The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-05
TAX COLLECTIONS
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
OVER OTHER YEARS
On July /, ie.7, s2s2, 1868 More
Had Been Tskea in Than on the
Same Date in 1915; Bernalillo
Shows Up Well.
Special corrsspoadeass to The nsr.id

Special Correspondcnce TO The herald
santa Fa. y. NJ. Sept g. - setter
collections are being .made n
New Mexico this year. according to
figures complied by secretary Rupert
r. AxpIund Of the state taN commits
sion. A comparison between the total
OF 1918 taxes collected up 20 the close
OF Juis. 1915. and The total OF isi6
taxes collected up 10 the end Of lU'y.
1917. shows al increase. IN money -
S2ae. f6G. 90. ard an increase ~ per-
OF a.2S.
In a letter sent out yesterJs e
county tressurers Secretary AsD!uAd
gives the comparison noted. ana COM |
pariSons FOR the ft,e-year period eat-
ing from 1919 lie says.
In senGing a statement & 1915
tax collections showing ranking OF
counties. we desire 70 ear |a,ienti1a To
the fact ,hat In 1913, during the
months Of Nsv. June aai Iuiy. thcrc
was collected ~ the 1913 tixo- m IN
counties. 1855. 260-G5 3r 2f..t per
cent Of total toxes due. ~ the end Of
july. taiG here tao tHeu collected "a
total Cd $500. 34t - Of the i9.5 taxes
representing S2.s1 per cent ~ the to-
tai taxcu duo for that year. IN MAJ.
June. and Juiy Of is17, there was col
lecttd In The state st.693. 467.4i, Sc
3S.S2 pei cent 81 the total taxes due.
AZ the end OF July 1917. there has
been collected "A total OF S3.7f2.0S7.tO
Of the 1915 axes representing S5.7e
per cent OF the total taxes due FOR that
year. The gain In piou Of 1915
taxes collected up to the end Of July.
1917. over mount OF 1913 taxes coli
lected TO the end Of July. 1915. was
t22. 1858.
For the months Of May, June, and
july, the gam In amount OF 1916 taxes
collected in 1917 over 1915 taxes co.'s
lected in 1915 was sil7.i0T .O6. The
per cents Of collections In those three
months Of 1915 taxes IA 1915 n 1915
taxes In 1917. respectively. were 36.2i
and 3S.s2. showing a gain.
The counties tn which improve
ment is shown comparing collections
OF 1915, X up to aud including
July 1915, with collections of 1915
taxes up 20 and Including July. 1917.
are. B%ernallio. Colfax. Chayes. Curry.
.Dona Ana. Eddy. Grant. Lincoln.
Mora, Otero, Quay. Roosevelt. Sando-
val. Sierra. Socorro. Torrance. Union
and valen ia. The counties showing
a decrease in tax collections were
Guadalupe. Luna. Fio Arabia. san
Juan, Val Miguel. santa Re. Taos,
Mckinley.
other rather interesting compari-
som that may be made are as 70 as
sessment. total taxes due, the total
taxes collected during a five-year pc
Rod. In t9i2 the property valuation
was &2i7,37s.562. In 1916. S330.3il,
1872. In 1912 the total taxes extended
were $685.. 1850: in 1916 $3.50
2gl.1f. or the 1912 taxes, se.3fS,-
S75.ss were collected by May 81. 1913.
OF the 1915 taxes, $3,V72.91 90 were
collected py May 1, 1917. From these
figures We may gather that be- the nye-
period the value of property In
creased ~i2929,afO. or - per ccnt
The average TAX rate decreased froin
l6 mills On each dollar or valuation
To 10 mills. or about -o per cent. I
suggest that county collector make
simlla~ COMPARISONS for their respec-
counties Thet will prove of iu-
terest ~ taxpayers and I believe thty
Will show "a general Improvement 81
conditions
IN percentage u 1916 taxes collect
ed in July. tsts QUAY county rank,
first with 'a.5o Grant second with
30 s' o. Lincoln third. with 1865
santa Fe county is twentieth iu the
list with percentage OF rs 70. san
doNal with "a percentage of G- %,
lowest