New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-07-20
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TAX LEVY
TO Be s185,Oo0
COUNTY BOARD CUTS $40, 900
FROM AMOUNT LEVIED
LAST YEAR. a.
cLAMoR FOR LOWER TAXES
NEEDED. ROADS GET
BIG SLICE.

That peak has been rea ched in taxes,
50 far as Brown county is concerned,
seems to be a reality Judging from the
action Of a majority Of the county
commissioners at their regular semi
annual session, the fore part OF last
week, when they voted to Top off
s40,0 from last years tax levy Of
| $225,OOO by fixing this years levy at
f$185,000. While some of the com
missioners were opposed to making
such a substantial reduction in one
year, fearing that the roads that are
improved and maintained at the
county's expense, not being included
in the Minnesota Trunk Highway
System, would suffer as result OF too
deep cut in the revenue.
Many Complaints Heard.
Complaints about the taxes being
too high are so general that the clamor
for material reduction in the amount
of this burden finally reached the
court house and reverberated in the
commissioners session chamber. II
placed undergan efficient and economic
al system, the roads in the county need
not suffer. as a result Of the entrench-
ment in taxes, for one of the big talk
ing points during the campaign for the
adoption Of Amendment No. l, being
the Babcock highway plan, was that
much Of the burden Of road construc-
ton and maintenance would be lifted
from the county's shoulders by the
state. If the politicians were right in
their claims, there should be something
more tangible than mere statements
and computations to prove it.
Roads Get Biggest Slice. #
Under the terms of the 1921 tax
levy as fixed by the county board
upon the suggestions and reco mmenda-
lions Of C hartman Herman Polkow and
County Auditor Louis G. Vogel, the
rural highways in Brown county will
receive the biggest slice Of the taxes to
be collected next year. The tax levy,
as voted favorably by Chairman
Polkow and Commissioners Joseph j..
Sperl and HenrysJ. Meyer, while Com.
missioners John M. johnson and
Charles Palmer. we're opposed, is to be
divided as follows:
County Revenue Fund SIS, 900
County Road and Bridge,
4 Fund -------l.-.--- $3.50 80, GOO
County Poor Fund -18, 600
Refunding ,----.- - 7,OO
Total 1856, 900
Last years levy aggregated $225, 900,
being divided as follows: County
Revenue Fund sos, 900; County Road
and Bridge Fund, $125,0Oo; County
Poor, Fund, $35, 5000.
No New Bridges.
One Of the principal arguments in
favor Of a reduction in the taxes for
the road and bridge fund, as recited by
Chairman Polkow, is the fact that the
county's bridges are all in excellent
condition at the present time and
there is no necessity Of erecting new
structures Of this kind in the next few
years. 1t was also brought out that
road labor will not cost as much this
year as it has during the last several
years, so that it would be possible to
get along with $85, 900 in the road and
bridge fund, if this county depart
were conducted economically. Ac-
cording to County Auditor Vogel this
etrenchment will result in reduction
of about $500 in taxes on each 81 ZOO
of valuation. #.53
| Equalize Assessments.
| The county commissioners met at
the court house, Monday Of this week,
las county board OF equalization, for
/ the purpose Of reviewing the work soi
the assessors in the various cities
villages and townships this year
yesterday they met to finish regular
count business left over from last
] week S session. f #
LEGION AUXILIARY 4.
Mesdanes Otto Heymann ane