The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-18
FINISHED ITS LAeoRs SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND REPORTED.
IG INCREASE SHOWN
Big Increase shown o.. .. 81. ...
IN Taxable Values OF the City With
Decrease in the Tax Levy
OF Two Mills for
the Year.


Ardmoreite on last Wednesday the
board Of equalization appointed by
Judge Hosea Townsend to assess the
value to both personal and real prop
erty rendered for taxation by its own
ers in this city completed its labors.
but 1t was not until Saturday that the
official report was made.
The figures were turned in on We'd
nesday as announced In the Ardmore-
ite, but to accommodate a number of
taxpayers who had "A grievance, the
board refraincd from making its H.
nal report.
The law usually allows fifteen days
within which to perform this duty,
but on account Of the lateness of the
appointment aud the fact that the
job took three times more than was
at first thought or the law contem-
plates, the board vas in session for
a period of about thirty days All of
the real property in the city is taxable
at present and it takes a number OF
days for the board to go over the city
10 look at the property and over the
various neighborhoods before the
members can passes upon IT, After that
part Of the work has been completed
/ 1t then becomes the duty of the mem
| bcrs of the board to carefully look
over the return sheets made by the
owners of the property and compare
those with what the property Is worth.
After the work OF inspecting the real
estate returns, it then becomes the
| duty of the board to assess the per
/ sonal property and inspect the sheets
as TO the amount of the property
is given in at for taxation.
During the course of the investiga-
| ton certain party In the city who
advertises money to loan did not re-
| turn any money in on hand for tax.
alton aud as result the party was
assessed considerable personal estate
and an inquiry was had, and the par
| ty made to swear to his return
After all of the lpbors had been
completed, II then becomes the duty
of the board to notify the owners of
the property whose values have been
/ increased so as To hear the grievance,
il any there should be- as to why the
board increased the valuation. As is
usually the case. this takes up several
days and sometimes week and II
an error has been made, as is some
times the case, II Is corrected. When
this part of the work has been done
1t then becomes the duty of the board
to cast up figures and make the re-
port.
Property for taxation in this city
is valued at 60 per cent of its real
value, and the total valuation of both
real and personal property amounted
to Si.4O6 $500 and with levy of
twenty mills. which is two mills less
than last year. the city will realize
sSS.l3270 for the city expenses and
10 pay off the bonded Indebtedness
aud current expenses. The sum total
raised from the tax levy this year
is an increase of s3.s36,57 over last
year, when the total property yalua-
tion was placed at s3,S3O,4l5.00 and
which made the total amount of taxes
I'm sight from property in this city
to amount to sSi.26913.
The waterworks bonded indebted
ness, the sewer Indebtedness is paid
out of the tax fund. The waterworks
department pays the entire running
expenses Of the system, and the sal
aries of the officials, the feed of the
stock and the fire department rs well.
The increase in the number of sewer
connections will soon put the scwer.
age on self.supporting basis.
The police salary list is paid by the