Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1893 — INDIANA TAXABLES. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA TAXABLES.

Abstract Completed by the Auditor of State. The Auditor of State has completed the abstract of taxable property in Indiana. The value of lands is $449,514,057; Improvements, <71,553,811; total, $531,097,808. The value of lots is $141,133,709; improvements, $136,035,393; total. $277,769,102. The personal property assessed amounts to $295,914,156. The telegraph property is rated at $1,680,831 and the railroads at $160,387,423. Tho total value of State taxables Is $1,266,855,377. The number of polls assessed for taxes Is 385,619. The taxes raised from this valuation are distributed among twelve funds, apportioned as follow; State tax, $1,704,806.44; benevolent institutions, $758,551.53; State school, $2,210,387.37; permanent endowment, $63,196.42 Those funds are settled with by the Auditor of State. The following taxes aro collected by the counties: County tax, $4,316,012.49; township, $901,788.78; tuition, $1,303,403.85; special school, $2,205,902.95; road, $1,358,117.98; dog tax, $172,954.25. The total taxes leviod for ice year 1892 amounts to $18,037,759.51, an increase of $1,003,000 ovcj 1891. Tho delinquents for 1891 and previous years amounts to $3,001,906.69. The total amount, inclusive of the delinquents, is $21,039,606.20.