Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-04
LEVY FOR 1919 TOTALS 145 MILLS,
AS COMPARED TO ,22
IN 1918
SCHOOL LEVY SHOWS
1872 MILLS INCREASE
School Board Asks $4,000 More For
General Fund Than Was Asked For
Last Year-lncreass Said to Be Due
70 Bond Issue and Higher Salaries
City Levy No Lower.

Taxes in this ciIy are to be higher
in 1920. The levy for 1919, payable IL
taxes next year, is las mills, as against
l22 mills the 1918 levy, paid this year
This is an increase Of 20 mills, almost
20 mills OF which has been added tc
the school taxes. The state levy foI
1919 is rs mills. as compared with Ga
mills in 1918, an increase Of Los mills
The county levy is II mills, as COM
pared with l1.63 mills in 1918. an in
crease OF 2.37 mills. The city levy Is
i54 mills, as against 1898 in 1905, an
increase of .35 mills, and the schooI
levy is Isl, compared with 5S.s IN
1918, an increase of 1872 mills.
The city valuation against which the
levy is made is s2,6S4,3Si. The county
valuation has not been made up from
the tax books, the total on which the
county officials have been working De-
ing that of the assessors.
Where Increases Come.
The big increase in the school levy
is due to the special bond issue voted
at the last school election and the in
creased salaries of teachers, the latter
made compulsory on the board by the
new state minimum wage law that
went into effect this year. In the gen
eral fund alone the school board asked
$4,000 more than last year.
There nave been some necessary in
creases in the county levy but all have
been small. The county fund this year
is s mills. as against $685. last year:
general insane so mills, as against .4S
mills: county insane, rs mills. as
against 80 mills poor fund. mills, as
against LIS mills: soldiers RELIEF
rs mills. as against 10 mills: county
bond. l mill, as against % mills, the
increase in the bond fund being due
to the issuance of bonds for the voting
machines; county road, / mill, un-
changed from last year; county road
drainage, l mill, a new fund; county
school, ! mill. unchanged from last
year. and bridge fund. sos mills. as
against mills. and bridge bond, 1.le
unchanged from last year. The latter
two levies figure in the taxes Of the
country residents but not in the tota
for the city.
Summary Of City Levy.
Contrary to the announcement thai
there would be a slight decrease In ths
city levy, there is an increase. TINS
is explained by the fact that the city
asked for less money but did not com
pute the levy on proper valuations.
The items making up the city levy
this year follow:
General fund, 80 mills; grading. 2.s7;
Improvement, 1875; sewer. SO; library
2ss; light, 4.9s; bond, SOS; fire, ass
city hall 1.9S; fire equipment, LAG
park, 1873: Judgment 80: bridge, 2.S3;
firemen's pension, "a; police pension
"a: street improvement. 81.
County Taxes Increased.
The state and county levies, which
are paid by all tax payers Of the coun-
ty. total els mills this year, as agains
1905 mills in 1918. Added to this. To-
the taxpayers of the county, outside
the city, are the bridge fund and bridge
bond levies, amounting to $50 mill:
and the school levies.
The heavy levy does not represen
all that was asked. The county OH
Gals shaved here and there to reduce
the total. and in some instances tn
reductions were substantial.
The 1872 mill increase for city schools
It Is said, does not fully represent thu
amount asked by the school board.