American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-10-17
BINGHAM COUNTY TAXES.

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Ing to get d little more schooIInI
this fall In the matters OF taxation
II ID TO be hoped THAI they will like
u because they are going to pay
good price for their instruction an.
they should get their moneys WORT
In 1911 bingham and BonnesvlIl'
counties combined paid an Increas,
OF 13l per cent over I9f0.but mos
OF this vas due TO the great increas
In bonneville county. BY looking a
the tax table OH another page II viii
DO seen that the hand la Bonneville
WAS assessed higher IN 1911 than n
bingham and that her rate was
more thsn twice AZ high.
The average equaIized value OF
land In bingham county last year
was tsi.sG per acre, and the tax
rate 95 cent? per 500. s31.s6 mui
tiplied by 80 cents gives the tax
per acre as 30.29 cents.
In 1912 the averaged equaIize
assessed valuation. which is 40 par
cont OF the supposed real yalua~
ton, - 1862 per acre. The tax
rate for the county Is s2.7G peryIO0.
sl5.e2 multiplied by s27e gives the
tax rate per acre as 45.S7 cents
which IL bi.5 per EN- more thar
was paid In 1911.
This applies to the acreage for tho
county. aud not TO individuals. Tho
tax OF any land owner may be
either more or less than II was n
year ago He may pay either more
or less han As centsper acre. If
ms land Is assessed for more than
sftsbh g acre. he will pay more.
~ assessed at less than s41.5 SIS per
arrs he win pay less than that. To
Illustrate. take two pieces OF land.
Say that the 100 acres OF John
aoeves Is valued on the tax roll at
sio0 per acre. or $4,000. Under
ne ~ per cent law only40 Der
OF tho valuation Is used. which
g called Assessed valuation" 40
per cent OF $4,000 is $1,000 or
-" per acre. Tho tax lew for
'si2 Is s276. $40 multiplied by
gives sl,1o and a traction per
'cfe. SO that the land tax OF Mr..
I. oeves OF lG0 acres OF 500 land
would be 100 times $1.I0 or SIG
Now say that the dry land of
frank Peacock la valued at s25 per
His assessed Value would
W per cent of s25. or $40 per
zero. Multiply the assessed value"
by the tax levy, s2.76. makes +,
lis tax per acre 27.6 cents. or $44.1
or 100 acres
me Press can assure the farm ,
'rs of Bingham that their taxes
vii be high enough. Last year the
vsy lacked about $40. 900 OF raising
'nough money To meet the expenses
md that $4,000 must DO raised ,
his year In addition TO an amount ,
necessary to run the county for +,
twelve months. :.
bingham county was one OF the i,
q counties last yea 1t had q
n appointive board and an appoin- i,
we assessor. and they started in /,
D make a record on the cash val
alton question In order to make
they boosted Valuations and to
this and make a showing
iey fixed a low levy-95 cents on L
400 Of valuation. The state q
GARD OF equalization fixed the state t,
wy at 80 cents on the 800. The I,
Dunty board went them n better 81
I'd reduced 1t to rs oentsper 800. Z,
'nsham's total valuation in 1911 4
as ss.t22.4i1. and the 30 cent Il
wy would therefore raise 9es.2s7. b
ne 20 cont levy which the board Il
eoided upon instead. raised only n
1906 or et.71l leo than the o,
'un'y bad to pay tho state. This ..
where part Of the SO. 900 short D,
&c come from. .,
n state and county taxss for c,
isham county amounted 10 $780, <,
- last year. This year they total v
ioo'Soo, an increase of S56.30o.
: nearly Sc per cent. The In
Tease given in the fiutpart Of this
rucle SIS per cent, related to
vented land alone. The SO per In
mt Includes All nrooartv Z,