Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1891 — Jasper County's Assessment [ARTICLE]

Jasper County's Assessment

Connty Assessor Mills was before the State Tax Commissioners, last week, Wednesday and presented some very cogent reasons why the realestate assessment in Jasper county should not be raised 10 per cent., but the increase was njade however, regardless of his arguments. The average assessed value of Jasper county lands in 1890 was SB.BB per acre. This year the average assessment was increased to $7.38 per acre; and 1 adding to this the 10 per cent, increase just made by the State Board, will make the average assessed value $8.12 per acre.

This gives a, total increase of about 109 per cent, over last year’s assessment. In addition to this, it must be remembered that the last legislature increased the rate of state taxation to the extent of an additional 6 cents on the SIOO valuation. The final result of all these facts will be that the Jasper county taxpayer who has heretofore been paying $2.85 per year in state and state school tax on property assessed at SI,OOO, will hereafter pay $8 per year state and state school tax on the self same property.