With the first installment of county property taxes due shortly, let’s take a look back in time. In the first year of Lassen County’s operation, 1864-65, there was a total assessed valuation of $239,558 in land improvements and $439,301 in personal property. The County had an original tax rate of $1.25 on each $100 assessed value for County purposes, plus collected another $1.25 on each assessed value for State purposes. The total collection in taxes amounted to $16, 971.47 of which the County received $8,485.57.
In the County’s first year of operation, the District Attorney attempted to collect $958.95 in back taxes, which represented nearly eleven percent of the County’s budget. The District Attorney filed lawsuits ranging from A.H. Hardin who owed 90 cents in a special assessment levied by the Janesville School District to $164.40, which Isaac Roop owed on his municipal Piute Creek water system.
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There are some historic Pioneer names on that roster. Friends with some of their relatives. Wonder if they ever paid up.