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Show HISS REAL ESDRE WES REDJP PCT. , George and Hurricane Easiness Districts Effected bv Boost; Area Assessed in' Addition to Frontage ,.t on the request of the state Tof equalization, Wm. Brooks, i'gton county assessor, has "d valuation of real estate st. George and Hurricane :r.e'ss districts. Heretofore this C of property has been assessed 'ft valuation of $10 per front . in St. George and at approxi-Cfy approxi-Cfy $5 per- front foot in Hurri-Zt' Hurri-Zt' in both instances, undeT a jSuIe worked out by the asses-,,'H asses-,,'H his deputies, valuations ii'Te been raised about fifty per !Ct la St. George an area tax, rn-uii rn-uii of raising the footage valu-j-511 has accomplished the result ed by the state board. The front- assessment remains the same, t'10; and for the first' 33 feet m a valuation of 10 cents per rare foot has been set; for the not 33 feet the assessment is 5 ta'4 per square foot, and for the -Mining area, 2 cents per square Hot Aj an example, on a piece of iEaess real estate in St. George, iO feet front by 150 back, the valuta valu-ta is reached as followi: Fifty feet frontage, at $10, $500; firt 33 feet back, 1850 square feet, i! 10 cents, $165; next 33 feet back, it 5 cents, $82.50; remaining area, CM square feet, at 2 cents, $84. Total valuation, $831.50. On corner business property ons frontage is valued at $10 per loot ltd the other $5 per foot, with the utt assessment in effect back from (he $10 frontage. The increases asked for by the sU!e board of equalization for Hurricane Hur-ricane business property has not yet been worked out, but a raise of approximately ap-proximately fifty per cent will be put into effect there. This how-ftr, how-ftr, it is expected, will be reached bj an increased frontage valuation rattier than by an area assessment. Assessment work is practically completed throughout the county. |
