The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-31
INCREASE IS A SLIGHT ONE
Kenosha County Will Probably Have
Less to Pay for State and County
Taxes This Year Than Last Year and
City may Get off With Ten Mill Levy.

The state tax commission at Madi-
son on Wednesday made public the
annual valuation of the property of
the state of Wisconsin by counties and
on this valuation the state taxes for
the year 1913 will be levied within the
next few days. For the first time in
many years the commission has made
a reduction in the assessments for the
state, but this reduction is due to the
operation Of the income tax law by
which $3.50, 100000 in certain kinds of
personal property has been taken from
| the tax roll.
The assessed valuation for Kenosha
county shows little change this year,
the total being close to the SAT 100000
mark. When the new assessment of
the city is completed it is expected
that the total amounts returned will
be pretty close to the valuation of the
property as made by the state tax com.
mission. The contention that the
state did not regard the local assess
ment in making the state valuation
for Kenosha county is entirely sustain
ed as the valuation for Kenosha county
and city has not as yet been forward
ed to the state commission by the
a1a ho n
ed for another month. The figures as
made by the state commission are bas-
ed entirely on figures taken by the
agents of the tax commission. The
real estate in Kenosha county is as
sessed by the state at $34,006.004 and
the personal property at $13,161,786.
This is very slight increase over the
former year and it is noticeable
fact that the assessment for Kenosha
county has not been boosted with the
same vigor shown in some of the other
counties of the state.
The assessment for Racine county
totals $79,o00,000, Walworth county
! over $56,0O0,000, Waukesha nearly
$54,000.000, Rock over $82,000,O00.
This indicates that Kenosha county is
pretty fairly assessed in comparison
with the figures placed for the other
counties in the first Wisconsin district.
The amount Of the state tax for the
year will not be as great as it was
last year for as is customary in election
years the state officials have RENTED
large amount of the state tax this
year and it is thought that the tax
for Kenosha county will be in the
neighborhood of 100000. 1t may even
fall little below this figure.
In 1911 the state and county taxes
paid by the city alone amounted to
$66,S43.4o and it is pretty certain
that the amount to be paid by the city
for the same purposes this year will
be considerably less. The county tax
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will be a large sum left in the county
treasury at the end Of the fiscal year
and it is expected that this will be
turned into the general fund and will
necessarily reduce the amount of
taxes levied.
If the county board decides to build
tuberculosis sanitarium and to ex-
pend large sums for road building next
year the taxes will of course be larger
than they were a year ago, but with a
large sum in the treasury it is posi-
bic that these big items can be taken
care Of without a notable increase in
the county levy. Considerable has
been received as inheritance taxes
this year and this will be placed in the
general fund after the meeting of the
county board.
The finance committee of the coun-
Gil has already begun to figure on the
city levy and the members Of the
committee are hopeful that a sufficient
sum for the expenses of the city can
be raised with the levy OF ten mill