The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-22
COUNTY TAXES Will
BE ALITTLE lower
Reduction of Almost Two Mills in
Levy Announced by Commissioners.
Many SchOOl Districts Have Ex-
tremely High Levy

The county tax levy for Gallatin
for 1928 shows reduction of nearly 2
mills over that of a year ago, not a
great reduction, perhaps, but decided
ly step in the right direction. The
greatest cut comes in the general fund
of the county, which has been reduced
from to 21a mills. AS there will be
no county fair this year and as the
county does not intend to finance an
exhibit to the state fair under the
present exhibiting rules, there will be
no p mill levy for fair purposes.
! There has also been a slight cut in
! the insect pest fund. Other levies
are much the same, with the exception
of the high school fund, which has
been raised from 5 to 6 mills.
While the above applies to Che gen.
eral levy for the county, some tax,
payers will not derive much benefit
or find their taxes lower on account
of the increased levies in many of the
school districts of the county. In
two of the school districts the levy
for this purpose is within a fraction
of mill of what the county tax will
!, be.
The general county levy for 1928
. is 25.125 mills, as compared to 2695
mills for last year. This includes,
in both cases, the mill road fund
and the county high school fund, but
does not include either the district
school fund nor the state levy.
The state levy also shows a slight
reduction over year ago. For 1923
there viii be a levy of A mills as
against 4.575 for 1922. In the general
fund of 315 mills is included z mills
for the State University. The rest
D of the levy is one-fifth Of mill for
e the veterans welfare bond and sink
). ing fund, and seven-tenths of a mill
t which goes into the education bond
q interest and sinking fund.
The livestock levy for state pur-
g poses is divided as follows: One mill
a fer the livestock commission fund;
k one and one-half mills for the live
e stock bounty fund, and one mill for
n the livestock sani ,ary board fund.
T This year the two-installment meth
cd of paying taxes will be in effect.
d One-half the taxes will be payable in
d November, and the remainder will be
e payable in May. This way of paying
e taxes is on all real estate and person
y al property secured by real estate.
q All personal property unsecured by
e real estate becomes delinquent No
| Venber 1
However, all city, town and special
grain and irrigation district assess
ments are payable with the first half
Of the regular taxes-that is. in No
r vember. e
Also, unless one-half of the taxes
are paid by November 80, the entire
amount becomes delinquent and q
penalty is attached.
D Added to the county levy is the
o following levy in the different cities
and towns: Bozeman, 25% mills, a
reduction of a mill; Belgrade, 16
d mills, the same as last year; Manhat-
e tan, Is mills, the same as last yeaR,
!. Three Forks, 27 mills, the same as
I last year; Willow Greek, 215 mills
,e for the fire. fund, a reduction Of II
# mill from last year, and Salesville
"a which will probably be 1 mill levy
!. for the fire fund, although no certifi-
10 cation of this has been made to the
le county treasurer.
u In the school districts the follow
ing are the levies: 1, 25 mills; 2, Il
n mills; 8, 20 mills; A, II mills; 5,
D. mills; 6, mills; z, Is mills; 8, II
n mills; g., mills; 10, mills; II,
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