The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-10-12
State TaxLevy
For Coming
Year Raised
Amount for 1888 Set at HOG
Mills in All Sections But
Three Largest Cities
PREVIOUSLEW WAS
Over Eight Million Dollars to
be Raised for State
Government


nearly three mills in the state tax
levy for 1888 was announced today
by State Auditor Stafford King who
fixed the levy, payable next year
and the highest in the history of
the state, at 11.06 mills in all Sec
tions of the state except the Twin
Cities and Duluth where the rate
will be 1892 mills.
The levy, it is estimated by Mr..
King will raise $16,620,033 for
maintenance of the state govern
ment and it's extra activities, as
compared with an estimated $13,-
100000 raised this year under the
1882 levy of 8.25 mills in al sec
tons except the Twin Cities and
Duluth where the rate was 8.15
mills.
Approximately half of the levy, or
5.8 mills, was fixed to raise funds
for the general revenue fund of
the state. Last year the rate for
this fund was 80 mills.
The next highest tax rate was
that fixed for 1892 and payable this
year, while the third highest rate
was in 1919, when the levy was 81
mills. In 1881 the levy was 1888
mills.
A drop in the assessed valuation
of real and personal property is one
of the reasons for the increased
rate as we'll as relief activities of
the state government and drop in
revenues occurring to the govern
ment, State Auditor King said.
The state tax was lower in Min
neapolis, st. Paul and Duluth, be-
cause the levy of IA for the public
school teachers retirement fund is
not applied. These cities have
their own retirement fund for the
teachers.
According to the figures of the
state auditor, $8,699, 1859 will be rails
ed next year for maintenance of the
regular departments and activieis
of the state government.
The second largest individual item
is 81 ,952, 300 needed to retire certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness and tax ltvy
certificates of the state rural credit
bureau, paying off outstanding in
terest on rural credit bonds. For
this purpose a levy Of 1.25 mills is
fixed.
Fixed one mill levies also are in
cluded to raise $1,500,O00 on each
levy for general school aid and the
state road and bridge fund, which
goes back to the respective coun-
ties.
Other fixed levies include soldiers
relief i mill estimated to raise
$15O,OO0; .33 mill to raise 9O,4l3
for the Red Lake game reserve es-
tablished in Beltrami, Lake of
Woods and Koochiching counties as
relief measure, and levy Of %
for the general need of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, which will
raise $345, 900. ..
In addition, 2 mill is levied to
raise 1901, TAB for reforestation and
food control established as a relief
measure by the last legislature for
Aitkin, Mahnomen and Roseau
counties, and levy of i mill to
raise $135,659 needed for the Mar
shall county reforestation project,
another tax delinquency relief plan
of the last legislature.
For tn state boardof relief "a
mill levy is fixed to raise $349. 400 to
retire certificates issued to supply
funds used by the state executive
council for drought, hail and other
relief purposes. A Is mill levy to
raise $213,176 Is set for the Moor
head Teachers College to retire GER
tificates issued two years ago to
place buildings destroyed by fire.
For construction of the state office
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