Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 39, DeMotte, Jasper County, 27 August 1948 — 8 Up, 8 Down Present Score On Tax Levies [ARTICLE]

8 Up, 8 Down Present Score On Tax Levies

Rates Set In Jasper County Budgets Show Even Division Between Increases, Declines The proposed tax rates contained in the sixteen Jasper county tax budgets which soon must face , the paring knives of local and j state bodies, show eight units are facing increases and a like number are slated for decreases. In some instances the increase, or decrease, is slight, in others of considerable proportions. Milroy in particular is jolted,' with a proposed advance of $1.24 over the current rate of SI.BO, making a proposed rate of $3.04. The tuition fund rate has been increased from 47c to $1 and the special school fund rate from 25c to sl, making a total of $1.28 for these two funds. Otherwise the budget shows a 4c decrease over the current rate. Following is a table showing the current rates and the proposed rates: Tax Rates Request--1947 Pay- ed 1948 able 1948 Payable 1949 Barkley twp. $2.58 $2,935 Carpenter twp. 2.12 1.89 Remington 3.26 3.10 Gillam twp. 3.28 3.25 Hanging Grove twp. 2.34 2.21 Jordan twp. 2.34 2.24 Kankakee twp. 3.26 3.265 Keener twp. 2.88 3.05 Marion twp. 2.22 2.76 ' Rensselaer 4.00 4.005 ; Milroy twp. 1.80 3.04 | Newton twp. 2.92 2.475 Union twp. 3.10 3.115 Walker twp. 3.06 3.37 ■ Wheatfield twp. 3.04 3.02 Wheatfield 4.17 4.47