The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
Figures Complied by
 State Auditor. TOTAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS IS HALF BILLION DOLLARS Jefferson County Heads List in
 Realty and Personal
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Tax values in Alabama have in- creased, during the last year. s1e ,b65.- : 583 .12, according to the assessment figures for 1909 as compiled in the of- flee of the State Auditor.
 Abstracts from the tax assessors of the sixty seven counties have been re- ceived, and the assessment figures thus taken amount to $4s4,35o.i9o for real estate and personal property in the State. as against s4s7,7s4so6.ss for 1908.
 The increase in valuations Is cquiv- alent to an increase in revenue to the State of $l07,67629. computed On the State tax rate of six and half mills.
 The assessments for 1909 are: Real estate, $2S1,686.e7o; personal property, $202.664.120.
 The taxes to accrue to the State are: From general tax fund. at : l-2 mills, $I.21o.s75.47; from school tax fund, at mills, $1.453.05o. and from old soldier tax fund at one mill. $4S4350.
 Tax values of Montgomery County property amount to $30.0.0.ts5. of which S20,226.11s is the value of real estate, and $9,794.46s the value of per- sonal property. This represents an in- crease of sss2.s7s over the assessed values of 1908.
 from Jefferson County where, also. the greatest value exists. In Jefferson the valuation of property amounts to $93,- 979,7s4. of this sum $81,063,S?S is real estate and 332.915,ss6 personal prop erty. The increase in values, from the figures of last year. is $4,2sS.c22.
 A approximately greater increase occurred in Mobile, where the property values are $s.457,3s4 more for 1903 than for 1908. The entire valuation in Mobile Is $3S.9s7.4ss. of which sz;.,2S.- 2s1 is the value Jf real estate and $i2,- S39.215 of personal property.
 Dallas, Calhoun. Tuscaloosa, Talla- dega. Madison and Walker counties come. in order. as the counties of the highest tax valuations after Jefferson. Mobile and Montgomery. The figures are:
 Dallas, real estate s7.4ss,570, person. al property s5.172.s35. total s12,662.505; Calhoun, real estate s5.7o7.2so. person. al property $s.25l,e35. total $13,95s,225; Tuscaloosa, real estate s5,502.130. per- sonal property $5.166.69o, total s1o.6ss.- S20; Talladega, real estate $4.4s3.99o, personal property $5.545,s50. total s10.- 0S9,940; Madison, real estate $5,4S0. 454, personal property $4212,1ss. total ss.- 692.5s7: Walker real estate $5,27s.87o. personal property s4.227.71o. total ss.- 507.3So. E
 The property valuations, as Is usual are approximate. as margins for non- collection. bankruptcy, etc, must be figured. Two per cent Is the usual al- lowance for such loss. A
 The black belt counties of South Ala bama show up we'll in the valuations. Figures for some of the lower counties are:
 Covington. real s4.4ss.sso. personal $2,s14.ss0. total s7.3e4.560; Autauga. real $2.232.295, personal q. 1.906.590. to- tai s413s.8s5: Baldwin. real sa.5Io.73s. personal $2.os7.1ss. total s5.5s7.so7: Barbour, real $2,976146. personal S2.- 06I.21s. total s5.os7.365: Bullock. real $2.4sI.s14. personal $e.24s.3s0. total $4.- 740.244: Butler, real S2.ss5.0si. personal $2.355.S42. total s5,o4o.s s23: Clarke. real $2.3ss.756. personal s1.74o.S5s. total s4- 140.615: Conecuh. real S3,144,0so. per- sonal $1.563.695. total s4,707.7S5; Gene va, real $2,30o,925, personal $2,350.s72. total s4.651,797: Houston, real s3.192.- 610, personal $2.301,s 1901. total s5.494.411; Lee, real s3.420.os0. personal s3.15s.- 046, total $6,576.126; Lowndes, real s2,- 40s,107. personal $1.s22.352: Macon, real $2.1S7.127. personal $2.o3s,12S. total s4.- 203,255: Marengo, real $4.105,241. per- sonal s2.3s1.536. total ss.4Ss.77.