The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-17
TAX BOARD
CUTS FARM
LAND RATES
l'urleigh County Figures Re.
duced from $l3.O9 to
$l3.O2 Per Acre
ST TATE-WIDE SLASH
Increase in Valuation of Bis
marck Business Structures
20 Per Cent Over Figure

a flat increase Of 20 per cent
In the valuation Of Bismarck
business structures over valux.
tion figures compiled by Bur
leigh county tax board was an
nounced by 7. II. II. ThOresen.
state tax commissioner, today.
The tax rate on business struc.
lures was fixed by the state
board Of equalization ut $l.a29..
35O as compared with $l.l9l.l25
liked by the county board.
As compared with tax valua-
tiOns set for last year. county
boards asked u total reduction
OF $2,OOO,OOO in nine cities and
towns in comparison with fig.
ures established by the state
hoard last year.
Reduction of $l4,slS,S5S in the
total value of North Dakota farm
land as compared with last year has
been made by the state board of tax
equalization, an analysis of tax valu!
alton IN various counties. issued to-
day by the board shows. In most
cases, however, increases were made
over the figures represented bv the
county boards, many of the latter
having sought to reduce values 10 IA
point where they were below the
average value of similar property in
other parts of the state.
Farm property still will bear the
heaviest burden Of North Dakota S
tax bill in 1925 AS compared with
1874 despite decreases of farm land
valuations. lin most counties as COM
pared with last year and increases in
the city property valuations as COM
pared with figures recommended FOR
1870 by county tax boards, Tax
Commissioner II. II. IL. Thoresen said
today.
AS whole farm lands are assess
ed at 100 per cent Of their valuation
while the assessment. valuation of
city property will not run that high
despite action taken by the board,
Thoresen said.
The average value in several coun-
ties, as compared with the 1925 fig
ures were: Burleigh, $l3.O2 as con-
pared with $13.09; Cass, S43.52 as
compared with $43.l7; Grand Forks
$3S.37 as compared with $37.21; Nor
ton $lO.65 as compared with $lO.4s;
Ramsey, $29.74 as compared with
$29.OS; Stutsman $23.0l as compared
with $23.02 and Ward, $lh7l as COM
pared with $l5.55. Stutsman and
Ward were the only counties OF
those listed in which the 1925 yalu-
alton exceeds that of 1924.
Changes were made in the valu-
ations of 1S counties as submitted
by county boards. Thirteen were in
creased and five were decreased in
order to strike n balance between the
various counties. The total value
nj. .
pared with $839, ,46S last year.
Lot valuations were increased in
% counties in comparison with the
county board figures, but few of the
rates will mean an actual increase in
comparison with 1924 figures, Tax
Commissioner Thoresen said.
Increases in the valuation of city
business structures by the county
boards were made as follows: Grand
Forks 10 per cent; Bismarck. 90 per
cent; jamestown, 20 per cent; Man
dan. 20 per cent; Valley City, 10 per
cent; Williston, 10 per cent; Grafton,
10 per cent; Harvey, 20 per cent:
Enderlin. 20 per cent. This is the
only classification on which the total
valuation will show an increase.
Thoresen said.
Valuations Of residence properties
will remain the same as recommend i'd
ed by county boards withe the ex-
ception of a 10 per cent decrease in
Stark county.
Action by the state board has no
direct effect on the amount of taxes
paid, Thoresen pointed out, but mere
ly equalizes average valuations so
that all will pay on the basis of a
standard valuation.