The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-12
THE 1912 TAX Levy
Oskaloosa Property Holders VIII
Pay o5 Mills on the Dollar.

OSkalCOSa citizens VIII pay tdAeo
for the year 1912 on consolidated
levy of 95 mills on the dollar OF as
sessed valuation of property. This
Is an advance of eleven mills over last
year, the consolidated levy for which
was "a mills. ...,,
County funds were levied Tuesday
afternoon by the Mahaska board OIL
Supervisors w. F. McVay, T. J. VIII
son and John Cleveland. The total
of the county levy remains the same
as for the previous year, or 21.5 mills
The levy for some of the county funds
has been changed, but the sum total
lis the same. The state levy was IN
creased one-tenth of mill by the ex'
tecutive council. The poor fund for
the year was reduced from mills to
IL, while an increase of two-tenths OF
Ia mill was added to the insane fund.
Cost of the court is Whitfield down
Itwo-tenths of mill, which was added
Ito the fund for soldiers relief. Coun-
lty road fund Is raised three-tenths,
or to 1 mill, and there is new fund
of mills for the state orphans home.
School costs for the city increased
i3b mills, from 27.5 in 1911, to 81
mills for this year. Teachers fund
Igets an addition of 1.6 mill, while the
contingent is increased from 6.15 to
10 mills. The school board having
enough money in the fund to care for
the interest for the ensuing year the
II % ,,,;lI hn
was omitted for the year
While there is an apparent increase
in the city levy of w mills and while
there is an increase in the consoh-
dated levy of II mills. there is really
no more money being raised by either
city or county. Real estate valuation
has been reduced % per cent and
there is a great falling off on the re.
turns from moneys and credits on
the assessment roll, which under the
new state law is only 5 mills. Changes
in state laws have made reduction
in the revenues of both city and coun-
Ity and the only way to provide for
the cash necessary to each fund was
to make the levy stronger. In the
city of Oskaloosa the reduction in the
realty valuation and the moneys and
credits made big difference. In
stead of increasing, the amount of
money available from taxes has de-
creased. In addition to that loss the
revenue from the, mulct tax and the
saloon license Is denied both city and
county Oskaloosa alone loses $14,-
10000 cash by the closing of the sa-
er 1922, 10000. 1t is to make up the de-
felt that the increase in the levy be-
came necessary. Oskaloosa sustai
a total loss of about $23,00000 from
the causes mentioned. An error was
made in the city levy last year for the
general fund. The levy was made 10
mills by the council and through cler-
ical error was certified to the board
at half that amount, or 5 mills. 9th
erwise the levy for the city last year
would have been 40 mills instead of
So, as it went into the books. The
real increase for the year on the city
levy is therefore 2R mills and of
this amount which will be expected
! to care for the deficit of the current
year and the next year, which by the
way, it will not do: y mill of the in
crease is a new levy created by the
state, the freman's pension fund,
which must be collected for Oska-
looSa.
The county levy made by the Board
of Supervisors Tuesday afternoon for
the year 1912 is given below and that
of the year 1911 is given for compari-
son. The school and the city levies
are given to show the figures in the
makeup of the consolidated levy.
County Levy.