No Wonder People Groan

NO WONDER

                     PEOPLE GROAN

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Taxes Increasing All Along The Line.

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COUNTY TAXES BOOSTED

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Finance Committee Asks for $2,400 More Than Last Year.

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                          1898.                  1899.

State Tax         $60,557              $104,516

A. A. City Tax.  42,304                  68,461

County Tax      25,000                  27,400

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Total             $127,861               $100,377

Increase this year - $27,516.

The school tax is not included in the above, but Secretary Mills says that it will be about the same as last year.

The financial committee on the board of supervisors made its report this afternoon and recommended that $27,400 be raised for county expenses. The estimated expenses are $44,400, but it is calculated that $17,000 will come in from liquor taxes. Last year the estimated expenses were $4,500, and the liquor tax offset $17,500, showing an increase this year of $2,400.