Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1917 — WORK OF BOARD OF REVIEW [ARTICLE]

WORK OF BOARD OF REVIEW

Many Changes Made in Returns of Township Assessors. The Jasper county board of review convened on June 4th and fin? ished its work June 23rd, 1917. x During its session the board carefully examined and corrected the assessors’ books of the sixteen Separate corporations of the county, June 11th the board completed the work of computing averages on the following classes of personal property: Horses and mules .'..... .$64.47 Cattle .... >31.23 Hogs .1-. J. 7.27 Sheep -•--•••- --• • • S 5.83 Autos ..- -. . -...-. .. . • $175.00 Farm machinery $43.«5 Household goods .... . ... .. . .$32.69 The board spent June 18th and 19 th inspecting personal property. June 14 Dr. Arthur R. Kresler was granted a reduction of $l6O on additional improvements on his farm, east of Rensselaer.

June 20th the board agreed to the following changes in the assessmentof automobiles: > Marion Township. Jerry Garland .raised from S3OO to S4OO. , ; Noah Zeigler reduced from $350 to S2OO. Percy Hauter reduced ftom $250 to S2OO. ' - ■ Rensselaer. -j Hi. L. Brown raised from S3OO to S4OO. C. H. Mills raised from $l5O to $250. . C. W. Hanley raised from $250 to $350. J. J. Montgomery raised from S2OO tos3oo. Earle Reynolds raised from S2OO to $250. John H. Ramp raised from $ 100 to $l5O. - W. O. Rowles raised from SIOO to $l7O. W H. Snedekcr raised from $490 to 5590Fted Waymire raised from $250 to S3OO. * j Leslie Clark reduced from SSOO to S4OO.

Newton Township. Carr Bros, raised from $250 to S3OO. Kankakee Township. R. E. Davis raised from SIOO/ to $l5O, ,/ J -■: . Aif red Duggleby raised from SSOO to S6OO. C. R. Peregrine raised from SIOO to $250. Samuel Seegrist raised from S2OO to S3OO. Enos Hibbs reduced from $250 to S2OO. Charles Stalbaum reduced from S4OO to S3OO. M. A. Jones ieduced fr?m S4OO to S3OO. Wheatfield Town. H. R- Langdon raised from SSO to $l5O. < , Gep. Stembel estate raised from SSQ to $l5O. Wheatfield Township. Eugene Lang raised from S2OO to $450. Andrew Grube reduced from $250 to S2OO. Herman Stewart reduced from $175 to SIOO. Walker Township. W. C. Dooley raised from $215 to S3OO. F. W. Hershman raised from $l5O to S3OO. A . , , Wm. H. Hershman raised from S2OO to S3OO. J. E. Meyers raised from s22a to S3OO. Union Township. Wesley Hinkle raised from SIOO to $l5O. Joseph Kosta raised from S.O to S2OO. Chas. A. Rowen raised from SSO to sl*oo. J , , Lakin & Murphy reduced from S2OO to $l5O. Tnvm n-f PpminP’ton.

T. Pont© raised from $l9O to S3OO. George Stoudt reduced from S3OO to S2OO. ' , C. W. Merritt, of Remington, stock of groceries, raised from $• 50 to SI,OOO. June 21, by order of the board, the several banks of the county were assessed on the basis of 75 per cent of their capital stock, surplus and undivided profits, less assessed value of real estate and improvements used for bank purposes as shown by their respective statements to the assessors, which are as follows: First National Bank of Rensselaer $77,540. State Bank, Rensselaer, $47,320. Trust & Savings Bank, Rensselaer, $46,700. State Bank, Remington $35,400. Bank of Wheatfield, $12,830. June 22. A. Flesher, of Barkley township, asked to have the $25 valuation of dog that had died sifice being assessed taken from his assessment. Request was granted. H. E- Randle, of Barkley, had his assessment reduced SBO, his horses having been listed too high. ,' i Five hundred and nine cattle belonging to J. J. Lawler were raised from $25 to $27.50 per head. Jesse Nichols disallowed credit of $1,350 against purchase of property. Purchase was not complteed until after March 1, 1917. Board finds number of automobiles and assessments in each townships as follows: Average Township No. Value Barkley 70 $155 Carpenter 116 $169 Gillam 43 $164 Hanging Grove 32 $176 Jordan 65 SIBO Kankakee 40 S2OO Keener 42 $l2B Marion 81 $l9B Milroy 8 $l4O Newton ..., . i........ 51 $143 Rensselaer 220 $209 Remington . .... 78 $lB2 Union 66 $143 Walker 24 $l3O Wheatfield 37 $ 167 Wheatfield town . ... . 37 $147 Total .'... 1,010 $175

Total valuation of automobiles in the county is $177,140. n June 23. Board approved all mortgage exemptions, except the following: Carpenter township: Estate of John E. Hardenbeck and Andrew Hall. Administrator cannot file a mortgage exemption. „ T J Jordan township: Estate of Jacob Kirkpatrick and Frank L. Wifigard) Fred Lyons reduced one-fourth on account of filing as j dint owners on separate real estate, owned jointly with three others. Kankakee township: Emil Weinkauf reduced to $l2O on account of exemption filed in Starke county. Wheatfield township: Estate of George Stembel not allowed mortgage exemption. . Gillam township: Estate of y\ . H. McKjbben not allowed exemption. Board adjourned. Signed: G. L. THORNTON. CHAS. V. MAY. JOHN T. BIGGS. G, H. McLAIN. JOSEPH P. HAMMOND.