Amount of state and county revenue collected in Ray county, for the year 1823.... County tax collected for the year 1827.... November, 1829, William S. Miller, for erecting jail in town of Tax collected in Ray county for the year 1828 .. . $120.05 $172.00 .$378.00 .$276.30 State and county tax collected in Ray county, for the year 1833.$708.05 Amount paid for erecting brick court house, in the town of Richmond, in 1833,.... WEALTH. $3,350.00 $10,000,000.00 Valuation of the county per census of 1870.... Taxation, 1876-total tax $1.30 per $100. Taxation, 90 cents per $100; school tax, 40 cents per $100. Twenty-five miles of track of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific railroad passes through the southern part of the county, traversing southeast part of township fifty-two, and northwest corner of township fifty-one, range twenty-six; and township fifty-one, of ranges twenty-seven, twentyeight and twenty-nine. Twenty-eight miles of track of the St. Joseph branch of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific railroad, passes diagonally across the county, from southeast to northwest, traversing townships fifty-one, fifty-two and fiftythree, of ranges twenty-seven, twenty-eight and twenty-nine. LIVE STOCK. The number of live-stock in Ray county, in 1876, according to the state census of that year was: ABSTRACT OF ASSESSMENT RETURNS of Ray county, for the year 1879, for taxes of 1880, as fixed by state board of equalization: for 1879 and 1880, showing_taxable wealth, and state taxes charged to collector of Ray county. (State revenue tax, one-fifth of one per cent; state interest tax, one-fifth of one per cent): Valuation, 1879.... State revenue, 1879. $4,739,949.00 9,476.98 9,476.98 4,835,833.00 9,666.99 9,666.99 railroad..... ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF RAY COUNTY, MISSOURI, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1880. JAMES A. DAVIS, Collector, in account with County Revenue Fund. January 1, 1880. To balance..... To amount merchants' tax books... To amount manufacturers' tax book... To amount quarterly collections. To amount tax books, 1880.... To amount St. Joe & St. Louis railroad. Total..... $10,007.87 403.40 49.14 1,942.37 11,607.93 To amount from St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern 688.23 212.30 To amount Western Union Telegraph Company........ 9.07 $24,920.31 By amount treasurer's receipts.. $12,562.89 By amount commissions..... 390.76 By amount treasurer's receipts for tax, 1879, St. 670.22 By commissions on same...... 20.91 By treasurer's receipt for tax, 1879, St. Joe & St. 205.76 By commissions on same.. 6.19 By treasurer's receipt tax 1880, St. Louis, Kansas 666.87 By commissions on same... 20.65 By treasurer's receipt tax 1880, St. Joe & St. Louis By errors on 1879 land and personal tax books.... 7.43 By delinquent on 1879, land and personal tax books 1,390.03 tax books... By balance.. Total... JAMES A. DAVIS, Collector, in account with Bridge Fund: 17.29 8,740.39 $24,920.31 To amount from St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern 229.41 To amount from St. Joe & St. Louis railroad.... 70.77 3.03 Total..... $ 8,069.03 January 1, 1880. By amount treasurer's receipts. ... $ 3,949.70 By amount commissions on same.. graph tax..... By amount commissions on same.. To balance.... By amount commissions... By amount treasurer's receipt for tax, 1879, St. Louis, By amount treasurer's receipt for tax, 1879, St. Joe By amount commissions on same.. By amount treasurer's receipt for tax, 1880, St. By amount treasurer's receipt, tax 1880, St. Joe & By amount commissions on same.. By amount errors on 1879, land and personal tax By amount delinquent on 1879, land and personal tax By amount errors on 1879, merchants' and manu- By amount balance... Total.... JAMES A. DAVIS, Collector, in account with Poor House Fund: January 1, 1880. To amount tax books, 1880.... 130.25 223.46 6.91 68.56 2.09 222.29 6.88 68.54 2.11 2.93 .10 2.48 463.34 5.77 2,913.62 To amount merchants' tax book, 1880.. 67.23 To amount manufacturers' tax book, 1880. 8.19 To amount quarterly collections.. 205.48 To amount from St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern 114.71 To amount from St. Joe & St. Louis Railroad... By amount treasurer's receipts for tax, 1879, St. 111.73 By amount commission on same... 3.46 By amount treasurer's receipt for tax 1879, St. Joe 34.26 By amount commissions on same. 3.06 |