The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-16
ASSESSORS Will ASK MANY
QUESTIONS.
Farmers Must he Ready to Give De
tailed answers TO Long List
Of Questions.

The assessors OF Decatur county
met at Leon Monday to rete'se Their
supplies and instructions for making
the assessments for this year. The
wol Of the assessors will be ulus
udlly difficult this year. IA the
CT ul,try there will be much inc una
ton which he will ask for. X WI
hurry him to get his work done in
the time allowed by law, so the fol
lowing things are entioned III or
der that the farm er I ay arrHII2" the
liyu'cs :!D,,Clf LefOrn tiIe Assessor
arrives.
1t will be remembered that Dera-
tur county taxes were raised !. e
per cent by order of the state board
of review This year it is specific
ally noted that there shall be no nn-
der rating OF actual values.
This year every farmer must az
count for every acre of his land. lie
cannot simply say, so many acres OF
titled land, but he must show for
what purpose every acre of that land
is used. Farmers who care 10 ac-
cOmmodate the assessor may start
right now to figure out what he
used all his land for, and have the
figures accurate and ready for the
assessor
On taxation matters the assessor
will ask concerning the following:
dogs, male or female; sectional de-
scription of your lands; the total
number of acres therein; the num-
Der of acres used for roadways; the
number Of acres taxable land: the
actual value OF your lands, total and
per acre; the number of acres in
fruit trees or forest; your moneys
and credits; the actual value of your
town lots; the taxable value of your
real estate; the total and taxable
value Of your personal property; the
total and taxable value of all your
property; if you are exempt on ac-
count Of being an old soldier or old
sailor; the number Of Oneyear old
| colts; the number and value Of one
year old colts. tWO-year old colts,
| three-year old and over horses, stall
lions. mules and asses over one year
old, cattle in feeding, one year old
heifers. two year old heifers. COWS,
one year old steers, two year old
steers. three year old and over steers
or bulls; siX-monthS old swine, six
| months old sheep, six months old
| goats; bicycles and other articles,
| household and boarding house fur
niture bonds. stocks and mOnied
capital corporation stock and shares,
merchandise. capital employed in
manufactures. incidental personal
property, buildings on leased lands.
| All property subject to taxation
shall be valued at its actual value
and assessed at twenty-five per cent
of such actual value, except certain
stocks and monied capital which
shall be assessed at the taxable value
of eight per cent of that applied to
other property.
The state board of review calls
the assessors attention to the fol-
lowing especially: The law makes
it the sworn duty of assessors tc
value all taxable property at it's full
value. The fact that the law ha:
not been complied with in the pas
affords no excuse for lack OF obser
vance in the future
The assessor will cary an extra
book with him again this year t(
gain certain statistics concerning
the value of farm lands and farm
crops. In this book will be recorded
the number Of acres occupied b,
farm building. public highways an(
feed lots. the number of acres ant
the total yield therefrom Of corn
oats, winter wheat, spring wheat
barley, rye, tame hay, wild hay, pc
tatoes, flax seed, sweet corn, pol
corn, timothy, clover, orchard, mil
let, Hungarian grass, sugar cane
buckwheat, broomcorn, etc. In ad
dition must be shown the number o
acres in timber and marsh land, o
land which is not utilized for an.
other purpose. The average MONTH.
wage paid farm help must be record
ed, the number Of COWS used TO-
dairy purposes, the average numbe
of sheep kept on the place, the mum
Der Of sheep shipped in for feeding
and the number sold for slaughter
! also the number of pounds Of WOO
shipped, the total amount of poul
try and the varieties, the number o
dozen eggs gathered during the
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