The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-03
State Board Of Tax Commission
ers Add Six Million to vaIua.
ton of Kenosha County
RACINE ALSO GETS BOOSTED
Increase in Values for This and Racine
County Seems to be Larger in
Proportion Than in Other
Counties of District

The State Tax commission acting as
a State Board of Assessment today an
nounced the state assessment for 1908.
The assessment of all property in the
state is $2,478,oo1,78 or $222,261, 786
more than that of last year. The total
assessment of real property is $780,
290,225 an increase Of 1921, $3.50
over that of last year and the total
assessment of personal property is
$577,271 ,561 and increase Of $1,236,722
over that of last year.
On this assessment Of property the
state levy of taxes will be made, but
the amount Of this tax has not as yet
been determined on. The amount Of
taxes to be paid in this county will be
assessed by the State Tax Commission
early in October. It is evident that the
state tax for the year will be con-
siderably larger than it was in the pro
ceding year. The boost in the assess
ment Of the real and personal property
in Kenosha will be in the neighborhood
of six million dollars and it seems to
be as large as is made in any of the
counties Of this size in the state. Pro
portionately it is as large as is found
IN any of the counties of the state.
Of course there will be a chance to
protest against this valuation, but it is
not probable that the County Board
will go to the expense Of making a hope
less protest before the Board. The as
sessment made by the state will be
considerably larger than that made by
the assessors in the city and county.
The assessment made by the assessors
will be considerably less than thirty
millions for the entire county. The
state puts the value of real estate in
Kenosha county at $25,578,650 and the
personal at $10,67O,574 making total
for the property Of the county Of
$50, 1892 The total assessment of
all property in this county for 1907
as made by the State Board was $780,
277,291. The total increase in Kenosha
county in the year will be seen to be
1921 1884. This property was not
found by the city. and county assessors,
as the increase in the valuation
in the city was only little over a
million dollars, while it is certain that
the increase in the county from which
the full returns have not as yet been re-
ceived will not be more than couple
of hundred thousand dollars if it is
that much. A consideration of the
figures given out by the State Commits
sion shows that the assessment of the
property in Racine county has been
raised 100000 making a total for
that county of over $63,000,0O0. Wal
worth county has an increase of less
than three million, Rock of six million
and Waukesha county has only little
over million dollar increase. In past
years the State Tax Commission has de-
clared that Kenosha county was as
sessed pretty close to the limit and for
this reason it looks as if the boost of
nearly six millions is little high in
comparison with the other counties in
this immediate neighborhood.
The Tax Commission has not as yet
formally announced as to whether or
not a state tax will be levied, but it is
thought that such a tax will be neces-
sary this year, No state tax has been
levied for several years and this has
made the state taxes to be paid by the
counties decidedly low.