The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-07
Calls Attention To Tax Va
lues And Sale Prices.
VALUATIONS ARE TOO Low
Not In Accord With What
Land Sells For.
Report Full of Figures And In
formation VIII Soon go to The
State Tax Commission For Consld-
Grafton and Action.

County Auditor G. L. Allen, who Is
never so happy as when engaged in
the tax proposition. has again prepar-
ed a table of figures for the benefit
of the state tax commission, which
will prove extremely interesting to the
people of Marion county. Mr.. Aliens
figures show some strange discrep-
encies in land valuations. and the
prices for which land has been sold
in this county within the last few
years.
The valuation given in the follow
ing figures is as 1t stands under the
new apprasement, which Mr.. Allen
claims is still about fourteen million
revenue under the one per cent tax
bill.
No effort has been made to deal
with values and property transfers in
the city of Marion, the investigation
being confined to realty in the various
townships and villages. In making
this investigation, transfers recorded
for the last three years were taken,
but in some cases 1t was necessary to
go back a year or two further
Following are a few of the more
important revelations contained in the
report which Mr.. Allen will send to
the state tax commission, shortly:
Big Island township-933 acres
with an assessed valuation of $51,-
500, was transferred for considera-
ton of S79.227.
Bowling Green-4S7 acres, valua-
ton. s2S.49O; consideration, $41.S75.
Claridon-316 acres. valuation s16.-
O90; consideration. $23,374.
Grand-522 acres. valuation, $22,-
10; consideration, s37,936.
Grand Prairie-1,373 acres. valua-
tion 22,3S0; consideration. s27,9S5.
Green Camp-S46 acres, valuation
s4S.600; consideration, $92.155.
Marion--474 acres, valuation. $780,
900; consideration. $65.321.
Montgomery-313 acres, valuation
$1,000; consideration, s24,592.
Pleasant-476 acres. valuation $25,.
720; consideration. $4S,075.
Prospect--i5t acres. valuation $751;
220: consideration. s34,S20.
Richland-39S acres, valuation
s20,11O; consideration. $31.595.
Salt Rock-1.51S acres, valuation,
SS1 $50; consideration. $141,36G.
Scott-543 acres. valuation. $780,
$50; consideration. $46,700.
Tully-1,007 acres. valuation. si3.-
$40; consideration. s73,60O.
Waldo-667 acres. valuation, $685.
$50; consideration. $41.340.
The above figures show that if the
considerations are properly recorded
the appraisement Of this property has
not been placed so very near to the
actual true value In money which
the law prescribes. However the diff
ferences in the valuations and the
considerations where the transfer Of
village property is shown, are not so
marked. as shown by the following:
Waldo village-Valuation SS,260;
consideration. $1,000.
Morral-Valuation. $1,000; consid-
Grafton, $13,675.
Prospect-Valuation. s9,41O; con-
slderation, si1,S30.
New Bloomington-Valu ST.
40; consideration. $4,000.
characterization, $11,170; consid-
era tion. $14,695.
Green Camp-Valuation, s1,440;
consideration, s1,700.
aledonia-Valuatlon $1,000; con-
sideration, $3.50.
All of which. the county auditor
calculates, is designed to make people
sit up and take notice" Those who
have been so violently opposed to the
increase by the board of equalization
have here an opportunity to judge
the difference between sale price
and what the owner figures his prop
erty is worth for taxation purposes
II is believed the state tax commits
sion will consider this report worthy
Of some forceful comment and some
sort Of immediate action.