Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1886 — Interesting to Tax-Payers. [ARTICLE]

Interesting to Tax-Payers.

Comparatively speaking, there are but few of the 4ax-payer.s of Jasper comity who have any idea of the amount of taxes assessed and collected in 1 lie eou-iw. The Republican recently gave the amount, by townships, of tax for 1885, which was prob bly taken from thg records 'in the Auditor’s office. The following table shows -the collections .from May, 3884, to November '3d, 1884, and from May, 1883, to November Ml, 1883:

(.'oi cations on Duplicate Collections on Ilunlonue of 1884, since Ms- of 1883- hi nee May 3fttl(‘Uienf, xS&. : Settlement, 1883. N MES "Col. 2d Col Do- Col. 1883 Cob 2d 'Col. De Col, 1383 f lust. Unbnpnt A former Inst. linqnout A ipfinjir Hangliigi Stove . .777 ' V $1747 06 i $ 381 01 } { 141 st> ; *M5*3 81 jVj#7 ' B*l '$ 88 03 Hillam.. 1187 33! 183 55 89 11 IM3 17 82* OR 37 35 Walkin' 7io ». 51-8 81 '47 79 i 538 95! 407 60 40 75 Barkl v .... 2309 00 710 42 111 To 8145 76 | 627 31] ill 08 Beutmolacr I 5131 .38 <594 57 41 Ml 5<- 5012 8] I 38(1 37 ;?7 02 Marion 1-13 03 770 74 25618 3667 381 163 814 3 8. jm-dan' ::.'....j 1844 86| 933 87 ‘155 80 ' I-.-45 80 | 590 21 rt 73 03 Newton I 8310 87! 196 53 ! 58 91 1900 23 , 318 , 0, 29 <8 Keener j 618 83 737 44 I 54 87 860 18 j 0U -'>B' 6-1 04 K nkakee ...*. i 80 | 182 01 86 87 29151 233 60; 6 7,0 WhjaifticDl •.........I 351 i or J 36 9.-| j 800 M ■ 213 i •': 2., it Oar pen to f ' 4776 09 1386 51 ;50 49 8013 7i! 1451 3- 341 44 Reirtingtqn .... ioil!) 92 -sfo 88,j -287 86; 7M 72 :)®3 Jo|j 77 81 j Milrov 438 S 8 ! SOOT) 15 5.5 152 (H l-><) 40: 14 10 Uni u ■ 1220 42 ] 463 304 11153 1048 iSj 355 54; 78 98 j . * .... (> I'i Total. .... 2'.tti'--2 85 80 83 240 0 1 89775 83 6 976 68 J .*44 01 |

It will be seen that there vvaHi) more collected on sec--8 ml instalment of 1884, .t’kan To) • same jxviiod in 1883. There was •collected-81A41 22 more delinquent taxes so? 1884, than in 1883. . There was collected, in 1885. 81,ofro 7(> more d’dinquent tax. of ’BB »nd former years than was collected, in 84 for 'Bl and former years. Making a total of 88195 42 more taxes collected an 1884 than in 1883. This statement is from the records oi the county and is worthy the consideration of every tax-paver.