Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-04-16
Register Madison County Kentucky Saturday April Is 1921
q COUNTIES PASS
2O-MILLION MARK

| frankfort, NY, April lO--CflG-
inal tax assessments of 81 Ken
lucky counties this year passed
the $20,000,O00 mark, according to-
a recapitulation of the first report
of county assessors made to the
Estate Board Of Tax Commissions
ers and made up in the office OF
the board. There will be some
changes in the assessment of the
counties as we'll as of most of the
Iother counties of the state, how
ever, as the result of hearings
held by the board and orders that
the assessments be equalized
sThe second report of assessors
carrying the equalized assess
ment into the office of the board.
The total assessmen t of the
state as originally fixed by the
county assessors was $1,854,458,- /
lO09, not including bank deposits.
This will probably be increased by
the equalization.
The largest original assess
ment in the state was that of JEFF
ferson county, in which the city
of Louisville is located. This to-
tailed $445,717,217. The taxable
value of the county under the
equalized assessment in 1920 was
$420,255,O47. The largest single
! item in the 1921 assessment is
jS165,033,523 in town lots and i'm
provements in the city of Louis
vile and surrounding towns. The
assessment for this item in 1926
was $159,211,OS3. The value OF
farm lands and improvements il
Jefferson county as fixed by tho
assessor this year was $29,2OS, $50.
as compared with $26,S04,371 IL
the equalized assessment of 1920
Tangible personal property thi:
year is assessed at $113,501.130 a:
compared with $101 $500 il
the equalized assessment OF 1920
Intangible personal property /.
assessed at $123,477091 as. com
pared with S121, 102,306 last year
Fayette county's assessment /:
the second largest, standing il
the first recapitulation for 1921 a
}$101 ,5S3.197 as compared will
| SCI ,841,740 in the second recapit
ulation for 1920. Here again tn,
value of town lots in the county
largely in the city of Lexington
is the biggest item, being assess
ed at $32,507, 1854 this year, com
tpared with $26,014,146 in the sec
ond 'recapitulation of 1920. Farm
lands and improvements were
close second with $50, 502,2O0 thi,
year as compared with the fna
assessment OF $26,952,002 in 1920
There will be some changes il
these totals due to orders issuet
by the county boards of equaliza
ton. Intangible personal proper
ty is assessed at $17,093,566 a
compared with $11,621, 416 ant
tangibles at $17,O64,797 as com
pared with $13,0l8,745.
The totals of the assessments
reported from the leading IL
counties in the first recapitulation
and given out by the State Tax
Board the 1920 total being the
final equalized assessmentand the
1921 being the original assess
ment by county assessors follow:
Camp bell, $40, 5O6,689, $42,351,-
02O; Boyle, $19,576796, S22,211,-
554; Boyd, $24,687,637, s26,&1,-
I735; Bourbon, $33,608,712, $35,-
i451,764; Fayette, $S1,94l74o,
SOL, 5S3,197; Daviess, $3S,l04,204,
I$39.354,1S5; Clark, $26,715,966,
SIS, 491 800; Christian, $29,715,767,
I$28,812,4SO; Kenton, $4S,243,223,
I$51,132,21S; Jefferson, $42O,255,-
l047, $445Z17,217; Henderson $2S,-
i432,9o2, $29,513,675; Harrison.
IS2O,O14,S65, $2O7SO,2O5; Graves.
IS24,766,236. $25,N3,146; Nc
Cracker, 81, SS5,134, $2S,921, 1876;
Mason, $24755,213, $24,659,585;
Madison, S25,794.3 800, $26,312.H0;
Scott. S19,9S7, 697, $2O,SS6, $40;
lShelbv. S25,S25.6O2, $25z20,OS0;
Union, $2Q,2S3,242, $20,745,29S;
Warren. S25.433,214. $27,433,214;
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