NEED OF A STATE TAX COMMISSION IN COLORADO 



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the work of this board first appears in the assessment of 1906. The 

 table shows a considerable increase as the effects of state supervision.^ 



The increase of the real property assessment for 1906 over 1905 

 was $183,612,350, and the personalty $18,046,905, or 30 per cent. 



Wisconsin 

 The state tax commission was created in 1899, and the effect of 

 its labors is apparent in the assessment of 1901. The table shows 

 that in that year the assessment of real estate had increased 135.53 

 per cent and personal property 97.87 per cent. 



STATE ASSESSMENT* 



Year 



Realty 



Personalty 



Percentage 

 of Increase 



1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 



% 505,263,97s 

 503,690,767 

 1,186,349,139 

 1,226,376,973 

 1,309,504,464 

 1,422,621,485 

 1,513,335,382 

 1,671,142,204 



5119,736,025 

 126,309,232 

 249,934,861 

 277,969,027 

 443,667,536 

 420,219,515 

 439,364,618 

 453,657,796 



5 

 97 

 II 



59 



-5 



4 



3 



Year 



Total Assessed Valuation 



Percentage of Increase 

 over Previous Year 



1899. 

 1900. 

 1901. 

 1902. 

 1903. 

 1904. 



1905- 

 1906. 



$ 625,000,000 

 630,000,000 

 1,436,282,000 

 1,504,346,000 

 1,753,172,000 

 1,842,841,000 

 1,952,700,000 

 2,124,800,000 



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4 

 16 



5 

 5 



Report of State Tax Commission, 1907, pp. 19, 22, 24. 



Report State Board oj Tax Commissioners, 1906, p. 193; ibid., 1908, pp. 53, 95. 



