Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
One Farmers Taxes

as we'll as all OF the bridges and most
of the culverts which latter were for
| merly built by the township trustees.
And in the main all road and bridge
moneys levied by the county upon a
farm in Marion township will come
Jack to the locality for its own general
| Improvement. Last year this farm paid
1851 for county roads and bridges
while this year it will pay $24.96, but
the county will maintain and improve
its main Travelled roads and build the
culverts which were formerly paid for
| by township Ievies. Much CT this IN
crease is due also to the increased
valuation. This farm paid last year
for all county purposes 1851 and will
pay this year for all county purposes,
| including roads and bridges. Sass.
Township Roads Get $500 More.
| In Marion township the money
needed for teachers when pro-rated
over increased vatua tiCns reduced the
millage levy for the teachers fund and
also for their general township ex-
penses by almost enough to offset the
millage increases for state and county
purposes so that this farm will pay
this year $3.50 for township teachers
as compared to s16.25 lest year in
spite Of it's higher valuation and for
general township purposes it did pay
| $S.12 last year and will this year pay
5000, but the Marion township trus-
tees evidently felt that they were go
| ing to keep their township roads in as
| good condition as the best county road,
and in spite Of the fact that their main
| travelled roads have now been taken
, over by the county they left their
township road levy the same. After
| they had done this their values were
boosted "a per cent which will give
them onethird more township road
money for 10 per cent less road mile
age and no culverts. 1t will cost the
average farm s12.4S this year for
township roads as compared to 1925
| paid last year.
Worth More-Taxss More.
Thus we find that because the aver
age Marion township farm is wort so
much more money than 1t ever was,
| that it's taxes have been increased and
that it will have to pay s6.23 more for
f, state purposes, of which $50 goes to
! the agricultural school work, and $16.77
more for county purposes, Of which
$15.45 goes back into roads and bridges,
, but for all township expenses except
| township roads it will pay only SO cents
, increase plus $500 increase for town
| ship roads. But in spite of AL these in
creases the big farm in Timber Creek
township, which sold at 100000 this
week, will pay this year on n valuation
Of only $50 GOO.
Higher Yet in Town.
The owner of farm in Marion
| township who thus finds his taxes
| boosted to the extent of 1856 for the
coming year larger by reason OF de-
cree Of court compelling his land to be
| increased for taxation more nearly In
proportion to it's increase in selling
value, can find his consolation in the
| fact that if he could sell his quarter
| section farm for $4,000 and should in
! vest it in ten modest homes in the city
| of MarshalltoWn at an average price
| Of $4,000 each, he would at first dis
| cover that whereas the assessed valu-
| alton Of his property for taxation in
Marion township has been boosted up
to $12.480, it would in Marshalltown
have been boosted to $20,0 900 and that
| whereas his millage levy in Marion
township remains at 30h mills it would
in Marshalltown reach the grand total
| OF 81 mills. and the net result to him
| would be that whereas his total taxes
for the coming year in Marion town.
ship have jumped from $69.60 up to
1876 on $4,000 worth Of property, his
taxes this same year upon the same
amount Of property In Marshalltown
would reach the grand total Of $500. a
margin Of considerable difference even
after valuations have been boosted, but
last year the margin of difference was
still wider. Hence the appeal Of the
municipalities to the courts and hence
the decree of court ordering an in
creased valuation Of farm lands. A
careful study of one, farmers taxes in
Marion township will disclose the
whole story Of taxation In IcwG