Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
LEvlES FOR ALL THE COUNTY
FIGURE $4,000 MORE THAN
THEY DID FOR 1918.
HIGHER VALUATION OF
LANDS is THE CAUSE
County viii Pay $5,6as For Extension
of Capitol Grounds-County Will
Have $4,000 to Put Into the County's
System of Roads-Wili Have So, 106
For Bridges.

Taxpayers of the county viii pay
S9.,050.64 more taxes during 1914 than
they paid this year, according to ms
balance sheet just prepared for next
year by Deputy County Auditor A. ".
Dobson. Taxpayers paid s441,l90.4s
this year. Next Year they will pay
more Than half million. The exact
ngUres are Soo9,22112. The increase IS
caused entirely by the higher valuation
Io- taxes paced on property, especially
real p opsrty ana particularly farms.
Iae< eNeeutis t council OF the state
oyoered d "a per cent increase in farm
values Tor taxable purposes, after the
land Vas assessed by the assessors.
Then the board OF supervisors added
increases OF from - per cent on
top OF this increase IL seven OF the
eighteen townships OF the county. In
o.aer townships the super viso,s nlaue
decreases in the valuations. The net
result was that the taxable farm lana
values OF The county, Of So, 1ls,51+ made
N 1911, We're Increased 10 $i,061, so,
Ihis Year. me comparative total taN-
ao.e Valuations are, 1914, s1i,224i, l6.;
1913, sIl, S94,151
mnsre the Money Goes.
The tabuldIion be.oW shows vince
the TAX money of 1913 Went to and
y mere tbs lax money OF 1914 Will so:
1914 1919
State :. .....s 55,25i.so 5 50, 7-s9
County :. -. 4-,2os.32 s7,o2;.5l
Township
roads 39,526.66 32.130.S2
Schools -. 1so. 1880 IS. ,364o0
Towns .sZ,IZ2.4o .o,3t9.y.
This accounts for all of the antic!-
pated tax receipts OF next year ex-
cepting about $4,000, which is levied
for special purposes and is prorateo
back into the funds for the state,
county, towns, etc.
That Capitol Extension.
OF the so5,254 whish the state Itself
will take in taxes from this county.
s5,63s.S2 Of that sum will be for the
purchase Of land for she extension OF
the state capitol grounds, about which,
there has been so much talk. For the
government OF the state itself the
county will pay s32, FOL. For the main
teilancs Of all the state institutions the
county will pay S16,914. OF this latter
sum Iowa State College ana lis extern
sion work will get $685., the state
university s2,255, the state normal
S1.i2I, and ali the other stale institu-
tons combined s5,63S.
County Has Large Funds.
The county has some good-sized
funds TO work, with as the large in
crease in the total county fund in The
tabula lion above shows Notable
among these funds is bridge fund of
s45.l06. compared with s27,517 in the
same fund this year. The fund created
by the legislature in connection wi h
the new road Jaw VIII produce ST, 069
for the county road system. Added 10
this will be s11.276 from the old. or
ordinary road fund, and TO these two
viii be added more than Sc, 900 of auto
mcoi!e tax money, making a total of
$4,000 the county will have for its
reads. This does no, INCLUDE s39.526
that has been levied by township
levies tor township roads.
Of Inc s195,543 that goes to the city,
town and rural schools, s12l,591 IS for
the salaries Of teachers.