Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1909 — BASIS OF ASSESSMENT [ARTICLE]

BASIS OF ASSESSMENT

Schedule Adopted By the Township Assessors for the Assessment of Personal Property in Jasper County, Indiana, for the Year 1909.

L All good notes drawing 8% interest to be assessed at full face value. All good notes drawing 6% interest to he assessed at a discount of 2%. 2. All stocks of ggods and merchandise to be assessed at 75% of the invoice value. 3. All average horses with speed records, S2OO and upwards at the discretion of the assessor. 4. All pure bred draft horses SSOO, or grade draft horses $200; higher or lower at discretion of Assessor. 5. FARM HORSES. Average yearling colts at_ $35.00 Average 2-year old colts 50.00 Average 3-year old colts 65.00 All other, average horses. 100.00 Higher or lower at the discretion of Assessor. Mplee same as horses. Jacks i _ 300.00

6. CATTLE. Average yearling heifers 10.00 Average yearling steers 15.00 Coming 2-year old heifers 18.00 Cdmlng 2-year old steers.. 22.00 Average 3-year old steers 30.00 Average cows at ... 25.00 Average Jersey cows 30.00 Average feeding cattle per hundredweight 7. SHEEP AND HOGS. Good average sheep per head 5.00 Hogs, per hundredweight.. 4.00

ft ~ •" - 8. GRAIN SEEDS. Wood per cord 1.00 to 3.00 Wheat per bushel .70' Com per bushel .40 Oats per bushel J 3& | Potatoes per bushel .60 Rye per bushel ,60 Timothy seed per bushel LSO Clover seed per bushel , 3.60 Buckwheat per bushel .40 Onions per bushel .40 9. HAY. Timothy, per ton 4.00 Wild per ton - * LOO Higher or lower at the discretion of Assessor. l 10. MEATS, ETC. > Pork per cwt -1 6.00 Lard per cwt 5.00 Wool per lb. .16 Sorghum molasses per gal .20 Icq per ton .35 11. LUMBER. Sojt lumber at 76% of invoice. Hardwood per M .... 15.00 £ 12. POULTRY AND BEES. Chickens per dozen 3.00 Turkeys, each : LZi . .75 Geese, per dozen 3,00 Bees per stand LOO 1909 automobiles for 50 per cent. 1908 models for 30 per cent Others to proportion to their value. Additional improvements to be aftsessed at 60 per cent of cost price.