Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1919 — RATE OF TAXATION FOR YEAR 1919 GIVEN OUT. [ARTICLE]

RATE OF TAXATION FOR YEAR 1919 GIVEN OUT.

Today’s Semi-Weekly Republican contains the county treasurer’s statement of the rate of taxation for the year 1919 in the various townships of the county. Wheatfield township has the highest tax rate with $2.18 on the hundred dollars. The. city of Rensselaer is next with $1.99 on 'the hundred dollars, and Remington is third with $1.71. Then comes the townships in the order named: Keener, $1.53 ; Kankakee, $1.50; Union, $1.43; Wheatfield, $1.40; Walker, $1.19; Newton, $1.03; Marion, $1.00; Gillam, $0|.99; Jordan, $0.99; Barkley, $0.94; Hanging Grove, $0.92; Carpenter, $0.73; Milroy, $0.60. The November rate of taxation in the majority of the townships shows a slight decrease over the May rate.