The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-03-12
RESIDENTS OF CITY
PAY MORE TAXES
STATE COMMISSION GIVES RE-
PORT TO LEGISLATURE.
TAX TABLE GIVEN S0L0NS
Body Values All Rural Property OF
the State at $1,733,e63,711 and
City Property at $780,
213,125.


Madison.-More taxes are paid by
residents of the city than by rural dis
| tricts, although the true value OF the
| property in rural districts is more. 1t
| is the resident of the city district VINO
pays the high taxes, and not the
farmer.
This is the statistical conclusion OF
report that has just been compiled
by the state tax commission at the
request of members of the legislature.
This report shows that the assess
ment of urban districts is more near
Iy the true value of the property than
the assessment of the rural districts.
Local assessors have valued all OF
the rural property of the state at
$1,363, 162, 491. The true value OF this
rural property according to the COM
pilations made by the tax commission
is $1,733,S63, I'll. The value of all prop
erty in cities and incorporated vii
lagos in the state is $1,259,5O2,O 98,
as compiled by the local assessors,
and the true value of this property is
$1,501 ,213,125 as compiled by the state
tax commission.
According to the combined reports
of the local assessors 48 per cent OF
all of the assessed property in the
state is in urban centers, but accord
ing to the true value assessment OF
the tax commission only 46 per cent
of the total assessed property is in
cities. The figures of the local asses
sors are used for the assessment OF
local taxes, but the true value figures
of the tax commission are used for
the assessment of state taxes.
The report shows that, the rural dis
tricts paid in taxes in 1914 the sum of
$17,4O2, 77O45 while the urban dis
tricts paid during the same year $24,-
6,452.59, or nearly so per cent more
taxes than the residents of the rural
districts. For the entire state the
tax rate for rural property was .O1277
while for urban districts it was .01964
The tax rate for the rural and urban
districts compiled on the true value
basis, which is considered more COM
parable, gives an average rural tax
rate for 1914 of .01004 and a rate of
.O164S for the urban districts. The
conclusion of this report is that the
high taxes are paid by city residents
rather than rural residents. These
tax tables are now in the hands of
the legislators.
The Bennett bill to repeal over half
a million dollars of appropriations
made by the last legislature for the
erection of new buildings at the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin will be given q
hearing by the senate committee on
education and public welfare. 1t is
over some of the appropriations in
vOlved in this portion of the law, which
Senator Bennett would repeal, that
Regent TrottmAn objected to and
finally resigned. This law provides for
the construction of a physics building
at the university and for the erection
of a political science building. An
other bill of Senator Benefits pro-
hibiting the university from giving
medical instruction in excess of the
two-year course will also be heard on
that day. The Bennett bill to repeal
the eugenics marriage law will be
given a hearing
There will be hearings for two days
this week on proposed highway legis-
lation. Senator w. J. Bichler has an
hn FOL
on highways will be in session to hear
arguments for the repeal of the pres
ent state highway law and also for and
against county system of highway
construction. Two bills on this sub.
ject have been offered by Senator
Bennett and a third bill to be consid-
cred has been presented by Senator
L. E. Cunningham of Beloit
The drainage bills introduced in the
senate by Senator Everett of Racine
and in the assembly by Assemblyman
George P. Hambrecht will be consid.
cred by the joint judiciary commit
tees of both houses. This committee
will also consider the eleven bills rec
commended by the supreme court to
shorten court procedure and relieve il
from technicalities.
Senator Burke's bill to increase the
size Of the Wisconsin National Guard
has been placed on the calendar of
the senate state affairs committee for
hearing. Three other bills by Senator
Fairchild relating to the organization
of the guard will ho o0pSidorad - A.
same time.
These consultations all elimin-
ate the Implications in work" de-
clared Senator Plat Whitman.