Ann Arbor's Winter Tax Will Be $9.14 On $1,000

ANN ARBOR'S WINTER TAX WILL BE $9.14 ON $1,000

State Tax 87 Cents on $1,000 Higher Than It Was Last Year

City Tax Was the Only One to Show a Decrease--Summer Tax Was 37 Cents Less, Winter Tax Will Be $1.09 More

The tax rate in Ann Arbor this fall will be $9.14 on $1,000 valuation, an increase over last winter of $1.09. The summer tax was $7.20 or 37 cents less than it was last year. The total tax this year is $16.34 on $1,000 or 72 cents more than last year on $1,000 valuation. The only decrease is in the city tax, which was 37 cents on $1,000 less than last year. The state tax is 87 cents higher, the county tax is 9 cents higher and the school tax is 13 cents higher.

This fall's tax is made up as follows on each $1,000 valuation: State $2.68, county $1.39, school $5.07.

A comparison of the tax for three years is as follows:

                   1901     1902       1903

State . . . . $2.67     $1.81      $2.68

County. . . . 1.32       1.30        1.39

School. . . . 5.29      4.94        5.07

City . . . . . . 6.77       7.57        7.20

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Total. . . . $16.05    $15.62     $16.34

Ann Arbor's tax rate is one of the lowest in Michigan cities. If it had not been for the increase in state taxes this year, the reduction in city taxes would have taken care of the increase in the county and school and left a slight reduction.