The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-27
TAYLOR REPORTS
OFFICIALLY BACKED
Resume Taxing Wealth Big
-.
Counties In Big New
State

Governor Haskell, Friday evening.
acting upon the advice of Charles
Taylor, state examiner and whose
office examined into the tax leYies
OF the state at the instance 81 the
governor and By authority vested by
statutes requested Aitorney-General
West to bring suit against the com.
misaionera Of Muskoree county, In
q test case.
The average reduction recommend.
cd BY Mr. Taylor Is from a 1871 to II
mills average tax for all purposes
The action against Musk gees
board Of equalization win be hastily
carried through end upon that deci.
sion will rest the action upon such
other counties OF the state az the
state examiner believes TO have levied
unnecessary and burdensome taxes
The majority Of the counties where
Mr. Taylor found what he believed
were burhens0me and excessive rolls,
consented 20 the proposed reduction.
Muskogee ana q few others refused
10 reduce the levy and maintained
there "a no authority % 50 compel
them to do.
The report Of Examiner Taylor as
approved by Governor Haskell shows
saving OF near Two million dollars
TX the reductions are carried out The
suit against the Muskugee county
board VIII be filed Monday By Las
Encouragement and an curly deel-
sion rendered. The first hall Of The
taxes become delinquent the third
Monday IN April but three weeks lis.
tani and IN the counties where the
county boards sre protesting against
reductions lhe payment Of taxes will
be held nn until the case g finally
decided.
Total Valuation s72g.o0o,0oo
The total average taxation N OF.
iahoma for 1903 Is. Without the re-.
duciion recommended by the state
examiner and taAaecior approximate
~ 1914 mills on the dollsr for the
valuation OF s72S.OOO.000. The i0yies
f-r an purposes aggregate ia.a55.-
460.s8. with the reduction recon-
mended By MIR. Taylor the mill taxa
ton viii Be IN mills on the dollar,
Taxes levied In Oklahoma for The
year 1908 amounting 70 total Of
yi4 1855, 4G6DS. include the levy for
state purposes. an c0unty leYlea.
township leyies, municipal leYlea and
school district leyles.
Tho above sum however eaea not
represent ny several million 5 dollars
the entire amount thai will be spent
iby Oklahoma for 1908 for It's govern
mens, education and maintenance ol
institutions The gross production
tax. the income and Inheritance sax
the graduated land tax and the ilcena
es, both county, state and municipal
viii doubtless bring S5,000,O00 to S..
100000 In addition TO these revenue
producers the school land departmen
with iis income from the 3,eO0,O0s
acres OF school land and the caHl
beQuest Of the United States viii con
tribute probably a million end possl
bly, Two millions more
OF the direct taxation ieViea thl
siate levy VIII bring ss95,s6t52. lhl
county lavies, s4,T7fO65.fb. the faunl
clpal Ievles. s2i087.7i6.70 the town
nhip ievles 81 .573 ,263,05 and the sehoo
district ievles sb.Qs0. .4si.se
Many Bond lssuea
Among the Items 10 Be counted %
expenditure must also Be includes
the many bond issues ever tho sfate
The money from bonds II as d rnl'
expended Immediately. With all Q
lthe east aide counties without nome
ID Day expenses. With hArdis IN Il
ceptIon they issued bonds ser temppI
ary needs. Cities are issuing bond
4 f0r schools ana improvements
n The assessqd Waite Of Cklahau
calculated by q SIasa official e b
s7aS 000 900; by Taylor II sT2tVO0
900 These figures may BE- taken 8
correct. On this baala he direct tps
lallon ni the state gllI be 4 tzglniill
on lhe iulal Yaluqlleaa loE alEfpul
poseA
Oklahoma County Leade
The total lesies for Oklahoma coaF
llg are the largest Of any olFef eout
liy of the state. On valuation Of 81
, s2g.olO the total levIes for state. con
|ty cliy and ali other PURPOSES n
Ss7O.41N: Muskogee county. Win
valuation OF s2s. l4a. $50. lases sdal
2eS (Wlih0ni proposed fedaelsnn
Sat2. .6gal Tulsa county With "
nbsI0h a 24.2Si.gs5 has is1Iaa cssfl
nalIn6 tAf5. .a4O; FIGiabufg county vi