The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
TAXES IN CONNECTICUT.
(Hartford Courant.)

The annual bulletin giving informa- tion relative to the assessment and collection of taxes for 1911 is being distributed by. the tax commissioners While the entire pamphlet is a mass of figures, it contains some very val uable information which ought to be Of interest to. every taxpayer.
 For the first time in the States his- tory the total grand list Of the State. with the additions by the Board of Equalization, exceeds one billion dol- lars, the exact amount being $1 ,041.- S4.O19, an increase of forty-three million dollars over the preceding year.
 The lowest amount paid to the as- sessors< by any town was one dollar per day each in the towns of Brook field and Woodstock and the highest 0. The shortest amount of time given to the work was three days in the ! town of Andoyer, the average for the State being thirty-seven days The total. number of those handing in tax lists has increased from 179,632 to 187, :. 544 on the list of 1911
 The shortest amount of time given to the work by the Board of Relief was two days in the towns of Beth any, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, East Haven and Wolcott and the longest twenty-five days in several towns. The compensation ranged from $1 in four towns, to $20 in Hartford. The amount of reductions by the Board CT Relief in West Hartford was the largest of any town, being more than one-fifth of the entire amount in the State.
 While the assessors of seventy-fou towns claimed an assessed valua tion of full value, the Board of Equaliza- ton added to the lists of one hundred and thirty-one towns The reports frnr f7n nI1 nffz1.cy AI,0 Res% OF as of April 1st last, showed the same percentage of taxes collected as in the year previous, namely 94 per cent. The following towns collected all of the taxes, or 100 per cent. of the rate bill: Bethel, Brooklyn, Burlington, Clinton, East Windsor, Goshen, Norfolk, Put nam, Torrington and Winchester.
 The. following towns collected 99 per cent. Canaan, Co1ebrook, Derby, Eastford, Enfield, Essex, Kent, Leba- non, Madison, Marlborough, Ridge field, Saybrook, Simsbury, Sprague, Stafford, Sterling, Thompson, Holland, Vernon. Windsor Locks, and Wood stock
 Hartford led the large cities with a total percentage collected of 96 per cent, with New Haven a close second, 95.3s per cent.
 The following towns had no out standing uncollected taxes whatever on any lists: Bethel, Brooklyn, Clin- ton, East Windsor, Goshen, Putnam, Torrington and Winchester The information furnished by the selectmen shows the average tax rate throughout the State to be 13 4-5 mills, as against IA 1-5 mills last year. The total number listed for the personal tax was 249,893, which is over 26 000 more than the total voting registra- tion, and is an increase of about 1000 over the personal tax enrolment of last year. There are TIT special en- rolling officers for the personal tax within. the State, and thirty-seven ,spe- cial tax collectors
 The following towns increased their assessment lists more than 50 per cent over the preceding list: Montville. North Branford, West Hartford and Washington. Middlesex county led in the increase of all the lists, with a percentage of Is per cent.
 The number of dwelling houses list ed for taxation. was 1S5, 760, an incr rease of about 5000 since last year. Two million, seven hundred and forty thou sand three hundred and three acres of land were listed, about 28,000 hav- ing been discovered since 1910.
 The average assessed value of the dwelling houses is $2, 705 and of the land s34 per acre. There are 12,oOo stores, and 5.070 mills, manufactures, etc, and 1863 horses and mules are listed, with an average assessed value of $67, and 154, ,463 cattle at $25 each. There has been about one and one half million dollars increase in the as- sessed valuation of wagons, automo- piles, etc.
 Bonds to the amount of $SS6, POP, and cash, or money at interest, to the amount of nearly $3,000, GOO are taxed at the local rate instead of paying the four mill tax to the State treasurer. Shares of stock, which are generally held to be exempted in Connecticut, are taxed locally on a valuation of $32e,672
 The total value of the taxable prop erty as returned by the towns was $94S, 399, ,019. The Board of iEqualiza- cial State gHand list $1, ,041, 334 .019.
 The final grand lists of the towns, as corrected by the Board of Equaliza- tion, for the year 1911, are given else where.