Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-05-01
ASSESSORS MEET
AT COURTHOUSE.
Annual Gathering Held to Discuss
Values and Other Items to be
Considered y.
(From Tuesdays Daily


mission, and by Alan Galbraith,
Baraboo, assessor of incomes.
The new law in regard ito $500 ex-
emption on homesteads created much
discussion. The following points
were brought out: 49,.
T. A homestead is a home.
2. The place must be occupied as
a home. IT, i.
g. The assessor must assess the
property as if there was to- be no
exemption.
4 The assessor must place an H
after the description to- indicate Il
is homestead. .....,
S The owner must file with the
clerk an affidavit that he owns the
property and the clerk makes the de-
duction
6. If no ahlidavit is filed the clerk
makes no deduction.
7. The affidavit may be made be-
fore town, village or city, clerk, al
so justice, notary or city attorney.
8. The affidavit must be filed before
July /.
9. A renter gets no exemption,
10. A summer cottage is not ex-
empt
II. If a renter pays the taxes on
the property he is entitled to the ex-
emption.
IL. If two persons own and occupy
a double house, each is entitled to the
$500 exemption.
13. If a man rents his farm and
rents a house in town he is not en-
titled to an exemption.
IA. The exemption will take off
about per cent from the tax roll and
this must be borne by tpe remainder
of the property
is. The deducation means a higher
rate of taxation, higher valuation or
both
is. In city or village the burden
must be borne by business.
II. The cities and villages get the
best of the bargain, the rural dis
rricts must pay more because most
of the houses are in the cities and
villages.
Rolls In Bad Condition
Mr.. Galbraith stated that some of
the tax rolls are in bad condition,
errors being copied year after year
end more errors made. It is desired
to improve the rolls.
In the town of Delton land has
been subdiyided into lots, all asses.
sed to one man. The taxes have not
been paid The situation is bad for
the lot owners. An effort will be made
10 improve the situation.
Vauationa OF Property
Valuations Of other property were
discussed. The assessors were arged
to ask themselves, "What will it sell
for?"
Bees are exempt up to five swarms
poultry up to $25.00.e
State Taxes
This afternoon Judge Rosy spoke
on state taxes illustrating with a
number of charts. He said that OF
eery dollar paid by the average. citi-
zen the money went about as fol-
lows:
To the state ----------- cents
To the county ---------- q cents
To the locality -------- 81 cents
To schools ------------- 81 cents
The state has other sources of
money such as inheritance taxes, in
come taxes, railroad taxes, public
utility taxes, insurance taxes, motor
taxes, and the like.
The state aid went to schools of
various kinds, highways, bridges,
county asylums. tuberculosis .instd-
tutions and the like The speaker
said that state aid was a good thing
to inaugurate new idea in the
commonwealth but at the same time
was an incentive to extravaganza.
The following is a list of the dis
tricts to be assessed in this county
with the name of the assessor:
OWNS
Paul Neitzel-Baraboo
Michael Gorman-Bear Creek
Clifton Dryer-Dellona
q. l.. Reynolds-Delton
Fred l. Metcalf-Excelsior
Frank Attridge- Fairfield
Joseph H. Weiss-Franklin
Emil Hinz-Freedom
Fred Muellerr Greenfield.
VIM. Wenzel# Honey Creek
Walter PhilEps-Ironton
Floyd Smith--LaValle
John D. SteuBer-Merrimac
Ernest Marks-Prairie du Sac
e. H. MISUNDERSTANDING
Harry Peck-Spring Green
H. K Hill-Sumpter ~
Henry Cuhi Sr-TrOy 49,