Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1914 — Board of Equalization Concludes Annual Session. [ARTICLE]

Board of Equalization Concludes Annual Session.

The board of equalization has completed its annual labor and ad;ourned this Saturday afternoon. The* board consists Of the auditor, treasurer and assessor and two appointive members, this year being George Besse, of Remington, and J. T. Biggs, of Wheatfield. There were 390 autos in Jasper county on March Ist, according to the reports of the township assessors, which County Assessor Lewis had compiled. Last year there were 231, which makes an increase of 159 or almost 50 per cent. It is very probable that there will be over five hundred before the next taxing period.