The limitations on tax increases as 

 outlined under (III. A) above provide 

 some temporary protection for tax- 

 payers. However, these limitations 

 must be supplemented by effective 

 local action if proper control is to be 

 maintained over the expenditures of 

 local public funds. 



In order to insure against unwar- 

 ranted tax increases it is suggested that 

 local taxpayers take positive action 

 along three principal lines: 

 (1) Trustworthy citizens should be 

 maintained in or elected to all 



property tax levying bodies. 



(2) Full and complete publicity should 

 be given to the official actions of 

 all local government officers re- 

 sponsible for the levying and 

 spending of tax money. 



(3) Ir necessary, maximum tax-rate 

 limits should be reduced by refer- 

 endum to offset the increase in 

 property assessments. 



At the present time relatively few 

 people appear to be concerned about 

 property taxes. This is due in part to 

 the many current events of great in- 



terest, and in part to the fact that farm 

 prices and farm incomes are relatively 

 high. The time will come, however, 

 when money will be less plentiful and 

 farm property taxes will be more bur- 

 densome. For this reason farmers and 

 others concerned with local public af- 

 fairs should give careful attention to 

 the spending of public money by coun- 

 ty and local tax spending bodies. Un- 

 less this is done, excessive increases in 

 property taxes are certain in many Il- 

 linois counties. Remember, it's your 

 money. 



1944 ASSESSMENT RATIOS, AND ESTIMATED INCREASES IN ASSESSMENTS AND 



MAXIMUM INCREASES IN TAXES RESULTING FROM RECENT 



LEGISLATION, ILLINOIS COUNTIES 



County 



Estimated 

 1944 county Estimated maxi- 

 assessment increase in mum increase 

 ratio* assessments in taxes 



Adams — . 

 Alexander 



Bond 



Boone 



per cent 

 ...... 47 



50 



.. 44 



47 



Brown 57 



Bureau 



Calhoun 



Carroll 



Cass 



Champaign 



24 



71 



42 



52 



24 



Christian 35 



Clark _ „ 28 



Clay }5 



Clinton 43 



Coles _ 26 



Cook . 73 



Crawford 33 



Cumberland — 27 



DeKalb 32 



EteWitt 30 



Douglas 32 



DuPage 



Edgar 



Edwards .. 

 Effingham 

 Fayette — 



Ford 



Franklin .. 



Fulton 



Gallatin ... 

 Greene . 



20 

 26 

 44 

 40 

 34 

 30 

 24 

 39 

 30 

 50 



Grundy _ 29 



Hamilton 28 



Hancock 44 



Haidin 42 



Henderson 46 



Henry 40 



Iroquois 32 



Jackson 27 



Ja«>er 28 



Jefferson 24 



Jersey _ 41 



JoDaviess 48 



Johnson 47 



Kane 

 Kankakee 

 Kendall .. 



Knox 



Lake .. 



LaSalle ... 

 Lawrence 

 Lee 



25 

 26 

 34 

 43 

 20 

 32 

 28 

 33 



per cent 

 113 

 100 

 127 

 113 

 75 



317 

 41 



138 

 92 



317 



186 



257 



186 



133 



285 

 37 



203 



270 



213 



233 



213 



400 



285 



127 



150 



194 



233 



317 



156 



233 



100 



245 



257 



127 



138 



117 



150 



213 



270 



257 



317 



144 



108 



113 



300 



285 



194 



133 



400 



213 



257 



203 



per cent 



6 







14 



6 



—12 



108 



—30 



19 



108 



43 



79 



4} 



16 



92 

 —5 



52 



85 



56 



67 



56 

 150 



92 



14 



25 



47 



67 

 108 



28 



67 

 



72 



79 



14 



19 

 9 



25 



56 



85 



79 

 108 



22 



4 



6 



100 



92 



47 



16 

 150 



56 



79 



52 



per cent 



Livingston 29 



Logan ._ 40 



Macon — 27 



Macoupin _ 30 



Madison _ - 22 



Marion 32 



Marshall 34 



Mason 50 



Massac _ 53 



McDonough 35 



McHenry 28 



McLean _ 28 



Menard 44 



Mercer _ 40 



Monroe - 58 



Montgomery 34 



Morgan 43 



Moultrie 34 



Ogle 35 



Peoria - 26 



Perry 51 



Piatt 28 



Pike ._ 29 



Pope 50 



Pulaski _ _ 64 



Putnam _ 36 



Ra%lolph 38 



Richland „ 37 



Rock Island _ 29 



Saline 26 



Sangamon _ 31 



Schuyler 43 



Scott _ _ _ 60 , 



Shelby _ 36 



Stark _ _... 41 



St. Clair 33 



Stephenson - ~. 39 



Tazewell 27 



Union 48 



Vermilion 33 



Wabash _ 35 



Warren 37 



Washington 46 



Wayne _ _ 29 



White - 16 



Whiteside _ 34 



Will _ 22 



Williamson _ _ _. 33 



Winnebago 24 



Woodford 29 



•The assessment ratio is the average 

 used in assessing property. 



Source: Assessment ratios determined by the Illinois Department of Revenue. Increases in property assessments and maximum 

 taxes estimated from assessment ratios by lAA Department of Research and Taxation. 



J 



OCTOBER. 1945 



