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THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

AN EXHIBIT OF THE RELATIVE TAXATION OF ACRE PROPERTY IN MINNESOTA IN 1895.

Classification by amounts of sales

Number of

instru- ments

Clumber

Number

of

of

Consideration

Assessed

va

ue

lots

acres

Percent- age assessed

value of stated

value

A. Rural Counties, Sales of Improved Acres by Warranty Deeds.

S 500 and less

434

26

20,195

S 156,737

S 103,309

65.91

501 to Si.ooo

7S9

22

63,332

627,862

367,350

58.51

1,001 to 2,000

1,424

51

152,826

2,260,639

1,066,834

47-19

2,001 to 3,000

962

22

119,999

2,489,849

1,010,809

40.60

3,001 to 5,000

1,041

5

164,944

4,106,851

1,494,396

36.39

5,001 to 10,000

457

15

107,326

3,065,451

1,054,478

3440

Over 10,000

51

19

27,352

933,490

276,919

29.66

Total

5,158

160

655,974

$13,640,879

85,374,095

39-40

2,500 and less

3,138

108

293,851

84,193,327

82,007,378

47-87

Over 2,500

2,020

52

362,123

9,447,552

3,366,717

35-64

B. Rural Counties, Sales of Unimproved Acres by Warranty Deeds.

S 500 and less

2,836

54

98,093

8 744,998

8 429,092

57.60

501 to Sl,ooo

1.842

17

137,665

1,441,384

742,726

51-53

i.ooi to 2,000

1,927

7

206,203

2,945,936

1,311,305

44.51

2,001 to 3,000

860

18

1 19.408

2,176,166

851,819

39-14

3,001 to 5,000. . ..

545

.365

103,956

2,090,449

749,995

35-88

5,001 to 10,000

145

33

53.948

1,003,294

366,989

36.58

Over 10,000

45

24

77,318

975,298

368,827

37-82

Total

8,200

518

796,591

Si 1.377,525

84,820,753

42-37

1,500 and less

5,693

78

334,927

83,489,703

81,779,842

51.00

Over 1,500

2,507

440

461,664

7,887,822

3,040,911

38.55

C. Rural Counties, Sales of Improved Acres by Sheriff's Certificates.

8 500 and less

272

,

35,325

8 77,007

8175,837

228.34

501 to §1,000

300

3

40,345

223,027

207,821

93.18

1,001 to 2.000

229

35.549

311,863

227,359

72.90

2,001 to 3,000

60

13,615

145,552

96,245

66.12

3,00 Ho 5,000

32

3

9,228

120,662

74,073

61.39

5,001 to 10,000

14

59

5,547

94,838

45,472

47-95

Over 10,000

2

3,360

34,671

22,506

64.91

Total

909

66

142,969

§1,007,620

8849,313

84.29

1,000 and less

572

4

75,670

§300,034

8383,658

127.87

Over 1,000

337

62

67,299

707,586

465,655

65.81