempted from taxation,
mainly manufacturing property, valued
at SS24, 36l.
"The foregoing valuations OF tie va
rious manufacturing Industries us certl-
fled by local assessors are undoubtedly
made on a conservative basis ana GO
not fully represent the actual capltal
employed in manufacturing, nordo they
include the valuation of raw material,
goods in process of manufacture or the
finished products. They are assessed
separately from the land, mills and ma
chinery
The railroad buildings, land and i'm
provements, outside of the located right
of way which are subject to local taxa
ton. are assessed upon valuation or
So, 5S3, 4S9, and of street railroads, S137,-
$50.
The property of cities and towns,
not including school buildings, is re-
turned at valuation of 1929 356.
This property is exempt from taxation.
Money at interest and taxable
securities are assessed on valuation
of 81, Se9 514, an increase OF $3.50, 3f5
over amount assessed in 1904.
stock in trade is valued SlS, 00l,3 4b,
an increase of $685. $50. National bank
stock is valued S7,399, 29o, and trust and
banking company stock sl,69I, 323,
showing a small increase.
Logs and lumber are valued S2.e16,-
SCI, an increase of SOS, 49,: wood and
bark are valued s357, 6l6; carriages, ST.
22S 49,; automobiles, sll645S; and
musical instruments, 50, 056, 294
The value of live stock is S1+, Ill.,
222, a decrease of s2l, $40 from 1904.
The average values are somewhat
higher, but we regret to recold
marked decrease in the number OF
farm animals.
comparing with 1904, there is an in
crease Of 453 in the number of horses
and colts. Other kinds of live stock
show a failing off III numbers as fol
lows: Cows, So: oxen, 500; young
cattle, 1889: sheep, 27,676; and swine,
3,245.
The number of polls assessed is 1922
1871 and of those exempted from assess
ment as returned is IL, 239, total of
205. $40, an Increase of j, 123 above num-
Der reported in 1904, winch indicates
that the population of the State IS
steadily glowing.
he average amount assessed upon
each poll IS s. 80. The total amount of
taxes assessed upon property for State,
county and municipal purposes is So
OPS, l27, which is S26S, 539 more than the
amount assessed in 1901.
"The average rate of property taxa
ton is S2l.03 on each 81 900 valuation.
The average rate in 1904 was $50 81,
"The amount appropriated for the
maintenance OF highways and bridges
for 1908 is 81 $50, 800 which is approx
mateIy 500, 900 more than was appro-
priated IN 1904.
"The total amount of municipal IN
debtedness as returned is s. 002, sos, a
reduction of S434, 400 from the amount
reported i'll 1904.
''The combined municipal debt is .
equal to S24.30 on each 81 900 of total =
valuation.
cone hundred and forty four of the ;
municipalities report decrease of debt;
4VJ nave increased llelE ueDL, o4 ltpOlL
the same amount of Indebtedness and !
100 are free from debt, a considerable !
number reporting a surplus over any .
liabilities.
"TLe board has held during the year |
Is sessions III the several counties under !
the provisions of section five of cha pier .
eight, Revised Statutes, as follows:
four i'll Aroostook county; three in /
Oxford county; two in each of the !
counties of Hancock, Franklin, Lin /
coin, Penobscot, Somerset, Washing i
ton and York, and one each in Andro- |
scoggin, Cum berland. kennebec, Knox, |
Piscataquis, Sagadahoc and Waldo
counties.
"These meetings have been fully at
tended by city and town assessors, CIV
ing US every opportunity for inquiry, |
and an examination of nearly every
assessment book in the State.
The total amount of corporation
taxes assessed by the board during the
year is 81, 1917, 652. 80, an increase above
he amount assessed in 1904 of S75-
33l5G7. We append table showing
the amounts assessed against the ev-
eral classes of corporation for the years
1901 and 1905:
CORPORATION TAXES.
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