Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-18
County Rate is to be S1.16u
About 2 Mills Lower Than
Last Year.
INCREASES RATABLE|
Higher Valuations Placed on
Property--Tax for Bonus
and Bridge and Tunnel.

IBy Evening News siaT corrrspondentl I
NEW BRUNSWICK, March 1S.--3
the fact that thers
viii be two additional items upon
which the county will be taxed.3
both being state accounts. namely
the bridge and tunnel bonds issue
and the soldiers bonus bond issue,
the Middlesex county tax rate, as3
announced by the County Board OF
Taxation at their meeting here yes
terday will show a decrease of about
eight mills as compared with last
year. The total county tax this year.
including all county and state Items
was announced at S1.16125, as COM
pared with S1.1696 for the past year.
This includes the county tax rate.
state school tax, state road tax. state
soldiers bonus and the state bridge
and tunnel bonds.
The county tax rate for all coun-
ty governing purposes was announce
ed as S0.S0829, while the 1920 rates
was S0.S22S. a decrease of about one
and one-half points.
In line with the contentious that
have been expressed in the past by
county officials as we'll as the countyE
officials of Union county, who re-4
Gently attempted to review and CONF
pare the ratables of the two counties. !
that the ratables of Middlesex xeran
entirely too rlow an increase is shown
fHthe total valuation of ratables for
1921 of about $9.319,3S9 This in-s
crease accounts for the decrease in
the county tax rate. although the
total amount of taxes to be raised q
by the county is increased by this adj
dition Of two state bond issues
An increase is shown in the
amount of taxes apportioned strictly
for county uses. this being occasions
ed by an increase in the freeholders'
budget items for 1921, shows an IN
crease Of s57.S01.
The following interesting facts
will show how the tax has been fix-s
ed:
Number of acres in county. 151,-s
els for 1921 as compared with 155,-S
667 for 1929
Number OF lots in county. 14S.ss9z
in 1921; for 1920 the number WAS
1S6.J31.
Value Of land without improve
ments S57.49S.61O. as compared
with SS7.4S2,551 for 1920.
Value Of improvements, s57s64I.-s
$50 for 1921; S49.204,015 for 1920.
sivc of second class railroad props
erty for 1921 is s95,139.T90: for
1920 the amount was SS6 1885, $50.
Valuation Of second class railroad
-S5,931,2l7 for 1921: for 1920. s5.-
61511S.
Valuation of personal estate-S2s-s
e47,909 for 1921, as compared with
S27.45S,004 for 1920.
Net valuation taxable for 1921.
S12S.561.167; for 1929, $119,2s7, 7,ssS.
Net valuation on which county.
state and school taxes are appor-
toned for 1921 S13O.44O,1T0: for
1929 the amount was S121,120.7S1.
Total exempt property in county.
$29,52S.540 for 1921; for 1920, s25.-
946.TO5
State road tax for 1921 is s1s8.-
4407 while in 1920 the amount was
s12O.916.
state school tax for 1921. ss2s,.
422; for 1920 the amount was $29s.-.
927
The county tax apportioned for.
1921 is S1.054. 335. as compared
With S996.534 for 1920.
Local taxes 10 be raised in the
county are apportioned under twp
heads this year: s1.S2s.s66 for dis
trict schools and S1.S0S,9sl for other
purposes. This was one item in 1899
amounting to S3,1S0.143.
Bank stock tax due the various
taxing districts of the county Will
be SlS.7A0 for 1921. compared tos
S11,SS5 for 1920.
Soldiers Bonus-S39,I32
Bridge and TUnnel-s15.65e
These last two items were not
taxed last year. ~