Show property tax levy increased in morgan county and throughout state by increase in school taxes S morgan county commissioners and city officials decrease local levies As means of relieving taxpayers relief from burdensome taxes is definitely not in the offing and if the much talked about boost in assessed property valuation comes about taxpayers will receive a jolt when tax notices are received despite the fact that county and city rill mill levies were reduced residents living within morgan city will find that the overall mill levy has been increased from in 1946 to in 1947 or an increase of 57 mills taxpayers living outside morgan city limits will find that their levy has been increased 77 mills over the 1946 figure the levy in the county in 1946 was mills whereas this year the levy is mills morgan city officials at a special meeting monday night set the 1947 levy at 13 mills a two mill cut from the 1946 levy the city has levied as follows general fund 4 mills streets and sidewalks 3 mills water works department 3 mills cemeteries 2 mills and memorial building fund I 1 mill county commissioners have set the county levy at 1275 mills the local school district levy is 67 mills and the state school levy is mills making a total for the county levy of mills the commission has levied as follows general fund 4 mills roads 2 mills exhibits 5 mill noxious weeds 8 mill recreation public parks 1 mill emergency public safety and fi 2 mill agricultural aid 6 mill memorial fund 1 mill building and construction fund 15 mills poor and indigent 5 mill library fund 65 mill these figures are subject to approval of the state tax commission |