Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
INCREASED FUNDS
SHOWN FOR FA|RF AK
County Report Indicates lump
in Falls Church Area De-
spite Annexation.

FAIRFAX, Va. August 24.-Commis-
sioner Of Revenue j. U. Kincheloe has
completed his recapitulation of the
valuations and assessments of the land
and personal property Of residents OF
must be submitted to the State Depart
ment Of Taxation at Richmond by Sep
TENDER !. This covers the tax year
January !. 1928, to December 81. 1928,
and will be collected by the county
treasurer not later than December l.
1929. It does not include the taxes to
be paid by the corporations operating
in Fairfax County, all Of which are
assessed by the State Corporation Com
mission direct The returns to the
counties will be made by the corpora
ton commissioner before December l.
Mr.. Kincheloe estimates that this cor
poration tax will amount to about
100000. an increase over last years tax,
due to the increase in the tax rate in
Lee, Centerville and Mount Vernon
districts. Much of the income Of Lee
and Mount Vernon districts comes from
the taxes paid by the railroads and tele-
phone and electric companies.
Separate Assessments.
Land and personal property are as
sessed separately. The assessed valua
ton Of the land Is SO, 7So, 1888. on which
a tax Of s265 ,S1602 is levied. This is
misleading In that 1t by no means rep
resents the cash value of the land
which, according to Mr.. Kincheloe, is
not less than $75,000,000 at a conserva-
tive estimate. The system Of low as
sessment and high-tax rate is one car
ried over from the days when the State
levied tax on real estate. The total
tax on land, when segregated among
its component funds will allow $44,-
014.22 for county purposes biased on A
35-cent levy for salaries and govern
ment and 10-cent levy for building con-
struction): $929l8.87 for county schools
on a 95-cent levy; $32.1S461 for the
county road fund on Accent levy:
$4,890.46 on Scent levy for pensions
total county levy Of $173,978.16. The
district taxes, with a total of S91 1877 &c
will provide $13,083.96 for the special
levy for school bonds in Dranesville
Providence and Falls Church districts
S36,032 Sc for district roads. and $42,-
72l.34 for district bond issue roads.
The land valuation by districts shows
for Centerville district. white, $852,277
colored. $4,000; town of Clifton, co..
%8l, a total valuation Of $979,748. Or
this the district pays total tax oil
SEz,0OO.OOt dINluSu, D1 t.OOO.2S W II1e
county and $5,055.96 to the district.
Dranesville District.
In Dranesville district the total val.
uation is $15S7,5ll, divided, $l,136,23l
among the white and 1926 among the
colored population Of the district, no;
including values in the town OF Hern-
don, which are assessed at $414,339 fol
the white and $7,5l5 for the colored
population. The district tax of $751;
1882 is divided s27.6Sl54 for county
purposes and $26.04408 for district
roads and bond issues.
Falls Church district. the second
largest in the county, has an assessed
valuation of sl.866,8 $50, OF which the
district (white). is 81 .060. 481; (colored)
sl27,500; town of Falls Church
twhite), s65e,429; town of Fails
Church (colored). $22,420 The total
tax is $57,277.72, $31. 800 96 going to the
county and $25,456.76 to the district
fund.
In Lee district, total valuation Of
S699,021, Of which $67l.45l is assessed
against white and S27.570 against col
ored residents, will yield a tax of sl2,-
93l.39 to the county and $3.844.61 tc
district would be greatly handicapped
in road funds were it not for the addi-
tional tax paid by large corporations
owning property there.
In Mount Vernon district total val
uation Of 81 ,444,9 1853. divided among the
white residents, $1,377.310, and the COL
ored population. SIS, 423, and among the
Vernon and wellington subdivisions,
$l2,225, produces a total tax of S37.-
568.91. or $40, 731.72 to the county and
$10,837.19 to the district.
prnvidannA A{ctrfAf Sr,tf6 &c i'm
porated towns has the largest valuation
in the county and pays the largest tax.
In the district outside the towns there is
a valuation of $2510.070 among white
resident and $111,700 among colored
taxpayers. The town of Fairfax
'white), is assessed at s269.S67; tcol-
ored), $7.445: Vienna (white), $685.
2l2; (colored. $22,96l; West Falls
Church (white). $43985: (colored)
Sl,625, a total valuation in the dis
trict of $3,202.865. The total tax of
for general county expenses and $20,-
1926 for the district.
Personal Property.
Under the personal property CLASH
9ication, the taxes to be paid into the
State amount to S36.152.01 on q valua-
ton of $4,437,713. This total is q de-
crease in the assessed ValuaCl0n over
last year of approximately $2,000.000
owing to the fact that the State no
longer assesses shares Of stock and
bonds of cities, towns or other political
subdivisions thereof. In the three re-
manning classif1cations there is an in
crease over last year Of about cne-half
a million dollars. These three classes
are bonds and notes. valued at $3,308,-
ga. paying tax Of $l6,54322; money
in bank amounting to $991,315. with
a tax of $1,982.63: and capital of
S127,754. paying $958.16. In addition
the State collects $16,666 in capitation
taxes.
The personal property classes on
which county taxes are assessed
amount to $2,29l,7S2, with tax of
$57,303. This representa- approximately
$4,000 more tax than last year. The
tangible personal property Under this
classification, assessed at $2,0e1, 736,
will yield $56, ~; the machinery and
tools, 5000, will give $157.96; and
merchants capital Of $223, 086, will pro-
duce $l,115.43. U.s..
This personal property tax, OF
$57,303.l1. when segregated among its
component parts, will give $5,238.49 for
county fund; $9,211.44 for schools
$2,16092 for the county road fund;
$484.S1 for the pension fund.- 1908 AZ
for the 25-cent special school tax;
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