Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 9, Number 41, DeMotte, Jasper County, 31 August 1939 — $1.73 TAX RATE HERE IS LIKELY [ARTICLE]

$1.73 TAX RATE HERE IS LIKELY

According to the budgets, as asked for by the various taxing units, the tax rate in Keener township for 1940 will be $1.73. This will be made up as follows: Township rate 94 County rate (approx.) 36 Gravel road 13 Poor Relief, Twp. . ..' .15 State rate 15 Total $1.73 The above rates are not final, and any or all may be changed. According to the proposed county levy it will require a tax rate of 18 cents to raise money to run the Jascounty Welfare department, and a like rate of 18e to raise funds’for the general fund. The Keener township poor relief rate remains the same as last year, 15c. The estimated poor relief fund for Keener township for next year is $4,500.00. The sum of $3,456.02 must be raised next year in Keener township to pay off principal and interest due on Keener township gravel road bonds. The net taxable property of Jasper county is set at $20,332,940.00, with a total of 2503 polls. The tax rate of Union town-hip is now set at $2.20. Union township poor relief funds for '4O are estimated at $5,250.00. The sum of $4,796.35 must be raised for gravel road bonds. Walker township tax rate will likely be $2.18. The amount due to be collected for poor relief is $2,625.00, and the amount due to be paid on gravel road bonds is $1,434.47. A tax rate of $2.43 appears likely for taxpayers of Kankakee township. The amount due to be raised for poor relief is set at S9OO, and the amount due on gravel road bonds s $797.85. In Wheatfield township the 1940 tax rate will likely bes2.ol. The amount due to be raised for poc • *;?- lief is set at $3,750.00, and amount due to be raised for payment on gravel road bonds $2,105.20. The total amount due to be raised to run all county offices and departments by the tax levy, is set at $37,431.90. The amount set run the Jasper county Welfare department i- set at $36,805.00. (This does not include funds received from the state such as gas tax, etc.) Poor Relief Rates We give below the poor relief rates of the 13 townships, proposed in the budgets: 1939 1940 Barkley twp. .......... .08 .345 Carpenter twp .06 .08 Gillam twp. 15 .38 Hanging Grove twp. .... .02 .04 Jordan twp none .03 Kankakee twp. 02 .14 Keener twp 15 .15 Marion twp 10 .14 Milroy twp. .23 .66 Newton twp. . 14 .32 Union twp ; .18 .39 Walker twp. . .14 .32 Wheatfield twp .22 .15