Sonoma County CA Archives History - Books .....Sonoma County Finances 1877 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 24, 2006, 9:16 pm Book Title: Historical And Descriptive Sketch Of Sonoma County, California SONOMA COUNTY FINANCES. Total value of assessable property for the year 1876-7, after equalization $15,242,248 00 State and county tax for 1876-7, $1.65 per $1.00, distributed as follows: State tax 73 1/2 cents, of which 23 4-10 is for school purposes. County pays to State for taxes $112,330 52 County tax 91 5-10 cents, distributed to funds as follows: General fund, 19 cents; indigent fund, 5 cents; school fund, 14£ cents; road fund, 27 cents; railroad fund, 13 cents; road fund tax, 4 cents; bridge-fund tax, 9 cents. Total revenue from taxes: State apportionment $112,330 52 County apportionment 139,466 59 ---------------$251,797 09 LIABILITIES. The county indebtedness is as follows: Railroad bonds bearing 8 per cent , payable in twenty years, interest payable January 1 $263,000 Hall of Record bonds, 7 per cent , twenty years, interest payable semi-annually 20,000 Road bonds, 8 per cent, ten years, interest annually March 1 91,800 Total indebtedness $374 800 Value of county buildings and property 200,000 HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY, CAL. 49 VALUE OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY BY TOWNSHIPS. Column Headings: A = Amount of Money, B = Value of Personal Property. C = Value of land. D = Value of Improvements. E = Value of Town Lots F = Value of Improvements. G = Total Value. TOWNSHIPS A B C D E F G Analy $10,388 $186,680 $888,033 $160,545 $20,095 $34,185 $1,299,926 Bodega 2,589 133,593 445,155 55,900 5,480 14,825 657,542 Cloverdale 800 99,145 109,148 56,115 17,790 60,025 343,023 Knight's Val'y 425 24,002 58,633 18,360 615 2,225 104,260 Mendocino 19,010 259,286 548,455 186,365 178,970 179,755 1,371,841 Ocean 2,400 50,258 164,187 44,800 100 200 261,945 Petaluma 36,239 430,456 1,109,690 301,432 388,602 410,134 2,676,553 Redwood 760 41,440 74,315 25,100 5,850 14,170 161,635 Russian River 920 86,247 452,226 120,395 6,760 8,017 674,565 Salt Point 500 108,954 180,962 55,945 31,550 377,911 Sonoma 6,848 382,915 869,116 268,240 27,920 78,385 1,633,454 Santa Rosa 42,995 545,185 1,436,572 399,980 579,765 554,845 3,559,342 Vallejo 6,260 156,304 979,264 148,500 10,920 8,885 1,310,143 Washington 2,350 53,305 217,521 48,840 6,145 5,025 333,186 Totals $132,484 $2,547,500 $7,531,277 $1,890,517 $1,280,562 $1,370,686 $14,766,326 San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad, including track. 404,590 Mining claims and improvements, possessory claims, etc 144,117 ________ Total value of all property $15,315,033 LAND AS GRADED BY THE ASSESSOR. The assessor classifies the lands of Sonoma county into four grades. The first grade, mountain land, is least valuable; the second grade is hillside land; the third grade is valley land; the fourth grade is bottom land, which is the richest and most valuable. Number of acres in first grade 226,981 Number of acres in second grade 100,341 Number of acres in third grade 165,929 Number of acres in fourth grade 234,510 Total 727,761 ACTUAL CASH VALUE PER ACRE First grade $1 to $5 Second grade 5 to 10 Third grade 10 to 20 Fourth grade 20 to over [sic] AVERAGE CASH VALUE PER ACRE First grade $2 50 Second grade 7 50 Third grade 15 00 Fourth grade 30 00 TOTAL ACTUAL CASH VALUE First grade $552,210 Second grade 791,099 Third grade 2,361,391 Fourth grade 3,826,577 __________ Total $7,531,277 TOTAL CASH VALUE OF EACH KIND OF PROPERTY Real estate other than city or town lots $7,531,277 Improvements on same 1,890,517 City and town lots 1,280 562 Improvements on same 1,370,686 Real estate and improvements $12,073,042 RECAPITULATION OF TOTALS Real estate and improvements $12,073,042 Personal property 2,762,758 Improvements on mining claims, etc 479,283 ___________ Total value of all property $15,315,033 Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, BY ROBERT A. THOMPSON, EDITOR OF "THE SONOMA DEMOCRAT." PHILADELPHIA: L. H. EVERTS & CO. 1877. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/history/1877/historic/sonomaco327nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 6.8 Kb