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July 15, 1839

The board was in session again; the assessment roll was accepted and a tax levy of five mills on the dollar was ordered. Also, a resolution was passed appointing Hans Crocker attorney for the board.

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BeloitJuly 15, 1839

The board was in session again; the assessment roll was accepted and a tax levy of five mills on the dollar was ordered. Also, a resolution was passed appointing Hans Crocker attorney for the board.

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On July 1, 1839, the commissioners were again in session and the main questions under discussion were the defects in the assessment roll and it was finally ordered returned to the assessor, with orders to "correct and complete forthwith," the board adjourned for two weeks to give the assessor time to do his work, and on July 15 the board was in session again and the assessment roll was accepted. The commissioners at this meeting ordered a tax levy of five mills on the dollar, on all property in the county subject to taxation. The assessed value of Rock county in 1839 was $21,792.45 (the assessed value of Rock county in 1907 was $47,494,980.) On a basis of eighty per cent of true value, which would make the true value of Rock county at present time $66,- 291,722.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 1, PDF p. 256 / book p. 234

1839 / July 15

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July 15, 1839

The board was in session again; the assessment roll was accepted and a tax levy of five mills on the dollar was ordered. Also, a resolution was passed appointing Hans Crocker attorney for the board.

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BeloitJuly 15, 1839

The board was in session again; the assessment roll was accepted and a tax levy of five mills on the dollar was ordered. Also, a resolution was passed appointing Hans Crocker attorney for the board.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

On July 1, 1839, the commissioners were again in session and the main questions under discussion were the defects in the assessment roll and it was finally ordered returned to the assessor, with orders to "correct and complete forthwith," the board adjourned for two weeks to give the assessor time to do his work, and on July 15 the board was in session again and the assessment roll was accepted. The commissioners at this meeting ordered a tax levy of five mills on the dollar, on all property in the county subject to taxation. The assessed value of Rock county in 1839 was $21,792.45 (the assessed value of Rock county in 1907 was $47,494,980.) On a basis of eighty per cent of true value, which would make the true value of Rock county at present time $66,- 291,722.