New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1913-04-30
tie election OF the veteran assessor Of
Spripgdsid, Mike Huirss, % president


on legal quest ona that miRh t como "
and Chairman Polkot vas presen
slso Ia case his services might 10 70
quirsd, hut the assessors msnagsd Il
ret thru with their work without any
assistance, except in . few minor
matters. William Rossbach was CON
spicuous BY his absence. For more
than 80 years he had been assessor Of
the Town Of Albin, and he declined q
reelection on account OF his age
Lara N. johnson succeeds him. There
we're also . few other new faces, bul
the majority Of men present had seen
service before.
Under new ruling only the heads
Of families are to have the benefit Of
900 exemption. This, it is hoped,
will put an end to the pernicioua
practice now in vogue of having til.
personal property divided up among
different members of the family as il
done in quite q number of places
turnout the State.
The classification has been changed
materially, and Z new classes were
added. thus making the total number
81. With but one exception, the
valuations adopted and in vogue last
year will be employed this year. The
one exception was reduction Of $500
in vslueing melodeons and organs.
Tho taxable values rs agreed upon
are - follow:
Horses, mules and asses, under one
year old, $500; one year old and
under two, 1890; two years old and
under three. $1,000; three years old
and over. $500; stations, fine bred
mares and race horses, 1917; cattle,
under one year old, 500; one year
OLD and under two, $500; two years
old and under three. $500; COWS,
el4:00; bulls, 33se9S; all other cattle
three years old and over, $1,000: sheep
OF I'll ages, sl.5O; hogs OF all ages.
$500; poultry, 333T; dogs over six
months old, Is. 90; farm tools, nipple.
ments and machinery, 33s9966; threshing
machines, including engines and out
at used Herewith, 1915 laverage);
wagons, carriages and sleighs, $500;
automobiles, including auto trucks,
33a99O; motorcycles and bicycles, 33saa ~;
melodsons snd organs, 80. 90; pianos,
$500; household goods and wearing
apparel. including sewing machines,
clocks, books, pictures and works oi
art, 25H; gold and silver plate and
plated ware, 50%; diamonds, jewelry
and watches, 5O96;goods, merchandise
and store fixtures IT wholesale and
retail merchants, 50 per cent; manu-.
facturers' materials and manufactured
articles, including logs, poles, posts
and railroad ties, lumber, lath and
shingles, wheat, -four, barley, malt
and all other kinds ofgrain and grain
products In hands of manufacturers,
and other materials and manufactured
articles, 80 per cent; manufacturers
tools, implements and machinery, 50
per cent; street railway cars, 80 per
cent; shares of stock of all corpo.
rations whose stock il not assessed or
taxed 10 this state, 80 per cent; shares
of bank stock, so per cent; bonds and
stocks other than bank stock, so per
cent; furniture and equipment of hotels
and rooming houses, so per cent; office
furniture. including the instruments,
equipment and libraries of pro.
fessionsi men, 50 per cent: stock and
furniture of sample rooms and
saloons, 80 per cent; stock and
FURNITURE of restaurants, eating houses
and cafes, 50 per cent: stock aud equip.
ment OF billiard and pool rooms and
bowling alleys, 50 per cent; furniture
and equipment of barber shops, 80
per cent; % machinery and equipment of
laundries, so per cent; steam, gasoline
and oil engines and boilers. 80 per
cent; steam and motor boats, sailing
vessels, barees and all other water
craft, 50 per cent; locomotives, steam
shovels, machinery and equipment
used in mining, 80 per cent: iron ore
In stock piles, so per cent: elevators,
warehouses and improvements on
lands, 50 per cent; structures
On lands entered under U. 8. land
|aws6 80 per cent and the value of all
personal property not listed in the
preceding items, so per cent.
Real estate continues to change
lands in New Ulm. On Saturday