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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
