The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-11-05
MINNESOTA TAXES
AT HIGHEST POINT
1870 Total Levy for All Pur-
poses Was $2,619,764.17;
$13O,921, 946.62 in 1880
HIGHEST RATIO In 1890
Interesting Statistics Prepar-
ed by State Auditor King
Worthy of Study =

That the total of all taxes levied
in Minnesota for 1880, payable this
year exceeds the amount for 1870
by SIPS, 1902, 182.45, is one Of the in
teresting facts brought out by the
abstract of tax lists of the several
counties in the state, for the year
1880, as compiled by State Auditor
Stafford King. Sixty years ago,
the total taxes; levied in Minnesota
amounted to only $2,619, 764.17,
while the comparative figures for
1880 are $50, 1921, 946.62..
The total value of all taxable
property in this state was $87,179,-
PSI in 1870, and has steadily in
creased, during the succeedfa8k
years, until, for 1880, the. grand
total of 81 ,899, 49,, 708 was reached
gain of $1,812, 283, 451. The year
1907 marked the reaching of the
billion. dollar mark in tax valua-
ton, while in 1920 and 1921 the
valuation exceeded two billion dol
lars.
In 1870, the average rate of tax
alton in Minnesota was 80 mills,
dropping sharply to 1920 mills, for
1880, which still is the lowest in
the states history. The 1870 fig-
ure was not reached until 1913,
when the rate was 33.40 mills. Dur
ing the past go years, the average
tax rate has more than doubled,
the amount for 1880 being 64.2O
mills. The greatest annual in
crease in the average tax rate was
from 1886 mills in 1918, to 54.63
mills in 1919.
The number of acres of land, ex-
elusive of town lots, assessed for
taxation purposes in 1870, was TO-
536, 921, as against 1872, 373.O3 in
1929, and 46 1896. 374.91 in 1890. The
value of this land tother than town
lots), including the structures there
on, was $46,236, 1913 in 1870, and in
creased to $1,011, 3SS,757 in 1928,
dropping to 1851 1876, 1892 last year.
The average value per acre, listed
at $4.39 in 1870, jumped to $21.83 in
1928, and decreased to $21.67 in
1919, and $20.74 in 1880.
During the period, 1870-193O, the
value of town and city lots, includ-
ing structures thereon, increased
$93, 992, $50 from $40, 1855 to STA
97S, Jos. In that time the value of
taxable personal property both on
the farms and in the cities and vii
lagos rose 5000, 387, TOP, from S19,-
957, 800 to 1928, 345,611.
The total value of all property,
both real and personal, in Minneso-
ia, which was listed at $50, 753, 4O8
in 1860, more than doubled during
the next decade, aggregating $751;
9,257 in 1870. The peak was
reached in 1920, when 1t amounted
to $2,084, 286, $40. Since that time, the
total value has gradually gone down
standing at 81 ,939, 997, ITO, in 1928;
at $1,947, $50, 663, in 1929, and at ST.
889, 49,, 708 last year.
The highest amount of taxes le-
We'd in Minnesota for state purposes
since 1850, when it amounted to
$147, 013.63, was $15,872, 1908 in
1928 The lowest it has been, since
the latter year, was SIC, AIS, 004.88, in
1928. For 1929, the figures were
81, 500, 012.86, and for 1890, $10,872,-
1926. The items included in state
taxes are: State revenue, soldiers,
relief, state road and bridge, and
other funds (since 1900; school
and university tax (since 1890, and
teachers insurance and retirement
fund tsince 1879.
Except for the county road and
bridge fund, which has been great
ly relieved from the tax burden, as
a result Of adoption of the present
Babcock state highway system,
county excuses in Minnesota were
the highest in history in 1929,
namely $28,O11, 761.52. Last year,