The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-03-02

yer and Nicollet, and in all but five districts,
Faribault, Jackson, Norman, Scott and Wilkin.
1.-THE inequalities in the local assessment of
real property in the county is forcefully
Illustrated by the high maximum percentage of
change found necessary in one or more assess
ment districts of the following counties: Max
imum change of 100 per cent: Douglas, Lake of
the Woods, Mile Laos, Morrison Polk, Rice,
Scott, Wright and Yellow Medicine; 1O8 per
cent Clearwater; 122 per cent Hubbard; 141
per cent, Todd; $50 per cent Akin and Stearns;
158 per cent, Clay; 1873 per cent, Isanti; 200 per
cent, Pine; $50 per cent, Becker; PSI per cent,
Kanabec; 263 per cent, Cass; 800 per cent, Ben
ton, Red Lake and Waseca; 800 per cent Blue
Earth; 1928 per cent, Murray; 700 per cent, Itas-
cain all 26 counties with maximum changes
ranging from 100 per cent to 700 per cent
"The changes in real estate made by the
county boards of equalization in Akin and Blue
Earth counties, one in the northern and the other
in the southern part of the state, will serve to
illustrate the wide range of changes necessary
in some counties to correct the inequalities of
local assessors.
"There are 81 assessment districts in Aitkn
county. Of these, changes in the real estate as
Isessment were made in SIS districts by the coun-
Ity board of equalization in 1926, 81 being per-
centage increases, and one a percentage de-
crease. Seven of the increases ranged from 10
per cent to 20 per cent; II from 20 per cent to
30 per cent; Ia from 80 per cent to SO per cent;
9 from so per cent to 70 per cent; from 70 per
cent to 100 per cent; from 100 per cent to $50
per cent, and one decrease of 10 per cent
"Blue Earth county has 80 assessment dis
tricts, of which number the real estate assess
ment was changed by the county board in 20
districts. Implanted lands exclusive of structure,
were increased in II districts from per to 40
per cent, and decreased in districts from 5
per cent to As per cent. Structures on unplatted
lands were increased in IA districts from per
cent to IA per cent Plated lands, exclusive of
Structures, were increased in 10 districts from
10 per cent to 157 per cent. Structures plat
ted lands were increased in 2 districts per cent
and 800 per cent respectively, and decreased in
one district Is per cent.
in addition to percentage changes, a large
number of separate tracts, including both I'M
plated and plated property, were increased or
decreased by the county board.
"The inequalities in the assessment of per-
sonal property in 1926 were more numerous and
more extreme than in real estate, judging from
the large number, and in cases, radical
changes, made by county boards of equalization
in the returns made by local assessors. Increases
or decreases were made in every county of the
state, except Ramsey and Winona counties The
maximum changes ranged from 30 per cent to
1000 per cent, and covered 1888 items of per-
sonal property in the different assessment dis
tricts of the state.
Maximum increases of 100 per cent in one
more items of personal property made
by county boards in Carlton, Crow Wing Dodge,
Grant, Hennepin, LIE Sueur, REDWOOD, and
Rock counties; 1870 per cent in Nicolet; $50 per
cent in Mcleod and Martin; 200 per cent in
Anoka, Faribault Fillmore, Mahnomen, Meek
err Olmstead, Stearns, Washington, and Waton-
wan; 240 per cent in Stevens and Traverse; 250
per cent in Cottonwood and Jackson; 291 per
cent in kanabec; 300 per cent in Aitkin, Brown,
Chisago, Clearwater, Itasca, Lincoln, Marshall,
Norman, Scott, and Swift $50 per cent in Red
Lake and Wright; 375 per cent in Murray; 1856
per cent in st. Louis; 400 per cent in Becker,
Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chippewa, Clay,
Douglas, Freeborn, Houston, Hubbard, Isanti,
Lac qui Parle Mile Laos, Morrison, Mower.
Pennington, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Roseau, Sher-
burne, Steele, and Yellow Medicine; 500 per cent
in Goodhue Kittson Mobiles and Sibley; 600 per
cent in Pine and Waseca; $40 per cent in Big
Stone; $50 per cent in Wilkn; $50 per cent in
Todd, and 10000 per cent in Rice-a total of "a
counties in which changes from local assessors
figures were made by county boards in one or
more items of personal property, ranging from
100 per cent to 1000 per cent.
"The two counties having maximum percent
age changes of less than 100 per cent were
Koochichng with so per cent, and Otter Tai
with 80 per cent."-Gunnar B. Bjornson, in Min
neota Mascot.
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Along the same line the Appleton Press says
"In this village recently q residents house
hold effects were destroyed by fire, the loss be
: ing stated by the owner to be $4,000 and the in
E surance $4,000 Examination of the persona
E property tax list published in January shows tn
I property was not listed on the tax rolls and n
e tax for last year or any other year has been as
e sessed against it. At the valuation placed upo
it the owner should appear on the tax list o
this village with taxes due amounting to $685.
y There is no reason to believe that the own
err is at fault in the matter, reason to believ
s that there was any effort to escape a tax as
: sessment tax payment if he had been assess
y ed. The case is one of several that could be list
r ed off hand wherein pprSOus comfortably stir