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By AL FORD
;throughout Mason County are heing asked in
Nov. 2 to apl)rove the collection of a higher
schools and the county goverl]ment operation.
cessity for the vote came through two laws,
last session of the State Legislature, which,
seem to conflict.
of the two laws deals with state apportion-
for schools. In setting up a new formula for
on of money to tile school districts, intended
,cal support of schools throughout the state, a
3 written into the law whichlstates that start-
the state, when dividing llp t le apportionment
"assume" that the property taxes collected by
district is at the maximum 14 mills on an assess-
25 per cent of full value.
the Mason County Assessor is presently
an assessment rate of 20 per cent of the full
'operty as the assessed valuation for tax
this county it would mean an increase
Psr cent in assessed valuations.
district which does not collect its maximum
Oll the higher assessment rate will lose appor-
the same ratio as its tax collections are
Percy M. Pio Bookbinding Co.
6017 S. E. 86th
Portland,
Ore. 97216
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under the rate set I)y the state, asking
What the school districts in Mason County are
voters to do is apl)rove collection of the maxinmm 14 mills
at the increased assessed valuation rate so they will contin-
ue to get maximum state apt)ortionment money.
If the proposal is rejected by the voters Nov. 2, the
schools will be faced with the alternatives of either operat-
ing under reduced budgets or going back to the voters lat-
er with a special levy request.
What makes the vote necessary is the second of the two
laws, which, in effect, "freezes" dollar collections from
property taxes at the 1966 level if the assessments are rais-
ed to 25 per cent of full value unless the voters in a district
apl)rove the collection of the maxilnum mill levy allowed a
district under the 40-mill limit in a vote at a general elec-
tion.
This law was passed by the legislature to avoid what
would have amounted to a 25 per cent increase or more in
property taxes if the provisions of the first law were cam'led
out.
In Mason County, all of the school districts and the
county have asked for continuation of their present maxi-
nmm levy when the assessment rate is increased.
Other districts, which includes the city, fire
districts, inter-county library district have not
submitted similar proposals for the Nov. 2 ballot,
and, consequently, when assessment rates are
raised, will eontinue their collection rates at the
same dollar level as for 1966, in addition to normal
growth.
In these districts, when the assessment rate is increas-
ed from 20 to 25 per cent, the assessor will then set a low-
er mill levy so that they do not collect more than the dollar
amount to which they are entitled.
The county commission, hard pressed to meet the
growing needs of the county, has decided to submit a pro-
l osal to the voters which would give them more money in
the current expense and road funds if approved. If voters
approve of the proposition Nov. 2, the county would then
continue to collect eight mills for current expense and ]0
mills for the road districts but on a 25 per cent assessed
valuation rather than 20 per cent.
Unlike the school districts, the county will not lose any
state money if the proposition is rejected by the voters.
The question which will come first to the taxpayer is
how much will this cost me?
Using as a basis a home which has been valued at $10,-
000 as its full value by the assessor, we come up with this
answer:
The home this year would be assqessed at $2,000. The
increase from 20 to 25 per cent of full value as assessed
vahlation would bring this Ul) to $2,500 for 1967 taxes.
For 1966, the taxpayer, if he lived in the city of Shel-
ton, would be paying $]32.60 in property taxes, of which
$28 would be for the regular [4-mill sc, hool levy and $16
for the county current ext)ense fund.
If both the school and the county proposals
are approved, his tax bill in 1967 would rise $7 for
the school and $4 for county current expense
or to a total of $35 a year for regular levy for
school purposes and $20 for county current ex-
Dense.
q he property owner with a hmne the same value out-
side the city limits, if all three of the l)rOl)osals on the ballot
were approved, would see the same amount of increase for
schools and county current exl)ense 1)lus an additional $5
for the county road district, or a total increase of $16.
Unless the prol)erty owner made additions or iml)rove-
ments which increased the value of the home, the assess-
ment in the amount of dollars collected for other districts
would remain the same unless a new bond issue or sl)ecia,1
levy approved by the voters.
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Funds to carry on Boy Scout ac
tivities ,n the "Mason discreet O, I am I I- I, [] O I I •- I
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i object of the annual solicitation] nl"mi Armn .iHO~ mOB iO [] |I L~ii~ii
I drive which opens next Tuesd0yI ,,.imii"=m mLIlimm il~-fli miliai iNN n I. inLnnLmil
m oiiowing a kickoff breakfast In[ giUilN IF'IN H~VH• Ill [~ HNm i r4 p, iWRFNaaN
n the Methodist church basement,. I i m
i All drive workers are urged to/
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,iwheresigned. prospect lists will be as-/~ • • P [] [] on [] • u • w- u
:~ : General chairman H. O. "Bud"t NAA~ &Al' HnNl-g"n,' nnom0na" ik olll.
Puhn has named the following|i iP _iu _li illn [] inllii n Bli r li il.~i
dlive worker : I [] g VVR iV n [] [] [] [] i [] [] I [] p i i •
! MAJORS- Vince Himlie, John/ -- ...... Shelton is fight near the top
}i:i :Bennett, Len Flower, Bob Sund, | ~~ in the netd for implo~ed hos-)ital
i Earl Jagnow, Ernie Timpani. | r I . m.n ~ "" ' .h
• ! CAPTAINS --- Arnold Fox tl~ ~ , IJl~ fl / ,," • In--...... ill...- facilities in a Sta£e Health De-
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Hugh Gruve~ Bill Batstone ann [ Jr The ~1 s sed s
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Ahif Jerry Samples Bill Smith, • , • • •
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Betty Ann Shero, Don Brown, Jim
I Barrom, Dave Thaeher, Rod o,.Iror nepaurs P,re Hazard flmds Lo hospita]swhich apply.
i , irell, Dave Look, Bob Wolden, Guy | _ J ......... The Mason County Hospital Dis-
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'ares, Ku,t Wolf ~i~Uf~(~l~ urn .r
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noer t~om an ower nouse ~s art whi ~nelmn Jaycees ]n coo elatlOil slit ¢I.) loved o h ) t
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. • • special gilts; warren Moe, ~el ' • • • " .... • " . ,.
The new b,n will be used to store i vo-d-rWe en ~'~d w,~ ~,~.d=. [~ampelled Pubhc Utihty Dmtrict ~~~~l I ciation and the Shelton Fire De- The state plan ~s the nrst step
........ }os-ects and ratin-s" Jim Paul=- ; .No ~ to schedule a 3-hour power ~~~~ I ....... c " "-ui'din - in m the a|locatmn of fun s througl~
If iTA HA ' ' ' _ _ _ ' .... ~ j' ' ~ .... ]publicity; Jerry Johnson, arrange-~loutage for, nextd~ondeY,xt~orning; :'I#2:~I~>~'~