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‘State Real Estate Tax Law
Affects All Property Owners
In 59 of the
67 counties,
population of
all property
are to have their
ments changed by the new
This
Harrisburg, Pa ernization of assessment prac-
Yo ania’ . :
Pennsylvania's tices in the Commonwealth and
those having
250,000 or
a 2 : ‘
set-about in conjunction with
the
sion on a remedial course of ac-
less,
ve Tover b
OWES going local Government Commis
"assess
[ state assessment system. tion which led eventually to the
“New Real Es-
that
| program has a deadline of Jan. apactment of the
i 1, 1957, but, to date, several
counties, including Armstrong,
Bradford, Crawford, Fayette,
Lebanon Montour are well
establishing this
tate Assessment Law" of
sassion
Back in 1943 the members of
the Legislature realized the
chaos in the Real Estate Assess-
ment System in Pennsylvania.
This realization was not a Sa
den awakening to a problem.
was realized and
cussed for many years prior,
and
under way in
new system.

Enacted into ifaw In its pres-
form 1951 by the State
has required sev-
planning the
ent in
t
had been ik
but |
it
vears of
Legislature
eral on
yart of taxing officials. Forty- . Ay : |
p ti . t on In 1943 the legislature first at-|
three counties are in some stage v
: > . “SY tempted to do something about
of progress and 16 more are i
“talking about it” according to In the 104% A t 1
: - n the 1943 Assessmer aw,
{ the Pennsylvania Local Gov- th . Bein me ! 3
: ‘ the Legislature permitted the
ernment Conference.
| my Cont Counties to “Adopt rules and
This voluntary onferences, : : .
{ hicl te 0 : { regulations not inconsistent with
| which represents 1¢ SIX ax . .
| ! > tal . this Act which shall govern the
taking governmenta agencies, . v
j! on 5 Vi x 1 2 ool Chief Assessor, his assistant and
| amely, ‘1{1es, orougns, schoo .
[ramen © local Assessors in the making of
districts, first class townships,
assessments.
clude,
i : 4 it Such rules may in-
and counties assumed among its De wd
ang con 3 ax = g but not by way of limita-
|
;
| responsibilities the implement tion, the use of tax maps, land
2 of his State wide program. jue maps, other maps and ma-
| Only in Philadelphia, Allegheny terials, assessors’ manuals, prop-
dhe find lve coun ty record ands ncating
as a " nature of improvements, and the
| program not applicable. Com- application of unit values to the
i panion programs with similar information shown in such maps
| intent are in effect in these atid records
| counties This being merely a ‘may
| A series of explanatory the Commissioners
Lles, written by the Local Gov- of Pennsylvania counties, as a
l ernment Conferences, are made whole. did not take advantage
{ available to this newspaper [ of the particular section in the
The 1951 session of the State Law. The Legislature did not
| Legislature by amending the compel the Counties under the
1943 Tax Assessment Law pro- 1943 Act to do this. Obviously
vided county government offici- the reason that the Counties did
als in fourth to eighth class not proceed under this law was
counties with the means of. due to the large expenditure in-
equalizing their tax assessments volved in installing this type of
and thus provide a fair measure system. Only seven counties of
of taxation for all property the 59 affected under the 1943
owners. The Legislature upon Act so far have installed the
[ the urging of the Pennsylvania gain as a result of studies of
Local Government Commission gystem
"realized the need for the mod- In 1947, the Legislature, a-|
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gain as a result of RE SERINE RR RPS NERY
the {TERE
studies of several years, realiz-
ed that, inequalities and the :
chaos that permeated the real! ¥ LOW . RS
estate assessment system in the [3
several counties, made manifes- FOR
tly unfair the distribution of the i C bd RISTMAS
the
Legislature ¥
accurate \
the i
1947 {0
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subsidies to
The
have
to
and
State Tax Equaliza-
state school
school districts
realized it must
figures on which
school subsidies,
created the
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tion Board whose function was ¥ vf
to determine the actual value of : All these make gifts that will be appreciated by A nN
real estate within a given coun- A
ty, and the percentage that its CHRISTMAS TRFES OF ALL KINDS
assessments represented. | ® LAUREL ROPING ¢ MISTLETOE
With the creating of the Tax a _ ne
Equalization Joard, it became © CEMETERY WREATHS ® CORSAGES
| necessary and mandatory for ¥ »
the Commissioners of each MUELLER by Fl
county to report to the Board a owers
record of transfers of real es- § W. MAIN ST, MOUNT JOY PHONE 23-9041
tate within the county, together OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 2
with the value of the documen- : Ls 8
tary stamps attached to the TERE NN FE NE NEFA NS RE TE TE RENEE FETE PEPER
deed which gave the Tax Equal
ization Board the approximate
sale value, and along side of this,
the Commissioners had to place
the present value
the property.
When
FOR THE HAPPIEST
hrisimas
give her a
|
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assessed of |
these statistics were
compiled, for the first time in|
the history of Pennsylvania, it|
was demonstrated graphically |

how chaotic the real estate as-|
sessment really was. Some coun- |
ties were assessing as low as 15 |
percent, some as high as 55 per- | .
cent, but the problem did not!
stop there. With the release of |
these statistics by the Tax Eq-| IIL CH EST
ualities discovered at the State
level were even more pronounc
ed within the districts in the
county. They found that the im- |
balance, or lack of uniformity, |
of even
pronounced in county political |
sub-divisions. Some of the dis-|
tricts were assessing low
15% and as high as 68°
value.
assessments were more |
as as
of real
Obviously, with the disclos-|
ure of such conditions corrective |
measures were necessary, and
the Local Government Commis- |
sion began its research that led]
to the 1951 Legislature's reme- |
dial action.
THE FARM
NUESTION
BOX
by BILL GIVENS |
KYW Farm Director

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IN LIFE
From Mr, J. P.. Barto, Pa
¢ What can 1 do with clay soil
0 Keep it from baking? i ONE GARMENT SAVED FROM
Aus, : I'he best blah IS on X | MOTHS PAYS FOR A LANE!
plenty ot organic matter, which in- ° \
cludes «ell rotted leaves, manure, | oe
ind pea! moss, into the soil,
| KE E NER’
From Mrs | QQ”
J. Tamaqua,
Pa. | di
3 Q. --How can | |]
] make my
poinsetta plant | 15-31 MARIETTA AVENUE JOY, PA
Blog m next | “COOPERATING MOUNT JOY RETAIL MERCHANT!
yea |
Ans. Your |
poimnsetta plant
¥ can bloom next |
season and here |
is the procedure |
¥ to follow. Wait
until the present bloom comes off, |
and then put the plant in a dark, |
'00l, place until about June 1st. At |
that time prune the plant back |
level vith the ground and then |
repot it Now, your poinseita is
ready to begin growing and hloom- |
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ng again, |

$+
From -Mr. D. G, Secane, Pa
Q.—rlow can 1 get rid of a field |
ol turnips? |
Ans. The most practical method
would oe to plow the turnips under
in the Spring for fertilizer Also
sheep could be folded there. I'he |
turnips could also be lifted trom
the groand and fed to the live-
STOCK,
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From -Mrs D M, Pottsville, Pa. |
Q. Could you tell me whether
)r not rotted sawdust is of any
ie wen added to soil? | At Christmas you put your
Ans. [i the rotted sawdust you
dd to your soil 1s not supple- I t | hi rr
mented with extra nitrogen it hn lear on the 1ne { 19533
do more harm than good. The | | 1500,000
nitrog n deticiency can be over Sa ; em
come by adding sulphate of am- | Millions of | |
monia along ith the sawdust >
calls will travel the }- Sq
Hear Bill Givens Daily on the { {
"KYW Farm Hour’ 5 30-6:30 AM.
I HIGHWAY ZOO ®
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750.000
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The WOLF
This is the prowler, the rogue of |
the road, the cruising Casanova. He {
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fic nightmare
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