The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
Decrease in Valuation Totals
S74,6s7,911.
Five Counties Pay Increase OF
$523,492.
LEVY INCREASES 1896 MILLS
Shawnee Shows Gain This Year
of s2,423,7Os.
Slump of s1,s0O,OOO in valua-
tiOn in Sedgwick.
STATE TAX COMPARISONS


Total state valuation 1sal...... S.7ass27ooS
Decrsased valuation :.....'... .ses.sl
Total state taxes 1921. 4slsss
Total state taxes 1920. ............ 6.417.3e0
Increase for 1890 ................ S,O64,11e
Levy for state purposes 1921. .2.9sS mills
Levy for state purposes 1920. Loo mills
Aggregate state taxes five largest
tax counties (SedgwIck. Wyan-
dOtte, Butler, Shawnee, Reno)
Taxes same counties 1890 ........ sas.e5s
Taxes smallest All county istantonj 1881 1885, $3.50
State taxes Stanton county 1920. -. 4.5es
increase Tor year .-.-...........,-.-. 2,Sos
From the total of more than ten
million dollars which will be used for
payment of state expenses during the
next year. Kansas property owners
will pay into the state treasury in
taxes for state government exactly
$S,4S1, 43s. Last year state taxes
amounted to s5.417. .32O-or $3,064,11S
less than the amount to be raised un-
der the 1921 levy
Decrease in Valuation.
Property valuations real estate
and personal property-as announced
this afternoon by Clarence e. Smith.
secretary of the state tax commission.
are W. 4.S27.003. This is a decrease
of $74,6S7,911 from last year when
valuations reached the high mark Tor
the state-a total of $3,s69,514,914.
The 1921 levy of 2.235 mills Is an
increase of .S35 mills over last year.
Effect of the record increase in the
state levy is shown in the amounts to
| be raised for state purposes alone in
the various counties. In the five
| largest tax paying counties of the
/ state-Sedgwick, Wyandotte, Butler
i Shawnee. andf Reno-the increase in
! one year is $523,492 This = an in
/ crease In nf t..
Stanton county-tlle smallest tax payii
ing county-the increase is $2,5s9--
about "a per cent. s
Shawnee Gets Hard jolt.
! Shawnee county gets hard Jolt in
| the state tax returns. She registers
In as one of the few counties with a
substantial increase in valuation
! jump from $109,792.341 in 1920 to
/ $112.216.e49 this year, or a gain of
$2.423.70S. But 1t profiteth little in
the final score. Last year the county
paid for state purposes alone a total
of $153,709. Under the new levy she
will this year increase her contribu-
/ tion to state government $4,000. The
new levy calls for $250,685 from this
4 county for state purposes
Slump in Sedgwick County.
But Shawnee county isn't alone
| Governor Aliens home county takes
a big chug-right at the top of the
! tax list. Since the oil boom came
I Sedgwick county has led the state in
valuations. This year her valuation Is
$172.S70, 925-a slump of $1,30O.Oo0
from the high mark of last year. But
the slump may be a blessing in dis
guise. Last year the county's taxes
for state purposes were s240,1s5. This
year she must pay for state govern
ment thru her direct tax levy exactly
$3S6.367.
/ Wyandotte county increased her val
uatfons three and a half millions this
year. But she suffers the same re-
verse joy as comes to Shawnee. Upon
valuation this year of S143,217,796.
the county pays $32o.O92 state taxes.
Last year she paid $195,685 on a val
uation of $13s,774,s71.
Valuation Drops in Butler County.
Butler county with her big oil wells.
is>third in state tax Importance. This
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