Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1915 — ASSESSORS FIX ANNUAL SCHEDULE FOR TAXES [ARTICLE]

ASSESSORS FIX ANNUAL SCHEDULE FOR TAXES

In Session Monday They Adopted Basis For Annual Enumeration « of All Properties. Township assessors and their deputies gathered Monday at the office of County Assessor G. L. Thornton and adopted the schedule that is to be the guide in making the annual assessment. Not only is personal property to be assessed this year but also real estate and this will occasion the use of additional deputies in each township. „ At the meeting Monday True D. Woodworth acted as chairman and L. P. Shirer as secretary. The following schedule was adopted: Cash, Notes, Etc.—All money on hand or in bank, 75 per cent. All good notes, 75 per cent of value. All stock and goods, 75 per cent of value. Horses—All draft horses, 75 per cent of value. All mules, fiorses and colts, 75 per cent of value. Cattle —All fat cattle, $6 per hundred. All feeding cattle, $5 per hundred. All other cattle, 75 per cent of value.

Hogs and Sheep—Hogs, at $5 per hundred. Sheep, $4 per head. Wood, per cord, $1 to $3. Grain, etc —Wheat, per bushel sl. Corn, per bushel 45c. Oats, per bushel 35c. Potatoes, per bushel 25c. Timothy seed, per bushel $2. Rye, per bushel 65c. -Glover seed, per bushel, $7. Onions, per bushel, 35c. Hay—Timothy, per ton $7. Wild hay per ton $2. Ensilage, per ton $2. Meats, Etc.—Pork, per hundred $5. Lard per hundred $5. Wool, per hundred $lO. Ice, per ton 75c. Lumber—7s per cent of value. Poultry—Chickens, per dozen $3.50. Turkeys, each one sl. Geese, per dozen $4. . Automobiles —75 per cent of cash valuation. Real Estate—At 40 per cent of selling price. All additional improvements to be asessed at 75 per cent. Farm Implements—7s per cent of cash valuation. Household Goods —At 75 per cent of cash valuation.