The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
CITY ASSESSMENTS
VALUES OF MONTGOMERY PROP
 ERTY ARE C0MPILED.
MT. Bentanim shows That Increase in
 10Oe Over 1905 Was @sSJ,92S- Treasmrer New Collec ing Tmxea

An increase In the assessed valua- ton of the property in t.le city Of Montgomery of 3625.923 for 1906 over the valuation for 1905 is .hown by the city assessment rolls, which have been checked over and figured up M. A.. Benjamin, who was employed by the city officials to take charge of the work of the compilation of the roll.
 Mir. Benjamin has just completed the work of compiling the figures of the city's assessment. and found that the total assessed valuation of the city for aganist s17.Ils,s27 for 1905. consid- erably over half of the increase Is on personal property, as shown by the following comparative rtatement:
 Valuation of real estate 1908
 ... ...e... ... ... ..$l2,6SS,OS0 Valuation of personal prop
 erty 1908 ..... S'osA,szo Total assessed valuation,
 1906 ...lfsttsyssV Valuation of real estate1so5 $12,4os.1S5 Valuation of personal proper ty 1905 =. ...... 4'tot'4zs Total assessed valuation
 Increase 1906 over 1905 ..s s25.ssa The assessment upon various class es of property, as figured up by MT. Benjamin, Is as follows,
 Street railroads . ...i ....$ 301.50o Printing presses and material 41,350 Stoeks of goods ,S31s s24O Household furniture ... .. 145,5S0 Libraries ~. ... .... 16,66o Jewelrys etc. .s.. Z6s4oO Pianos and organs S5,94s Clocks and watches ,.. ... 1S,S5l Vehicles ...... 53,53o Bicycles, typewrteirs. etc. ... s.37t tools .. .... ... .. s7,2O5 Safes and store fixtures .. 4659a Safes and store fixtures .. 4s,590 Guns and pistols ... .... 2s32S Horses, mules and cattle ss.s7o Money .. ... ... ...... 36,37) Solvent credits ... ..... ... 142,10; Bank shares =. .. ..... q. 1,Ss7.114 Shares of other corporations 211,S41 Bonds (not exempt) ... ... 1875 Roadbed, right-of-way and roll
 ing stock of railroads ...., .l3SS,6s1
 roads ... 1,s0O Telephones and teIegraphs .. 35,23i All other property. not ciassi- ned. ss.ss AootooV
 The taxes that are to De collected upon thsi assessment roll aggregate, with the paving bond assessments due in 1906. to nearly quarter of mil- lion dollars.i The character and amount of taxes levied for various purposes are as follows:
 Levy for general taxes ss.s6734 Levy for bonded debt ,....111,os4.71
 Total taxes on general
 roll ... ... "a. a. ...$199,9e2o5 Assessments for pavng.i side
 walks, curbs. etc. due in 1906... -. ... ... ... 2Ss19O44
 Total taxes to be collected ss2s,152.4s The assessment rolls have been turned over to City Treasurer R. s. Williams, and already he has begun the collection of taxes, practically all of which are expected to ] e paid dur ing the present month. Interest is charged upon delinquent taxes after about December 1.
 For his work in preparing the city assessment rolls, Mir. Benjamin has paid S250. an appropriation for that amount having been passed by the City Council Monday evening in &C., cordance with the contract made by the finance committee.
 AS an evidence of the manner in which Mir. Benjamin earned that amount, or more, it was stated at the Council meeting that Mir. Benjamin had discovered various pieces of prop erty which had in past years escaped taxation, which had been placed upor the city assessment roll, and upon which the city of Montgomery would this year realize about $1,400 in taxes. The total value placed upon such pieces of property that is taxed this year for the first time Is approxi- mate1y $200,oOO.