Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1916 — Jasper County Tax Levy Same As Last Year. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Tax Levy Same As Last Year.

• At the regular meeting of the county commissioners hsld this week, appropriations were made for the calendar year of 1917, aggregating $83,000 in round numbers and. a few thousand dollars additional appropriations were made for 1916. The tax levy was fixed at 74.9 cents on the SIOO, which is the same as last year. ’ The levy for county revenue proper, including maintenance of the county hospital, is 47.9; court house bands 10c; gravel road repair 15c. The council also set aside $6,700 for repairs and redecorating of the court house, which is to be included in the 1917 budget. Nothing has ever been done in this way to the court house since it vas turned over to the county in 1898.