The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-26
Assessed Valuations.

and 1902.
Assessed Valuations.
] The assessed valuation OF real estate,
personal property, and other property
subject to ad valorem taxation in 1912
was, in round figmes. $50, 453 900, 000-an
amount almost twice as great as the as
sessed value of real property and i'm
times as great as that in 1860 The as.
sessed vslua of real property and inn
proyements subject to such taxation in
! 1912 was SOL .s54 900 900 nearly double
| the real estate assessment in 1902 and
more than seven times as great as that
OF 1860. The per capita assessed valua-
! ton of all property subject to ad valorem
taxation increased from S3s4.33 in 1860
to S44s.33 in 1902 and to S7l54s in 1912,
while the corresponding per capita figures
for real property and improvements in
creased from S22l.76 in 1850 TO S336,72 in
1902 and TO S534.lS in 1912.
All of these figures are of little real
significance, however. since the bases OF
assessment vary in different states from
81 per cent, to 100 per cent. Of the true
value. and also fiuctuate in some of the
individual states from decade TO decade.
Furthermore, the fidelity with which the
established basis of assessment is ad
hered to varies greatly in different states
aud in different localities in the same
state. The only valid measures of the
tax burden, therefore, is the per capita
levy, and even this does not indicate pre-
cisely the relative weight of taxation in
one state as compared with another or
in one year as compared with another,
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years. varying proportions of the total
revenues are derived from corporation
taxes and license fees. The per capita
levies, however. give a fair idea of the
general trend in respect to taxation.
Per Capita Tax Levies.
The levy of taxes on real estate. per
sonal property, and other property sub |
ject to ad valorem taxation. by states, I
counties, municipalities. school districts. \
and other civil divisions in 1912 amount I
ed TO total of 81 ,349.s4l 600, or 1891 /
per capita. The per capita levy IN 1909 /
was 1922. and in 1850 WAS only So. IL !
should be kept in mind that these fig /
ures do not cover the federal revenues,
most Of which are derived from various
forms Of indirect taxation. and also eN-
dude revenues derived by municipalities
from liquor licenses and other licenses
and fees.
The tax levy Of New York for state,
county. municipal, and other purposes in
1912 aggregated s22l .467 600 nearly one
sixth the total for the United States
and over two and one third times TIE
figure for Pennsylvania,
which had the second largest levy. s93,-
$4,000. Next 20 Pennsylvania vas Ilii-
nois. with q total low Of So s3s an,
followed closely b. Massachusetts, pith
ss2 5G6np0. Tho per capita figures ior
ihese four states. ia the order In which
NAMED. were s22s0. sll52. sl455. and
s2727. Tho greatest per capita levy.i
however Nas that ~ Montana. S2G.s3.
Next - order were Nevada With S2Aa2
nd California. with sZ3aa There were
hus three western states IN which the
nsr capita tar ictirf uere hiahsr than
hose ~ any eastern state. and the rsr
mrita ieties If two utisrs Washington
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