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September 20, 1929 WILMETTE needs, and their request ~II be honor~d by the County Clerk. Enclosed' is a copy of the resolution which should be ad.opted by the tax levyin~ bodies in your tovm. (This form is in the hand :; of local auth onties). This will automatical.ly p,lace the taxes in vour town on the basis of taxes \u the ·rest of Cook County and rdieve a burden which otherwise will be very oppressive to the taxpayers of your community. The tax levying of-ficials of your town have been supplied with this re solution. The Board of Assessors stands ready tc correct errors in individual assesstnent s but under th e law it is powerless tn make differ e nt asscsse<l ,·aluativn percentages for different sections .of the county, all property mu st be assessed. on a uniform basis. This is a matter of \'ital importance to vour communitv and \'OUr assistance i!1 -bringing about the -proper adjustment is caruestlv solicited. very truly yours, Cook County Board of Assessors LIFE 21 Public Forum Editor, Wn.MEl'TB Ln·J~: Reassessment of the real estate 111 Cook county for 1928 has been compl eted by the Board of Assessors in compliance with the order of th e State Tax commission and. th e assessed value ~~;.ra in st which taxes \\'ill be extended has been placed at 37 per cent of the ;~ppraisal Yalu es . This ;:;ssessed value oi 37 per ccn! i-, uniform over the entire county <u~d automatically will incr~a se the assessed yaiur~ in the country town s nf C·;ok C(·llllt\' where asse~"ccl Y c.t lue~; hct\·c· range-d from 10 to 25 per n:nt c. f fnll ,.,,lue. In localities ,,·here the a:;:;e:;sed ,·a luc percentage has been lmY, correspo ndingly high local tax =-ate.; han prc\·ailed. Tax lc,·ic s on the basis of the se lm,· as sessed values haYe been filed " ·ith the County Clerk of Co0k c< .ttntv IH· the officials of 3choo1 di~ trirts.' ,-i liagrs and other municipali ties ;,1 the country tO\Yns. Tlwse lcYie s if applied to the 1928 a~sessed values ,,·ill result in the . pread and \llllertil)n oi taxc..; in excess of t~H· artual need::; of the country t0\\'11 tax . pending ))()di e..; ,,·ith a conseqlll'nt utlllecessar\' tax burden on the indi :idual taxpayer c\·en to the ex tent of dPuhling hi s taxe ·. The remedy for this condition in the country towns lies with the tax levying bodies in those towns. The method has been pointed out by W. H. Malone, pret:ident of the State Tax commission. In each town where levies in excess of the 1927 requirements have been made, tl-e tax levying bodies, · by resolution, may request the County Clerk to reduce the levy for 1928 to the 1927 amount, or to a sum which will meet the actual you only get one pair of Eyes in this Life. 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