The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-29
County Board at Closing
Meeting Levies Taxes
for YsaE 1924.
TAX NCREASE $4,000
Total State and County Tax Is
S621.44S.79. Increase of $751;
600 Over Last Year.

County taxes for the year were
levied against the taxable property
OF the several towns and the city Of
Kencsha for the year 1923 at the Mon
day afternoon session of the county
board of supervisors. The total
amount Of the tax levied, including
both the state and county taxes was
| 1921 ,44s.79: of this sum the state gen.
eral tax is S104,225.94, the state spec
ial taxes S24,070.48 and the remainder
for county purposes.
This is an increase in the total of
$4,000 over the taxes levied By the
county for the year 1922. 1t was stat
ed, however, that the increase in valu-
alton would more than make up for
this increase and that the tax rate
would be slightly diminished for the
year.
Kenosha Pays SIS Per Cent.
County Clerk Holderness was busy
today approtioning the taxes to var
ious towns and the city of Kenosha.
This is done in keeping with the valua-
ton figures set by the county board,
the percentage to be paid by the city
of Kenosha being 65.18, percentages
for the other towns are as follows !:
Brighton, 2.85; Bristol, Alp; PaPris,
| 2.72; Pleasant Prairie, 6.64; Randall,
448; Salem, ATS; Somers, 6.53;
Wheatland, 2.73.
The total tax to be paid by each unit
is apportioned as follows:
Brighton, $2O,287.12; Bristol, $685.
56604; Paris, $16,029.OS; Pleasant
Prairie, $44,722.14; Randall, $29,O79.-
81; Salem, $36,139.84; Somers, $40,-
587.76; Wheatland, $20,0O7.60; Keno
sha, 1891 ,O29.90; Total for county,
1921 ,448.79.
Adopt Committees Report.
The board adopted the report of the
finance committee recommending that
the following amounts be raised and
levied against all the taxable proper
ty of the several towns and the city
of Kenosha and of Kenosha county for
the year 1928: For State taxes the
sum of $104,225.94; for state special
charges the sum of $24,070.48; for
Willowbrook Sanatorium and Farm
tax, the sum of 10000; for County
highway tax the sum of $97,326.28; for
General County tax the sum of $780,
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sum of $92o.OO;s for Blind relief tax,
the sum of $1,60o.OO;t for special aud
iting charge against city of Kenosha
the sum of $2,307.17.
The board also levied the following
sums against the taxable property Of
the several towns for the County Sup
erintendent of Schools, the sum of
So, 10000; for Special School loan dis
trict No. 9, town of Salem and town
of Randall the sum of $748.00; for
School district No. 5, town of Salem,
the sum of $932,00; for Union Free
high school, towns of Brighton and
Paris, the sum Of $81.92; for school
district No. 8, town of Pleasant Pra-
irie the sum of $232.00; for School dis
trict No. 1, town of Pleasant Paririe
the sum of $4,000; for School dis
trict No. II, town of Somers, the sum
of $2,795.00; for special highway tax
against the towns the sum of $27,500.
Valuations Made Public.
The valuations of property in the
various units as fixed by the county
board previously are as follows:
Brighton, $2,712,046; Bristol, $3,924,-
531; Paris, $2,586,492 Pleasant Prai-
RE, $6,317,894; Randall, $4,263, 1922;
Salem, $4,520,047; Somers, $6,214,817;
Wheatland, $2,593,223 Kenosha, $685.
032, SAP; Total for county, $95, PA.
The county general tax and the
county highway tax, the two largest
items in the county taxes, were appor-
toned among the towns and city of
Kenosha as follows: