Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-09
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETS TO
FIX VALUATIONS FOR TAXA.
TioN PURPOSES.
RAILROADS AND WIRE
COMPANIES COME FIRST
Stats Levy 70 D. Around Z Mills 70
Meet Appropriations Of Lssislaturs
and 70 Cover Expense Of Iowa's
SHARE in Great War-costins $4,000
Per Day 10 Maintain Guards.
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Des Moines. Jhly s.-The state execu-
tive council began its work as board
81 review today to consider the valua-
tieps OF property OF the state for taxa
ton purposes. As is the usual custcp,
the council will first pass upon the
properties Of the railroads. express.
telephone and telegraph companies and
similar public utilities. These corpora
lions get their reports in early. where
- the valuations from the counties
cent in by county auditors are usually
delayed.
Although the counties not getting in
their reports by July are subject to
fine. there were still five counties out
Saturday. After deciding on the val
nations to be fixed for the railroads
ana other public utilities properties the
state council will take up the reports
z az the county auditors and consider the
values reported on land, city property,
I Hive stock, personal property, moneys
ana credits and aIY other property
which IL subject to assessment.
Taxsa Must Bs Raised.
It 10 GENERALLY recognized that the
stato taxes will have to be raised about
~ mills this year. in order to meet
the appropriations authorized by the
last legislature. The tax levy will.
there.,re, be around mills for state
purposes, Is against A.33 mills, the levy
for the past biennial period.
In the present biennial period. start
4 - Nd q
June 80, 1919, the state must raise
$13, 900 by direct taxes. In addition
to this it Is anticipated that some
$1,000, 900 viii come In thru fees.
La the Last biennial period. ending
juno 30 Of this year. the state raised
over 100000 by direct taxation.
Tho last legislature authorized ap-
preparations amounting to 100000
the frst year OF the new biennial period
and 100000 the second year. To
produce this amount on the present
valuations Of Iowa property will re:
quire levy Of about mills.
The biggest increase in the cost Of
running tho state during the next two
years, a compared to the biennial per-
iod just closed. 10 the 100000 war
war appropriation.
Msnsy For Guards.
since July /. when the Iowa national
f1uard recruits were called out for
tfAining at their home camps. the state
haS been e1pending about $4,000 per
day for the pay and maintenance of
these men. This expenditure will be
continued until the men are mustered
Into service. II II expected. however.
that the government eventually will re-
pay this to the state. This expendi-
tura, however. comes out Of the $1,000
900 war fund.
Some e5oo.o0o in all was appropriated
by the last legislature for new build
inas at the state educational institu-
tons, and the institutions under the
beard OF control. The maintenance per
person for the wards Of the state now
IN state institutions, numbering about
$4,000. was increased 81 per capita
over that OF the last biennial period.
Maintenance OF the state schools was
also increased. These heretofore show
some OF tho expenditures which 60 to
swell the total considerably above that
Of the two years just closed.
The 17sO0o.000 in fees which will
come into the state during the next
two years. estimated from those re-
eetved during the biennium just closed.
VIII make the income for the period
sAnding June, 80. 1919. $4,000. The auto
mobile fses In the past year. ending
June 80. 1917. totaled $2.069.1s3. Ninety
per cent Of this money. however. goes
right back to the counties. The state
highway commission gets 5 per cent
and the automobile department Is
maintained by the other S per cent.
The collateral inheritance tax this past
year, ending June 80. amounted to
100000: fees from the insurance de-
spartment, 3103,77o; from the secretary
81 states ONCE, $119.073; from the dairy
commissioners Office, $4,000. The
hunters license money totaled $94.041.
These are few of the larger sums in
fees or licenses In = year.