The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-11
TAXABLE VEAL TH|OKLA, DEMOCRATS
CARTER COUNTY'READY FOR THE|
RUN INTO MANY'MOST STRENUOUS
MILLION DOLLARS CAMPAIGN Of 192O'
Figures of Tax Assessor
Show s33,OOO,COO Actual
Valuation; Good Roads
Is the Slogan

The total taxable valuation OF Car
ter county according to figures fur.
nished by the tax assessor is a little
above sSS,OOo.OOO
Tne county excise board acting
a1on these figures as a basis for max
l7g up the budgets for the fiscal
var made public the following facts
s"d figures today:
1T Tho valuation above stated there
can be raised by advalorem tax for
10 general fund Of the county, the
run Of s264,391
n making up the estimate the law
requires that ten per cent must be
deducted from this amount for delin-
qucnt taxes and taxes otherwise
non collectable, which, deducted from
!he above basis would take s26,43s
away from the general fund. leaving
balance Of s2SI952, for the general
fund, il the limit levy is imposed.
For Road Improvement
The needs for different officials
and separate schools together with
what will be required fog other pur-
poses totals S2O4.079. leaving q balance
in Tho general fund of s39,S73. for
road and bridge purposes, and of
which amount the excise board levied
S3S, 600.
The gross production tax together
with the surplus left over. from last
year will amount 70 $4,000, from
which s1l6,4S7 was placed for the
federal aid project which every one
familiar with county road matters
knows about.
Joe T. Taylor, commissioner from
tho third commissioner district, states
that he has received plans and speci-
fications from the state engineer
covering all the work to be done
lin Carter county during the fiscal
year, but at this time Is unable to
state just when the work will begin.
Needed for Local Affairs
The estimated needs for the various
offices and institutions under the SUI.
peryision of the county commission
ers are as follows:
For the county attorneys office,
including salaries and incidertals,
s6,94O.
For sheriff, -cluding supplies and
incidentals s9O,75O.
FR county clerk including salaries
and supplies, $4,000.
For county treasurer, including
salaries and incidentals Sl4,425.
For county tax assessor, including
sllpries and incidentals s5,l10.
For county superintendent including
salaries and supplies s4,e35.
For county commissioners, including
salaries, printing Of minutes of meet
ings and ircidcrtals $500.
For court clerk, including salaries
ond supplies, slo52j.
For justice of the peace, printing
etc, s425.
For constablcs, $3.50.
For county health officer, including
all branches Of health department,
s2,265.
For charity. including widows pen
sons, 5000.
For general government, including
interest and care and upkeep Of all
county property. sls,73o,
For tick eradication work. sl2,500.
For farm and home demonstrators
and levy made as required by law
for county fair purposes $3.50.
For. separate schools which includes
all negro schools Of the county, $685.
40.
Board Still in Session
The county excise board is still in
session and today will pass upon
tho budget submitted by the mayor
and board of city commissioners for
maintenance Of the various city de-
partments.
Commissioner Taylor, chairman of
the board of county commissioners,
states that he hopes to complete the
proposed system Of highways rs rap
idly as possible in order to facilitate
traffic between this city and the Oil
fields, with this object in view he
says he will bend every energy to rush
operations as rapidly as weather and
other physical difficulties will per-
NIT.