Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — TAX LEVY FOR JASPER CO. [ARTICLE]

TAX LEVY FOR JASPER CO.

Ab Fixed by State Board Wednesnesday, Exclusive State Levy. The Democrat is In receipt of a letter from the state board of tar commissioners showing the total levy for all purposes in the various townships and corporations in Jasper county, except the state levy, which will not be fixed until next week, the letter states. Under the centralization of government scheme of Governor Goodrich, the local taxing officers have very little to say about what the levy shall be -in fact about all they can do is list the property and send the figures In to the state board, which raises or lowers the valuation at will and also raises or lowers the levy fixed by the town, township, city or county officers, as the whim strikes the board.

The levy fixed by the state board reduces that of the local taxing officers in Jasper county In every one of the taxing units, yet it is a well known fact that the local officers had put the levy down to the lowest possible point in order t 9 make a showing under the new tax law. But the state board goes them one better and outs it still lower. There was nothing in the letter received by The Democrat to' indicate on what items the cuts were made. Below we give the levy as made by the local taxing officers in each unit in the county, including the 29-cent county levy, and also the figures fixed by the state board and the reduction made by the latter fn column three: Local State Corporations— Levy. Bd. Chgs. Barkley 78 76 2 Carpenter 57 55 2 Gillam 83 81 " Hanging Grove.... 76 74 2 Jordan ~ 88 81 0 Kankakee ........144 126 18 Keener 154 <129 25 Marion • 80 8 „ * Milroy 42 2 Newton Reftington ~ 159 153 6 Rensselaer •• 20 ? cl? Union 1 88 125 I 3 Walker KXI 92 9 Xatfieid ........158 115 43 Wheatfield (t0wn).239 186 53 • The state levy, of course, is to be added tot the figures in second column when received. •