Johnson's History of Nebraska

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ASSESSED VALUATION.

TAXABLE PROPERTY. Statement showing the total valuation of taxable property in the State as returned by the County Clerks, for 1879.

Land, 13,429,308.05 acres value	$38,378,509.80
Town lots, value	9,013,371.90
Money used in merchandise	2,483,864.47
Money used in manufactures	525,576.00
Sheep, number 131,787, value	123,358.20
Swine, number 562,790, value	515,715.70
Mules and asses, number 15,412, value	493,401.75
Horses, number 157,619 value	4,116,069.00
Neat cattle, number 513,668, value	4,185,533.50
Vehicles, number 57,289, value	909,692.00
Moneys and credits	842,546.50
Mortgages	679,524.00
Stocks	500,250.05
Furniture	902,822.35
Libraries	54,018.00
Property not enumerated	2,432,351.33
Railroads	9,154,476.87
Telegraph	48,717.45
Total	$75,369,798.87

Statement showing the total Assessed Valuation of all Taxable Property in the State for each year since its Organization

YEAR.	VALUE.	YEAR.	VALUE.	YEAR.	VALUE.

1867	$20,069,222.00	1871	$55,513,658.00	1875	$75,467,398.91
1868	32,632,550.00	1872	69,873,318.68	1876	74,178,645.48
1869	42,123,595.55	1873	78,239,692.64	1877	71,311,578.90
1870	53,709,828.82	1874	80,754,044.17	1878	74,389,535.97
.......	.......	.......	.......	1879	75,359,798.87

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TABLE, SHOWING THE NUMBER OF FARM ANIMALS BY COUNTIES, FOR 1879.

	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
COUNTIES.	HORSES	MULES	CATTLE	SHEEP	SWINE	COUNTIES.	HORSES	MULE	CATTLE	SHEEP	SWINE

Adams	2,510	572	4,071	977	8,166	Kearney	1,205	173	1,483	581	2,723
Antelope	1,079	94	2,361	502	1,477	Keith	192	6	19,094	........	24
Boone	1,276	105	2,223	583	1,630	Knox	813	78	2,972	447	596
Buffalo	1,837	237	5,523	4,059	2,383	Lancaster	7,390	695	15,330	5,406	31,487
Burt	3,033	271	9,765	6,385	17,246	Lincoln	1,351	69	40,364	5,307	146
Butler	3,398	268	5,795	480	7,804	Madison	2,707	116	5,156	789	6,316
Cass	7,311	729	18,305	307	41,043	Merrick	2,434	189	7,340	1,189	3,621
Cedar	1,201	63	6,245	2,452	1,412	Nance	153	20	1,134	1,011	124
Cheyenne	1,166	147	57,679	331	88	Nemaha	4,892	630	13,630	591	34,739
Clay	4,248	494	5,006	558	12,752	Nuckolls	1,862	211	2,995	999	7,776
Colfax	2,308	171	6,255	4,611	8,273	Otoe	5,994	724	18,460	5,659	31,742
Cuming	2,298	173	5,772	5,694	8,902	Pawnee	3,282	162	8,216	6,604	10,246
Custer	835	20	23,900	4,161	138	Phelps	496	111	916	190	315
Dakota	2,140	92	8,520	123	4,411	Pierce	421	22	1,323	685	926
Dawson	643	48	5,155	3,068	295	Platte	3,313	288	9,123	3,173	7,206
Dixon	2,122	72	6,782	158	2,496	Polk	2,423	290	3,696	217	10:284
Dodge	4,350	377	11,552	3,424	14,927	Red Willow	544	51	2,817	1,375	284
Douglas	4,078	409	8,847	792	11,873	Richardson	7,221	696	18,091	3,162	34,690
Fillmore	4,329	465	5,429	2,765	18,162	Saline	5,527	412	8,397	2,029	26,289
Franklin	1,659	176	3,276	1,325	4,516	Sarpy	2,734	165	7,176	438	11,013
Frontier	527	18	8,672	1,471	86	Saunders	6,379	599	11,847	2,979	29,512
Furnas	1,674	135	4,229	2,267	1,434	Seward	4,740	453	6,648	1,855	19,611
Gage	5,070	490	10,359	13,377	20,994	Sherman	382	65	1,283	169	658
Greeley	307	33	1,272	78	395	Stanton	775	27	1,833	2,440	1,830
Gosper	275	31	819	2,313	234	Sioux*	........	......	........	........	........
Hall	2,736	360	8,668	1,409	5,134	Thayer	2,076	186	3,733	3,156	8,921
Hamilton	3,567	405	4,258	720	7,027	Valley	681	68	1,909	54	522
Harlan	1,630	184	3,401	1,007	2,050	Washington	3,666	469	10,656	1,313	18,408
Hitchcock	312	12	13,312	........	14	Wayne	288	10	675	1,439	878
Howard	1,083	220	2,420	1,250	1,786	Webster	2,681	413	5,032	3,922	12,450
Holt	630	56	3,344	215	494	Wheeler*	........	......	........	........	........
Hayes*	........	......	........	........	........	York	4,755	434	5,647	1,383	17,262
Jefferson	3,116	309	6,197	5,029	11,247
Johnson	3,494	344	7,280	1,334	14,257	Total	157,619	15,412	513,668	131,787	562,790

* Returned with adjoining Counties.

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RECAPITULATION OF NUMBER AND VALUE OF FARM ANIMALS.

FARM	Number	Value	Number	Value	Increase	INCREASE
ANIMALS.	1875.	1875.	1879.	1879.	in Number.	IN VALUE.
Horses	94,637	$3,678,528.00	157,619	$4,116,069.00	62,982	$ 437,541.00
Mules and
Asses	8,785	428,817.00	15,412	493,401.75	6,627	64,584.75
Neat Cattle.	242,659	2,852,162.00	513,668	4,185,533.50	271,009	1,333,371.50
Sheep	36,014	44,689.00	131,787	123,358.20	95,773	78,669.20
Swine	146,933	182,308.00	562,790	515,715.70	415,857	333,407.70

INDEBTEDNESS.

The excellent condition and wise and economical manner in which the finances of the State are managed is a matter upon which the citizens may be congratulated. The bonded indebtedness of the State is very small, amounting at present to only $599,267.35. Of this amount $50,000 are in bonds issued for the relief of the grasshopper sufferers, and the balance, $549,267.35 is in bonds issued to fund the State debt, $426,267.35 of which is held by the permanent School Fund of the State, and $123,000 by private parties. The balance of money in the treasury, on the 30th of November, 1878, was 460,181.99, which, with the delinquent taxes, will more than balance all outstanding claims against the State, thus leaving it practically free of debt.

The assessment rolls of the State show a notable increase from year to year in taxable property, in the addition of acres of taxable land, miles of railroad constructed, and of various descriptions of personal property. The total assessed valuation of taxable property for 1879 -- which is hardly one-half of its real value -- was $75,359,798.87, against $20,069,222 in 1867, the year in which the State was organized, thus showing a constant and enormous increase in its material wealth. During the past several years liberal appropriations have been made for the establishment and maintenance of Asylums for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, a Hospital for the Insane, the Normal School, Penitentiary, for the support of the University, and for charitable purposes.