This table gives the amount of State tax spread on the rolls in each county in the State from 1901 to 1905, both inclusive. It will be noticed that the amounts for the years 1901, 1903 and 1905 are much larger than for 1902 and 1904. This is accounted for by the fact that the first three years mentioned are years in which sessions of the legislature were held, the expenses of which were met by taxation in those years. The amounts for each year, as shown by this table, are as reported by the assessing officers as spread on their rolls, and differ slightly from the amounts apportioned by the Auditor General. This is principally caused by the excess in spreading on the roll. This table shows the amount of taxes levied in each county for county purposes for the five years from 1901 to 1905 inclusive. These amounts include all taxes paid over by township treasurers to the county treas urer, which are spread at large, except drain and county road. The drain tax is considered a township tax and the county road is given in a table by itself. This table shows an increase of but $382,268.08 from 1901 to 1905, which indicates that most of the increase in taxation is for strictly local purposes, that is, on taxes levied wholly within a township or city. |