Middletown transcript., 1915-12-25
nate TAX BASIS
IS sl,274,8243N
Secretary GIrdwOOd Makes
Public Figures Of Report
s7ss,sl5,lss IN THE CITY
Assessment in Baltimore $ts3. ,4S4
Larger Than In the cOunties-ki0w
the Latter RanI-caIVert
Has the Lowest.

Marylands assessable basis, accord
ing to figures made public by Secre-
tary Allan c. GirdwOod Of the State
Tax Commission, amounts to $1,274,-
s24,311.25. OF this amount, $830 ,212,-
1882 represents real and tangible
personal property. The assessment
on ordinary business corporations
amounts to $32,S47, ,724.39; on domestic
corporate shares, $3S,O93, ,234.46; on
distilled spirits, $685. 5,654 25; on bank
shares, $83,799, ,170.69; on securities,
$223, ,525, ,6S6.O2, and on savings de-
posits, $1O3, 3,650,573.S2. M
The tables given out by Mr.. Gird-
wood will be incorporated in the an
nual report which the Tax Commits
sion will make to the Governor and
the General Assembly. They show in
segregated form the assessments in
Baltimore city and each county Of the
State.
$7ss,e15, 1888 In Baltimore City.
The total value Of the property sub
ject to State assessment in Baltimore
city is $73S,915, 1896, This leaves
$54O, ,909, ,67S.19 representing the total
value Of the property assessable for
State purposes in the remainder OF
the State. The assessment in Balti-
more therefore exceeds the assessment
in the counties by $193, ,005, ,454,87
Baltimore city's assessable basis for
State purposes is made up as follows:
Real and tangible personal property,
S433,217, 800; ordinary business cor
porations, SIG, ,050, ,563.19; domestic cor
porate shares, $28,199 ,931.73; distilled
spirits, $1,104,1S3; bank shares. $15,-
03,211.26; securities, $145.298.9O6 and
savings deposits $95,12S,017.8S.
Baltimore County In Lead.
Baltimore county, as is generally
known, leads all the rest Of the coun-
ties in the State in point Of taxable
wealth. The real and tangible per
sonal property of the county for State
purposes is assessed at $102, 1865 ,I98, Is
ordinary business corporation
54,220.70, its domestic q
shares at $4,28O,799.55, its d4scl I'd
spirits at $2.322.572, its BAN shares
at $3.50, 1850. its securities ~ $61,-
922,8 and its savings deposits at
S2O8, ,42s.54 Total, S172, 4sS7O.6S.
Calvert has the lowest assessment
Of any county in the State. Its total
taxable basis is but s3,O42.276. st.
Mary's county is the next lowest. with
an assessment amounting TO S6,O11,-
S63.44. Charles county is hut little
larger. It's assessments amounts to
but $3.50 ,084.99.
Washington Next Richest
In point of richness Washington
county stands next to Baltimore cOun-
ty with a total assessment Of $39, 9,437,-
627.45. The real estate and tangible
personal property of Washington
amounts to $31, ,S73,909 and its savings
deposits to 1888, ,43446.
Frederick county runs close upon
the heels OF Washington, nOtwithstand-
ing the fact that 1t has no town within
its borders equal to HagerstOwn in
point Of population. Furthermore,
Frederick shows the largest savings
deposits of any county in Maryland.
Its total assessment amounts to $685.
070,987.69. Its real estate and tangible
personal property amounts to $685.
269, while its savings deposits total
S4,624, ,3S43O
Washington county, with its 81 1885,
4S4.46 in savings deposits, comes next
to Frederick. This shows how far
the people Of Frederick surpass those
, Of the rest Of the counties in the
State in the matter Of putting away
their earnings,
AlIegany's Savings Small.
Allegany county has total assessed
; wealth of $36,7S1, ,612.71, Of which
amount but s86,355.OS represents saw
Y lngs deposits. Carroll county's as
+ sessed valuations amount to $26, sos,
r S77.58. OF this amount $20,764, ,S17
/ represents real and tangible personal
n property. Montgomery county makes
b a good showing with an assesable basiI
Of $23.696,00717, Of which $1S,855, ,28l
represents real estate and tangible
personal property.
There are IL counties out OF the 2;
r which show no savings deposits. The!
are Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles
a Dorchester Garrett, Howard, Kent
a, Prince Georges, st. Mary's. Somerse
sr and Wicomico. Allegany, outside O
a, Baltimore county and Baltimore city
IN leads the State in the amount Of s,
a, eurities listed for taxation, giving i
g4,90S.040; Cecil county comes nez
with $S.114,296; Frederick next wit