The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-26
Adjustment of Offsets Did
Not Yield Expected
Reduced Rate
SLIGHT REDUCTION
IN TOWN DISTRICT
Total Raised This Year for All Pur-
poses Is S134,893.8 .88, or s19, ,oe2 More
Than Last Property Increase
Was s1,00s, 600.

IN spite of the large additional am
cunt OF property in the taxable list.
Brattieboro village taxpayers VIII have
70 pay larger assessment this wear
than last. When the legislature abol-
lshed offsets Tor debts owing it was
seen that the grand list would be in
creased materially, and the work of
the listers showed an increase of over
4l.00S 900.
With the prospect Of large in
crease in the list it was believed that
there would be a substantial reduction
IN the tax rate and for that reason
II one or two instances the rate was
not fixed Mt the usual time. the voters
PrefeTing to wait until the amount OF
the grand list was determined
Expectations have not been realized.
however, and the village tax bills are
| larger this year than they were last.
This leads to the question: What
would have been the rate if there had
been no increase in the taxable list?
Last year the total rate in the vii
lage WAS Sl9.40 on $1,000 This wear.
In spite Of the large addition to the
taxable list, the rate in the village
is $3.50 on $1,000. Before the total
probable expenses had been figured
out it was believed that a rate of
! Sl1.30 would suffice for this year
The village and district school rates
are less than last year. although the
total amount will be more. hy reason
/ OF the larger grand list. The village
/ tax Of 20 cents this year is 3 cents on
! the dollar less than in 1912. ana the
4 district school tax OF IS cents is ,
cents less than last year. The high
Y way fax Is ; cents less and the county
i tax of cent last year does not APP
/ pear Oh this year 5 tax bills. These
reductions make a total of IL cents
on the dollar, but to offset them there
is an increase of cents in the regular
/ town tax, and there is a state tax of
! 10 cents which was not assessed last
i year, total of - cents. The state
school tax of 5 cents and state high
way tax Of , cents remain the same.
/ Summarized, the rates for the two
1 years are:
For 1912-Town. -; highway, .;
state school. $; state highway, ;;
county. village 43; district school,
g. Total 1874.
For lol3-Town, A.: highway, %;
state school. 5: state highway. 5;
state tax, 10: village 40; district
school, 65. Total, 195.
Taxpayers in the town school dis
trct are a little more fortunate, as the
rate there is Sl3 on $1,000 as against
sl3.40 in 1912. The town school tax
is 10 cents less. being 40 cents on the
dollar this year against 80 cents
last year. To offset this reduction
there is an increase of cents in the
other town school district, making the
net reduction in the town school dis
trict cents on the dollar.
A poll tax in the village district this
year is $500. Last year it was $3.SS.
IN the town district it is $3.50 this
year as against S2.6S last year.
The town grand list this year is
S73.777.44 The town, highway state
school, state highway and state taxes,
totaling 80 cents, will raise SOC, 500 90.
The village grand list is $59,9l0.95.
The 40-cent tax will raise $23 3,964.3S.
The district school grand list is $780,
Eo5770 On this the 65-cent tax will
raise $50, OBJ 80. The town school
grand list is $13,71974, ana the 40
cent tax Will raise $5,4S7.S9.
The total of these taxes for all pur-
poses is $134, SS9.46. The total raised
for All purposes last year was $l15.-
s272l, or $19,O62.22 less than this
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