Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-07
MADISON ASSESSMENT
RAISED rs PER CENT
While Total For State Is Almost
Doubled, In Four Years CsI1-
niissicn's ReFo-t Shows

Frankfort. Jan. 7-Asscssmcn:
OF lands - farming, timber aud
mincrals-ipr the ent re state has
been increased 946 per cen, since
l9l7. tables being prepared by the
State TaX Comlnissiou Tor ,uhmi
sion to the General Assembly MI
show. The tables are being pre-
pared as result of d Joint reso-
luton passed Oh january ;. and
do not include the taxes ON city
and town lots and Improvements
throughout the state.
The total assessment ot iarn-
ing. timber and mineral lands io-
the state in iyiT. when the pres
cnt tax law became operative.
was Sj9l .695 500 and in 1921 was
S760.i50SSS an increase Tor 1921
oi S30S.465.CS2 over 1917.
Members Of the assembl, IN cN
planning the resolution said that
thev wished to make compari-
sion Of the increases n assess
mcnt, in the coal counties OF IN"
state and in the farming counties.
Rainel +. Wells. chairman OF the
State lax Commission. complied
the f5Iluwina table Of the perceut
aee ct increases in coal rouutie-
Tor hi, own u~y. The eastern
Kentucky coal count & and the.
percentage OF increase in assess
ment, follow: Bel Oly Der
cent: Breathitt dO9: I'lcyd q5.4:
3 HARLAN 80: Johnson So: knoN
IA. I.ctcher l2S.5: AltCrcary
5uT. Perry 9S.S; Pike l.24:'
Whitley 81. Avcrage incrca,a,
$50 pcr cent. Leaving Johnson
md McCrcary counties ont. II }.
Air. Wells. tile percentage ci in
rcasc would be gS9
The western coal count:e, and
percentage of increase follows: =.
henderson county. 1874 per cent
hopkins SOP Muhicnburg luT -
Ohio 1858: Union ll1z: W,bste-l
lGO.S per cent.
The greatest percentage on in
crease shown in any one count 3,
Harlan where the coal indu~'r.
la> grown rapidly during reo"nl
wears. Til county shows IN IN
crease Of 2iO per cent. Knott
county with an increase Of 2z0I
per cent was second and Alicr
with T2T per crnt was third.
The percentage OF increase IL
ach oi the 10 counties follows
\dan 97.5: \llen lT2Z:.\ndersc i
l0l: Ballard 400: Barren ,6i {.
Bath 1873: Bell ol9: Boone lGS.2I
Bourbon lois: Boyd 100: Bowl.
lu4: Bracken l27.9: BreathiJti
90: Breckinrid.e SO.5: liullti
l0D7: Butler SOS. Caldwell n5.@:I
, allowavs112S: Campbell SOL.
iO2.6: Carroll sos Car
ter o2.2: Casey l45Z; Christian
)92: Clark 1928: CLAW so; Gin
ton Sill: Criitenden l09.2: Gum
'.crland SOL: DavicS> l09.S:' Id
nonSon rs: Elliott y: l.still
SIS: Favcttc 75T. Fleming l0l.4
Flgid a4ES: HEanklin S0.4; I'ultoni
46ssl iallatin SlZ Garrard 10;
'irant1 ~ Graves l047 GravsoR
~ %: Green 1901 'Grcclup O5.l
lanc0cB03I tIIIardinIIl.5 Ilar-l
Ian DO Harrison l2S.5; Hart 99i.
Henderson l274: Henry l04Za
Hickman 1880: Hopkins S6.2: :.
Jackson p; Jefferson sos; Jess
nm ne SIS: Johnson 55Z; kentcn
us: Knott 226.7; Knox 724
Larue 90: Laurel 90; Law
renee %; Lee H6.5; Leslie 2S.S:
Letcher 1855: Lewis 6>.S; Lin.
,oln z5.l: Livingston 05s4; logan
IOS.9: Lyon 1905; Madison ISL
q5.4: Marion 900: Mar
shall 9S.2:: Martin COS Mason
}6.T: McCracken 92.2; McCrearl
'Oz: Mclean 1918; Meale 90.
Menifee 500: Mercer 92.6 Met .
ialf 95.1: Monroe S3.4; Montgom
try 7S.6: Morgan 94.1: Mullen
burg 1O7.S: Nelson 100: Mich
BIAS 99.5; Ohio 1859: Oldham
l5.4: Owen 124.5: Owslev G0.6::
! 'endleton 1903: Perry oS.': Pike.
ll2.4: Powell ll0.S: Pulaski 54.Z :.
Robertson 140.1; RockcaStle q3.2;i
Rowan 90: Russell 90: Scott
lO6.z: Shelby 76.S; Simpson 1l2.5.
Spencer 164.5: Taylor 90; Todd !
]2S: Trigg 6S.2; Trimble 9l7 i
lmon OH: Un'on l15Z: Warreni
l2t2: Washington 72.S: Waynel
3; Webster l0l.1; Whitley 81
Wolfe $50: Woodford ~.