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Americus Times Recorder
Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
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Colquitt County commissioners set the general tax rate at 11 mills, same as last year, despite $400,000 drop in property values; includes 1.5 mills for road bond interest; total 17.5 mills with school tax, exempt in Moultrie district.
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FIXED AT 11 MILLS
MOULTRIE, Sept. 24.—The general tax rate for Colquitt county as levied by the county commissioners is 11 mills, which is the same rate as was collected last year. It had been feared that an increase might be necessary because of a shrinkage of $400,000 in property values as returned for taxation. A mill and a half was levied to take care of the interest on the $300,000 worth of road bonds which have been sold. Colquitt also has a county wide school tax and this puts the total rate at 17 1-2 mills. Property owners in the Moultrie district do not have to pay the school tax.
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Colquitt County
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Sept. 24.
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general tax rate fixed at 11 mills, same as last year; total rate with school tax at 17 1-2 mills; moultrie district exempt from school tax.
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The county commissioners levied a general tax rate of 11 mills for Colquitt county, unchanged from last year despite a $400,000 shrinkage in property values. A mill and a half was added for interest on $300,000 road bonds sold. A county-wide school tax applies, but property owners in the Moultrie district are exempt.