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Show TAX LEVIES SET BY STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION State tax levies to be applied against property on assessment rolls for the ensuing year were announced by the state board of equalization Tuesday at 2.4 mills for the state general fund, 0.2 mills for the state high school fund and 4.6 mills for the state school fund. Levies are identical with those made in 1928 except for a cut of one-tenth of one mill In the state district school fund, which brought the aggregate levy for state purposes pur-poses to 7.2 mills against 7.3 mills last year. For the basis of figuring its levy the state board places the assessed valuation of the state at $725,000,000. At present the valuation is slightly more than $723,000,000, but it is estimated es-timated additional assessments will bring $2,000,000 more to the state tax rolls. The state general fund has been operating on a deficit of between be-tween $300,000 and $400,000 for many years past and a reduction in this levy was not possible according to board members. The levy of two-tenths two-tenths of one mill fixed for state high schools is fixed by constitutional constitu-tional provision and cannot be varied. var-ied. The constitution directs the state beard to fix the state district school fund tax at a rate which with all other revenues received for the purpose pur-pose will make up a state fund of $25 per capita. Last October there were 144.852 children enumerated requiring re-quiring a fund of $3,621,300. It was estimated $350,000 would be received from school land interest and rentals, rent-als, leaving $3,271,300 to be raised by direct taxation. A levy of 4.6 mills applied against $725,000,000 valuation val-uation will yield theoretically $3 -335,000. |