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Americus Times Recorder
Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
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Sumter County tax receiver George D. Jones announces final tax digest figures showing a $347,817 drop in taxable values to $9,339,778, with the largest decline in Americus district.
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SUMTER TAX DIGEST SHOWS FALLING OFF
IN TAXABLE VALUES
Total Loss of $347,817 Revealed in Final Tabulation of Returns Just Completed
JONES GIVES OUT FACTS
Hundred Thousand Dollars of District Including Americus Loss Shown in Returns for
The final tabulation of the Sumter county tax digest has just been completed by George D. Jones, tax receiver, and figures contained therein were made public today. These figures show a loss in taxable values for the year totalling $347,814. The 27th district, which embraces the City of Americus, and which pays the large bulk of all taxes in the county, naturally shows the greatest falling off in returns made, the total for this district amounting to $103,557 as compared with the preceding year.
The returns for the entire county this year show total taxable values, including lands, buildings, and personality of every description to the amount of $9,339,778, which is divided in returns made by whites and negro taxpayers. Of this total white taxpayers returned property valued at $8,575,264 and negroes $764,514, realty and personalty both being included in these figures. Last year's returns showed total taxable values amounting to $9,687,592, divided between whites and negroes as follows: Whites $8,883,092; negroes, $804,500.
By districts the returns this year are as follows:
15th district $853,437
Old 16th district 279,318
New 16th district 245,395
17th district 300,413
Old 26th district 897,887
New 26th district 190,198
28th district 367,126
29th district 177,440
27th district (Americus) 5,264,050
Total $9,339,778
These figures compare with returns made last year by districts as follows:
15th district 919,735
Old 16th district 300,244
New 16th district 258,707
17th district 309,101
Old 26th district 956,466
New 26th district 212,054
28th district 366,926
29th district 192,247
27th district (Americus) 5,367,607
Total $9,687,592
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total loss in taxable values of $347,817 compared to previous year
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Final tabulation of Sumter County tax digest completed by George D. Jones, showing total taxable values of $9,339,778 this year versus $9,687,592 last year. Whites returned $8,575,264 and negroes $764,514 this year; last year whites $8,883,092 and negroes $804,500. Greatest loss in 27th district (Americus) of $103,557.