Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-14

in the Town of Clyde this year was, to
some extent, the result of the equaliza
ton by the county board in 1913. The
Town Of Clyde and others. gained by
the change and the Town of Arena and
others lost by IT, However the Tax
Commission has corrected that injustice
by setting aside that equalization as
viii appear on the assessment rolls this
fall
I have very full data of sales that 1
viii have for the use Of the Board OF
Equalization at the meeting OF the Coun-
" Board.
As I had more assessors to supervise
than any other supervisor in the state.
the Tax Commission allowed me TO en-
ploy an assistant for sixty days in Iowa
County. l appointed d. II. GTiniths OF
Dodgeville as my assistant. He made ten
or more Inspections IN each assessment
district in the county and secured the
assessments thereof by assessors from
the different village city and town
clerks. From that data l have equalized
the assessment. Of personal property OF
the county. have Verlned several of
his inspections, and | have found them
carefully and iRtelligently made. As
live stock constitutes the main part Of
the personal property assessed. | Sc
cured an expert live stock buyer. His
instructions We're TO value property as
of the first Of May. | accepted his fig
ures as a basis except where sufficient
data was not available In a few i'm
stances | lowered his estimate. l fully
approve his work.
eral Point during the last three years
have not been well done. This year the
Board of Review did lot Of splendid
work i'm improving the assessments and
equalizations in that city. l feel greatly
pleased with the result Ii is far above
the average of the county. Not in the
ratios that a decrease of ASP is neces-
sary, which IS almost one-halt OF one
per cent of the county and state tax
reductions. It's ratio this year is about
per cent. while in 1913, it was 667
TB4Ts nj glfI Ia ftlr fngf "a
full and iafr assessment lowers the
ratio.
l invite your earnest attention 70
omissions by assessors of personal prop
erty from assessment The Inspections
disclosed 1000 horses over 500 cattle
about 600 hogs, about 1.50o wagons
over 100000 wholly omitted from the
assessment roll. In one town l3I stee-s
in one herd, worth $1,000 were wholly
omitted. In another town BIB steers in
one herd, and in another a stallion worth
$500 were omitted In most Of the
towns smaller omission were found by
the inspector. local officers frequently
deny such omissions but the inSpecto~
saw the proDertv. valued it and knew
from those in charge If the property
that ii was there on May l, 1914 and
subject to assessment. This data and
items are on hand end viii be for the
use of the county board
Refreshments.
No reassessments We're ordered in Iowa
County by the Tax Commission I'm 1913
Those districts investigated by the Tax
Commission promised a much better
equalization this year and that promise
has been kent
In Grant County three towns We're re-
assessed with the following results
Minyille was assessed in 1913 at S202.-
1S5. The same assessor in 1914 assessed
the town at 1894 COG
Woodman was assessed in 1918 at
S414127. and the same assessor assessed
ii in 1914 AT s70S sos.
Potosi was assessed in 1913 at S1,2SS.-
015 while in 1914 it was assessed at
s213S.7 45