Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-03-17
TAX COMMISSION
REPORTS To SOLONS
Wisconsin State Body Gives
Legislature Its Finding.
MORE TAXES PAID BY CITIES
Commission Values Rural Property of
State at $1,733,a63,711 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 who
pays the high taxes, and not the
farmer.
This is the statistical conclusion of
a 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
ly 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 ST.
363, 1852, 491 The true value of this
rural property according to the COM
pilations made by the tax commission
is $1,733, 863,711. The value of all prop
erty in cities and incorporated vii
lagos in the state is $1,259, 2,O98,
as compiled by the local assessors,
and the true value Of this property is
81 sol, PA, 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
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
SIT 1902, 770.45 while the urban dis
tricts paid during the same year $24,-
736,452.59, OF nearly so per cent more
taxes than the residents of the urban
districts. For the entire state the
tax rate for rural property was .01277
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 rate of
.0164S 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 this 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
hearing by the senate committee on
education and public welfare. 1t is
over some of the appropriations In
voIved 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 physics building
at the university and for the erection
of a political science building. An
other bill of Senator Benefits prohib-
iting the university from giving medi-
cal 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
hearing.
There will be hearings for two days
this week on proposed highway legis-
lation. Senator W. j. Bichler has an
nounced that the special committee
on highways will be in session to hear
arguments for the repeal of the present
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 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
1t 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 be considered at the
same time.
These consultations will elimin-
ate the Implications in work." de-
clared Senator Plat Whitman