Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-03-07
STATE COLLECTS
GREATER TAXES
Tax to be Collected This Year by All
Counties in Iowa Amounts to
$J4, ,267 ,625.44.
81, ,4$0, ,2s9.OJ OF THIS
AMOUNT IS STATE TAXES
Total Amount to be Collected This
Year Sohws an Increase Over
Last Year of $3, ,591 ,592.10.

ports have been received by the state
auditor from all Of the county audi
tors of the state showing the tax
which is to be collected in each
county in the state during 1917. OF
this amount ninety-two per cent Is
for county taxes and eight per cen.
for state taxes. Included in the eight
per cent collected for state purposes
is the money which pays the distri,t
judges in each county, the state all
paid to- county. fairs, to consolidated
schools and normal training.
AS has been pointed out before.
the large percentage of the state tax
goes to the state educational institu-
tions, maintained for the benefit of
the people of all of the counties, AMI
to the institutions under the sta.c
board of control to which the unfor-
tunate from all of the counties are
sent.
The total of all taxes to be collect
ed by all the counties this year as re-
ported by the county auditors is
$54,267.625.44. OF this amount a.
409,239.05 is state taxes. For strict-
ly county purposes there is therefore
to be collected s49.S5S,3S6.3a
The total amount of taxes to be
collected this year shows an in
crease over the amount to be collect
ed last year of $3,591.592.19. The
Mcrease in the amount of state taxes
to be collected this year totals s49,-
.261.21.
There is an Increase in the prop
|axtx yalpations.h .howeysrsof about sloss
100000 and In moneys and credits
of $4,000. goo. This will make a
total increase in values of $4,000
900. The higher the property valu-
alton, the lower the tax required to
raise specific sum.
The moneys and credits this year
as listed for taxation total 1907, ,25S,-
$50, as compared to s275,361, 500
last year. The total property values
are 55.143,629, as compared to
$945,O61,505 the previous year.
City taxes show an increase of
about 100000. The district school
tax has increased about million and
three-quarters over year ago.
The total road taxes to be collect
ed in all of the counties of the state
show an increase of about $225,O0O
over the previous year. This year
the total road tax will amount to
$5,502,749 over the previous year.
The road taxes come under four
heads as follows. County road and
permanent road tax, county road
building tax, township road tax and
road dragging tax. The taxes in
each of these funds the last two years
follow:
County road and permanent road
tax, 1916, $SS6.173.79; 1917, $921.-
I980.O3.
County road building tax, 1915,
81. 423,325.96: 1917. $1.440,016.40.
Township road tax, 1915, $2.474,-
l814.31; 1917, $2.626,954.50.
Road dragging tax, 1915, $71S,-
627.90; 1917, $739,5SO.90.
The total state levy including cap
itol extension is 4.5 mills. There will
be raised for capitol extension this
year $l66,390. This tax is II mills.
The state tax not including capitol
extension is 4.33 mills. AS was
shown in the first part of this article
the entire amount to be raised for
state taxes this year is $4,409.239.05
as. compared to $4.s59.s77.s4 last
year.