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APPENDIX 4 



FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF 233* TOWNS AND CITIES 

 ACCORDING TO TAX RATES, BY TAX YEARS, 



1913 TO 1941 



* Only 233 towns had corporate status during the entire period. 



The median tax rate has been rising consistently over most of the period 

 from 1913 to 1941. It is equally significant that there is less tendency for tax 

 rates to center around the state average, and more tendency for them to be dis- 

 tributed over a wider range. 



