The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-20
TAXABLE VALUES
DIFFER GREATLY
Auditors Report Shows Glaring
Inequalities in Property
Assessments.
NO GOATS IN RICHMOND
Portsmouth Has No Pianos. nor
Pistols-Alcxandria No
Money i'll Bank.
NO GOATS IN RICHMOND

Presenting, as usual. most inter
cstinS study In Inequalities in assess
ments of personal property in Virginia
for taxation. the annual report OF the
Auditor of Public Accounts was made
public yesterday. The variations in
property values are striking
For Instance, sheep in Highland
county are assessed at am average OF
S3.3S each. while the owner of the
mutton producers in Mathews county
pays at an average value Of only $3.50
and those in Russell at sl.I0 These
counties are taken at random, and
days would be consumed In working up
the entire list OF personal property as
sesSments. This will, il is understood
ne done b. the state Tax Commission
Don't I'lny Pianos.
No music. ii would appear ever roats
on the peaceful air OF the city OF Ports
mouth, Tor no musical instruments are
assessed there. But things arc not so
bad in that settlement. for neither are
there any shotSuns. pistols. rifles. bowie
KNIVES, dirks. OF similar implements
Sl warfare, either for man or beast.
soothe the savage breast.
Iortsmouth: however, Is not the orU1
peaceful Virginia town. No such wcap-
ons are given In for taxation in Alex
nndria, nor In Grayson. nor Warwick
counties. On the other hand Richmond
pays on sS.505 worth, while Danvillc
must be a place OF horror. with 5000
worth. Halifax county is at the top
OF the list, with weapons worth Si5,O9f
OF course, these figures in nowisc show
the real proportion nor the real value
they simply show to what extent citi-
zcns give IN .L.i: property.
People Are broke.
Nobody in Alexandria city nor in The
on deposit ut all in any bank OF such like
institution. The people OF Greene, k!ns and
Queen. Louisa. Mathews ana Warwick coun-
lies also seem to keep their cash in the!!
pockets.
No gonts at all browse on the hills and
dalcs of Richmond. But Hoanoke rcJoiccs
N the presence OF sixteen OF thcse scav-
engers of the value OF sol. Williamsburg
has four worth s. One, single goat chews
nrs,os ihrsc A soas arc Hs r HS'u only Il Il
each.
llarkng back to Portsmouth. the Audi
tor I<-port shows that watch nor clock
ticks away the hours in that delishtcu burg.
Presumnby the people go to Norfolk when
they desire to know the hour I, would
Seen, that n, lens, enc nigh, be established
In ~. Scaboaiu Railway station.
Tells the Time.
Roanoke believes In telling The time 10 a
much greater extent than does Richmond.
worth s2s.ssI or an average of SO each,
while there are ESQ clocks on the mantel-
pieces there. valud al ss.5si or s9t5 each;
clocks but they arc worth s7.os each on mn
average. being apparently of a better grade
than those OF Roanoke Also the walstcoat
pockets OF Richmond contain SIC wa ches
worth Sli9] each.
The most expensive watches .rc owned in
Lynchburg. At Value OF $3.50 each. but
only 1889 o. the citizens wear them
-is to horses. there is all the difference in
the world in values. Richmond has o.55i
stceis and they are worth s25s.s2o. or nm
average OF SOL each. hut out In the South
west. In the county Of Tuzeweii. they have
an average valuation OF So each There
are i,5S1 horses IN TazcwTl.
Horses Differ in Value.
Norfolk's horses arc worth $50 each. and
Rpanoke's SIS each.
Liquor licenses yielded st2o7oo.il during the
ycar ending July l. 1910. Thir. OF course.
apple. TO State taxes alone. or this total
sii5 e57.5 so came from tho cities and sfo5.53i.6i
from the counties. Thirty-ave counties paid
liquor license, did eleven cities.
In addition TO the license taxes. the sum
OF sig,e,3.!5 was received MS the states share
on the profits OF the dlspensarics for the
year ending September so last. This was
d!yide4 among the dispensaries as follows:
Abingdon. s3,47s.72: Boydton. si54.16: Court
land, slIOl.52: Enporia. ssl29s0; Farmville.
sc.s00 Leigh District, s5lo.s7 Franklin,
sss7.47; Mnrtinsvilie. sl,75s.Ts; Ridgeway.
S425ss; Scottsvilio. t?.5la5s; Virginia. s3tS. z
Waverly. sl.o2i; Bedford. 5000