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MILLS VAN VALKENBURGII held honorable place at the bar, and served as county judge and surrogate from November, 1867, to the date of his death, 1873. Suc- eccded by Marcus Lyon.
MARCUS LYON, now serving as county judge and sur- rogate, is a prominent member of the bar, and a ripe jurist; the future invites him to take higher honors on the bench or at the bar. His thorough education and extensive reading outside of the technical and dry details of law, peculiarly fit him for a leading position in whatever station the future may hold in reserve for his acceptance.
P. G. Ellsworth, Samuel D. Halliday, J. De Motte Smith, Harvey A. Dowe, Merritt King, Samuel H. Wil- cox, William Austin, Jerome Rowe, John A. Williams, Simeon Smith, James L. Baker, each are careful and trust- worthy practitioners. It might be an invidious, although an agrecable labor, did our space admit, to speak of them severally in detail. Turning our attention in concluding our chapter on the Tompkins bar, by introducing the younger members who have more recently enlisted,-the new recruits who are soon to fill the vacant places, opened as each succeeding year goes by, by retirement or death of the elder members.
W. O. Wyckoff (now reporter of the Supreme Court, Sixth District), Silas Montgomery, Frank E. Tibbetts, Charles H. Baker, Charles H. Blair, Clarence L. Smith, Bradford Almy, C. M. Benson, David M. Dean, F. N. Dean, George E. Goodrich, William H. Goodwin, D. P. Hodson, A. A. Hungerford, J. M. Mckinney, J. B. Klinc, B. Mooney, William N. Noble, W. Hazlett Smith, Mynderse Van Cleef, Lyman E. Warren, Myron Bishop, George B. Davis, James H. Tichenor, W. I. Van Allen, Thomas Burns, and Willis H. Coon, and possibly others omitted, are soon to fill the vacant positions as their seniors arc retired,-to fill the places thus vacated demands of them high aspirations and devotion to the honorable profession they have chosen. It has been remarked that a student once said to Daniel Webster, the profession was so crowded there appeared no opening for a new student. Webster re- plied, " Plenty of room up here." The fogs of morning may render cloudy and oppressive the atmosphere of the valley, but ascend to the mountain-tops, though the way may be weary and toilsome; when the ascent is gained, you will find it fanned by the free airs of heaven, and bathed in the warm sunlight of the skies.
The senior members of the bar of this county have many of them made up their record; those still left arc soon to follow, and the juniors are to assume their places at the bar and on the bench ; to them will soon be committed these
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great responsible trusts. The perpetnity of our free in- stitutions is committed to the guardianship and keeping of the bar and judiciary of our free country ; for the history of the world teaches, and all free governments illustrate the truth, treat the subjeet lightly as you will, that to the pro- fession of the law, civil government is indebted for all the safeguards and intrenehments with which the liberties of the people are protected ; that legislation is shaped, eonsti- tutions enlarged, amended, and adopted by the enlightened administration of the statesmen, both of England and the United States, who have been in both, and are in all free governments, educated for the bar, and ascending by the inherent force of their disciplined professional life, they be- eome the directors of the destinies of States and nations. Military chieftains may spring into power ; tyrants may for the hour dazzle with the glamour of military parade and the pomp of war an oppressed and frenzied people, but they turn as the eannonade dies away to the statesmanship of the country, and eall to the Parliaments and Congressional Halls for final debate the arbitraments of the liberties of the people. From the days of King John to the present hour, the bar and the beneh have furnished the statesmen who have ereeted the bulwarks of constitutional law, and extorted from tyrants the magna charters which have se- cured to the oppressed the guarantees of free institutions.
Imbued with the historieal traditions of your predeees- sors, and traeing the paths they have trod, emulating their good example, it should become more and more the resolute purpose of the Tompkins County bar to so walk in the light of their professional teachings, that when they are ealled to follow them to that upper eourt and file the judgment roll of the great trial of life with that Supreme Judge from whose bar they can take no appeal,-
"Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."
CHAPTER LXIV.
SOCIETIES.
Agricultural Society-Medical Society-Bible Society-Patrons' Fire Relief Association.
AN agricultural society was organized in the county some time prior to 1820 ; but the exact date is not known.
The following notice appears in the American Journal, under date March 22, 1820 :
" AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
" At an annual meeting of Tompkins County Agricultural Society, March 1, 1820, William T. Southworth was chosen chairman, and Platt Ketcham appointed secretary. The Society proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, when the following were unanimously elected: William T. Southworth, President ; Alexander Bowers, George Robertson, Peter Himrod, William Morrison, and Job Allen, Vice-Presidents; Platt Ketcham, Corresponding Secre- tary; Jacob G. Dyckmau, Recording Secretary ; Luther Gere, Trea- surer ; and William R. Collins, Auditor.
"STANDING COMMITTEES .- Ulysses, Nicoll Halsey and James Mc- Chain ; Hector, Peter Hager and Robert Swartwout; Dryden, Thos. Lewis and William Wigton ; Lansing, Thomas Ludlow and Ebenezer Brown ; Groton, S. Chittenden and J. Stephens.
"VIEWING COMMITTEES .- Ulysses, James Trusdel, Joseph Goodwin, and Richard Manning : Hector, Eranthus Everts, Jason Atwater, and Richard Smith; Dryden, Hooker Ballard, James Weaver, and Peleg Ellis; Lansing, Edward Walker, John Bowker, and John Bush; Groton, Nathan Benson, Admatha Blodget, and Daniel Bradley.
" FARM COMMITTEES .- Hector, Wm. Martius, Gilbert Stephenson, and Thomas Sears; Ulysses, Samuel Rolf, John King, John Mc- Lallen ; Groton, Josiah Willoughby, Benjamin Thomas, and Isaac Allen ; Lansing, John Nettles, James McKinney, and Simeon Strong ; Dryden, Jesse Stout, Daniel Brown, and Amos Lewis.
" COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS .- O. C. Comstock, Thomas Johnson, David Woodcock, Gildert Seaman, and Archer Green.
" Resolved, That a committee of two persons in each town be ap- pointed to circulate subscriptions for said society, and report to the corresponding secretary by the Ist of April; and that the following persons compose said committee : Ulysses, Ebenezer Mack and John MeLallin ; Hector, Peter Hager aud Robert Swartwout; Dryden, William Wigton and Hooker Ballard; Lansing, John Ludlow and Nicholas Townley ; Groton, Job Allen and Augustus Crary."
At a meeting of the board of officers of the society, held on the 8th of July, 1820, it was resolved to offer the sum of $186 in premiums, to be awarded at the annual fair in that year. It was also
" Resolved, That the annual fair and cattle-show be held at the hotel in the village of Ithaca on the last Tuesday in November."
Much interest was manifested in the society, and the exhibition of 1820 was in all respects a sueeess. In aceord- anee with the above resolution it was held at the hotel. After the viewings were completed, those in attendance marched to the Presbyterian church, where a prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Wisner, and an oration delivered by Captain William T. Southworth. At the close of these ceremonies the procession proceeded to the court-house, where the premiums were paid in speeie. The society flourished during a number of years; but the interest sub- sequently waned, and for some time it was in a weak con- dition. It was reorganized in 1841, and again in January, 1858, under the law of 1855.
The reorganization was effeeted by the election of the following offieers :
President, Ezra Cornell; Vice-Presidents, Walter C. Curran, E. Perlee, E. Baker Lansing, Jonathan Dunham, S. Andrews, S. B. Judson, A. L. Smith, H. Willetts, and P. Sansman ; Secretary, L. F. Clark ; Treasurer, O. B. Curran ; Direetors, John Giles, S. Robertson, H. Brewer, James M. Mattison, David Crocker, and L F. Cutler.
The following-named persons have served as presidents from its reorganization in 1858 to 1879, viz .: Ezra Cor- nell, 1858-61 ; Joseph MeGraw, 1861 ; Henry Brewer, 1862; E. Cornell, 1863-64 ; E. L. B. Curtis, 1865 ; John P. Hart, 1866-67 ; Jacob Albright, 1868; Henry Krum (2d), 1869-72 ; Ezra Cornell, 1872-73; P. B. Crandall, 1874; J. B. Sprague, 1875; Levi C. Beers, 1876; J. C. Cook, 1877-79.
The society grounds, embracing forty-five and three-fourths acres, are pleasantly located in the southwestern part of the village of Ithaca. The floral and other buildings are sub- stantial and in good taste. There is also an excellent half- mile trotting course, considered one of the finest in this
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section of country. The grounds are in fine condition, supplied with all the appurtenanees necessary for first-class exhibitions, and not too much praise ean be bestowed upon its enterprising progenitors and those through whose influ- enee it has been sustained and prospered.
THE TOMPKINS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
was organized in 1818. The following-named persons are believed to have been the original members, but as the first records of the society are lost the list may be ineom- plete, viz. : A. J. Miller, C. C. Comstock, A. C. Hayt, Dyer Foote, Alex. McG. Comstock, P. A. Williams, D. L. Mead, Augustus Crary, I. Young, Jason Atwater, Charles Emmons, John W. Phillips, George W. Phillips, and Daniel Johnson.
The following is a list of members of the society, together with dates of admission and residence, viz. :
John C. Hayt, Ithaca, 1818.
Jason Atwater, Hector, 1818.
A. J. Miller,
J. Young, Hector (and Ithaca), I818.
Dyer Foote,
Daniel L. Mead, “
Augustus Crary, f Groton, 1818.
C. P. Hearmans, t Ithaca,
Henry Fish, 1824. Horace Bacon,# 1821.
Geo. W. Phillips.t =
Alex. McG. Comstock," Ilector, 1818.
N. S. Jarvis, t =
1824.
Nathan Scovale, Hector, 1828.
David McAllister,# 1823.
Myron A. Smith, 1840.
Nelson Nivison, 1837. V. Cuyler, ț 1824.
B. B. Armitage,* 1828.
M. D. Ilanse, 1839.
Moses Tompkins, 1827.
Win. Georgia, I833.
HI. K. Webster,
1833.
Justus Lewis, Hector (and Tru- mansburg), 1833.
John Collins, 1lector, 1828.
Jno. W. Thompson, " 1838.
1835. O. C. Comstock,| Jr., Ulysses, 1828.
J. 1I. Jerome, Ulysses, 1838.
P. A. Williams, Ulysses (and En- field), 1818.
Abraham Chase, Ulysses, 1831.
Lewis llalsey,# 1822.
O. C. Comstock, | Ulysses (and Enfield), 1818.
D. K. MeLannin, Ulysses (and Enfield), 1833.
Samuel E. Clark, Ulysses (and Enfield), 1829.
Eleazur Crane," Groton, 1822.
Frederick Beers, 1832. John W. Phillips,# Dryden, 1820. Richard Lansing, .. 1828. Ashbel Pattorson,± 1824.
Albert Cmtiss, #
Michael Phillips, 1820.
Edwin P. Healy, 1841. Eli Beers, 1828.
Joseph Speed," Carolino, 1825.
11. 1Iarris, 1828. =
David L. Mead, I818.
John Page, = 1828.
James Ashley, 1832.
E. G. Bush, 66 1832.
R. W. Meddaugh,
Isaac S. Briggs, 1841.
Jas. W. Montgomery,“ 1828.
Edw. 1I. Eldridge, " 1835.
Chas. M. Turner, Newfield, 1325.
David McAlister, 1823.
David G. Jessup,t ¥
1824.
John F. Burdock, Lansing (and Ithaca), 1829.
The following physicians were also members of the society for a short time :
1
# Deceased.
+ Removed.
# Present residence Ithaca.
Ira Wright, 1821 to 1840.
Charles Edmonds, 1821, died in 1828.
Salmon Frisbee, 1821 to 1828. Daniel JJohnson, 1821 to 1830.
James Deland, 1824. D. W. Roberts, 1824 to 1828. Henry S. Rinkham, 1823 to 1828.
D. Barber, 1828, removed in 1835.
Austin Church, 1829 to 1835.
Geo. E. Powers, 1829 to 1832. Oliver Barker, 1830 to 1843.
E. W. Cram, 1832 to 1843. William Holmes, 1833 to 1834. Mordecai Morton, 1835 to 1842. A. E. Phelps, 1834 to 1835.
Myron A. Smith, 1840 to 1842.
Myron Baldwin, 1837 to 1838.
Norman Gaston, 1842 to 1844.
D. Laey, 1842 to 1844.
The organization was continued until 1844, when the regular meetings ecased.
The society was reorganized in October, 1862, and the following officers chosen : President, Edward H. Eldridge ; Vice-President, Henry B. Chase ; Secretary, S. P. Sackett; Treasurer, S. Rhoads.
The following is a list of those who have served as presidents since its reorganization : Lyman Coryden, John M. Farrington, Richard Laning, C. C. Cook, Isaae S. Briggs, S. H. Peek, S. P. Saekett, Henry B. Chase, E. C. Moe, William Fitch, Geo. Rightmire, A. J. White, and A D. Simonds.
The present (1878) officers of the society are as follows : President, J. M. Farrington, of Trumansburg; Vice-Presi- dent, Judson Beach, of Etna; Secretary, S. P. Sackett, of Ithaca ; Treasurer, S. H. Peck, of Ithaca ; Censors, J. Winslow, Ithaca ; A. J. White, Trumbull's Corner ; S. H. Peck, Ithaea ; J. M. Farrington, Trumansburg ; John E. Beers, Danby.
The following are also members of the society : Willian Fitch, Dryden ; J. J. Montgomery, Dryden ; Isaae S. Briggs, Dryden ; C. W. Carrier, Newfield; Henry B. Chase, Jacksonville ; A. D. Simonds, Etna; Geo. Right- mire, Jacksonville; E. C. Ryle, Enfield Centre ; Richard Laning, McLean ; Reuben L. Smith, Ithaca ; M. G. Rood, McLean ; Benj. F. Cornell, Ithaca ; Benj. Dunning, Tru- mansburg ; P. Farlin, Ludlowville ; C. C. Cook, Newfield ; S. A. Sebring, Newfield ; W. C. Gallagher, Slaterville.
Some of the more prominent physicians in Tompkins County, besides those already named, are Drs. William Coryell, P. C. Gilbert, and D. C. Tripp, who are allied to the above in practice ; Dr. White and M. M. Brown, eclectie, and Dr. E. J. Morgan, A. Bishop, and Edward J. Morgan, Jr., homoeopathists ; and Dr. R. Tallmadge, of Trumansburg.
THE TOMPKINS COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY
was organized by the American Bible Society in May, 1828. The cash donations from its organization to 1877 amount to $7674.85. The value of Bibles sold and donated amounts to about $11,500.
D. R. Towner, t
1831.
W. S. Pelton,
66
1833.
Joel E. Ilawley, ¥ 1829.
William Bacon,
Ilenry Sayles, t
John Stevens,
Charles Coryell,
1842.
L. Sutherland,
II. Ingersoll, Jr.,
1841.
James A. Ilovey,
J. C. Ilall, Enfield (and Ithaca), 1831.
Joshua S. Miller, Enfield, 1833. J. P. A. Williams, 6. 1821.
A. C. Sherwood, Enfield (and Newfield), 1841.
Lewis Beers,# Danby, 1823.
Lyman Eldridge, t " 1831.
Hiram Moc, Lansing, 1827.
Chauncy P. Farlin, " 1840.
M. C. Kellogg, 16 1832.
Edmund Brown, Hector, 1825.
Ilorace Smith, 1838.
Wm. Woodward, =
Henry Ingersoll, t
Samuel P. Bishop, + 1830
Abraham Miller, 1832.
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HISTORY OF TIOGA, CHEMUNG, TOMPKINS,
PATRONS' FIRE RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
This association was organized July 5, 1876, with $150,000 risks. The business of the association has in- creased until at the present time the risks amount to $700,000. Present number of policies, 290.
The directors are as follows, viz. : Amos F. Curry, Eu- field Centre; Amos D. Shaffer, Newfield; Wm. O. New- man, Ithaca; L. C. Beers, Danby ; C. Lounsbury, Mott's Corners ; H. E. Patch, Speedsville; E. Bush, Varna ; C. H. Bacon, North Lansing; Samuel D. Baker, Lansingville ; L. B. Curry, Enfield Centre.
The prime mover in the organization was A. F. Crory, W. P. M. of Enfield Valley Grange, No. 295.
This was the first organization of the kind formed in the State, and it is now in a healthy and prosperous con- dition.
The present officers of the association are as follows : Stephen Davenport, President; William H. Fitch, Treas- urer; J. H. Theall, Secretary.
CHAPTER LXV.
STATISTICAL.
Agricultural Statistics-Crops, Produce-Horses, Cattle, Hogs, etc .-- Butter and Cheese-Population-Assessment and Taxation, 1817- List of Taxes Annually from 1817 to 1878.
THE census of 1875 shows that Tompkins County had 223,536 acres of improved land; 50,187 of woodland ; and 23,653 of other than the above. The cash value of farms was $17,763,222; of farm buildings other than dwellings, $2,253,290 ; of stock, $2,049,420; of tools and implements, $628,597 ; amount of gross sales from farms in 1874, $1,658,908; acres plowed in 1874, 66,381; in 1875, 64,970 ; acres in pasture in 1874, 63,280 ; in 1875, 62,604 ; acres mown in 1874, $54,756; in 1875, 52.886 ; tons of hay produced, 64,379 ; grass-sced produced, 4728 bushels; acres of barley in 1874, 5238; in 1875, 6612; bushels of barley produced, 118,087 ; acres of. buckwheat in 1874, 8270 ; in 1875, 6455 ; bushels produced, 157,059; acres in Indian corn in 1874, 12,675; in 1875, 13,971; bushels produced, 503,154; acres in oats in 1874, 26,906; in 1875, 29,454; bushels produced, 837,927 ; acres of rye in 1873, 984; in 1874, 845; bushels produced, 9950; acres of spring wheat in 1874, 1222; in 1875, 586;
bushels produced in 1874, 12,483; acres of winter wheat in 1873, 16,689; in 1874, 18,184; bushels produced, 253,036 ; acres of beans in 1874, 419; in 1875, 243; bushels produced in 1874, 6186; acres of peas in 1874, 86; in 1875, 76; bushels produced in 1874, 1191; acres of potatoes in 1874, 2742; in 1875, 2662; bushels pro- duced in 1874, 356,069 ; acres of tobacco in 1874, 6570; in 1875, 12,360; pounds produced in 1874, 48,588 ; bushels of apples produced in 1874, 420,723; barrels of cider made in 1874, 10,565; pounds of grapes produced in 1874, 68,545; gallons of wine made, 542; pounds of maple-sugar made in 1875, 29,639; gallons of syrup, 1567 ; pounds of honey collected in 1874, 39,586.
June 1, 1875, there were 9216 horses, including colts on farms; mules, 91; value of poultry owned in 1875, $48,206 ; value sold in 1874, $25,435 ; value of eggs sold in 1874, $39,111.
Neat cattle on farms June 1, 1875, two years old, 2404 ; yearlings, 3535 ; calves, 4233; bulls of all ages, 2056; working-oxen and steers, 1823 ; milch-cows, 1874, 15,510; in 1875, 15,518; cattle slaughtered in 1874, 1504; cows whose miik was sent to factories in 1874, 1521 ; in 1875, 1503; pounds of butter made in families, 1,966,265 ; checse made in families, 14,891 pounds; milk sold in market, gallons, 140,039.
Swine on farms June 1, 1875, 14,039; slaughtered on farms in 1874, 7128 ; pounds of pork made on farms in 1874, 1,784,236
The following table exhibits for the years 1855, 1864, 1865, 1874, 1875, the number of sheep shorn, the total weight of the clip, and the average weight of fleeces :
Number.
Total Weight.
Average Weight.
1855.
47,197
160,833
341
1864
66,859
261,620
391
1865
67,679
259,186
383
1874.
27,288
126,997
465
1875
26,945
126,944
471
STATISTICS OF BUTTER- AND CHEESE-FACTORIES FOR THE SEASON OF 1874.
Number of factorics, 6; amount of capital, $16,800; wages, $3900 ; average number of cows, 1215; number of days in the season, 1059; average number of patrons, 97 ; total pounds of milk used during the season, 4,401,251 ; pounds of milk used in making cheese, 1,825,733; pounds of checse made, 181,677 ; pounds of milk used in making butter and skim-cheese, 2,575,518 ; pounds of butter made 75,847 ; pounds of skimmed-milk cheese made, 179,532.
POPULATION.
1800.
1810.
1814.
1820.
1825.
1830.
1835.
1840.
1843.
1850.
1855.
1860.
1865.
1870.
1×75.
Caroline
905
1,608
2,128
2,623
2,581
2,457
2,534
2,537
2,644
2,345
2,257
2,175
2,129
Danby
1,200
2.001
2,372
2,481
2,473
2,573
2,494
2,411
2,331
2,26 L
2,140
2,126
2,161
Dryden
1,893
2,545
3,951
4,822
5,206
5,851
5,446
5,230
5,122
5,003
1,962
4,795
4,818
4,558
Enfield
2,117
1,912
1,919
1,693
1,693
1,685
Groton
Ithaca
Lansing
2,874
2,960
Newfield.
982
1,889
2,392
2,664
3,296
3,567
3,665
3.816
2,800
2,984
2,700
2.602
2,528
Ulysses
927
3,260
4,184
6,345
3,000
3,130
3,244
2,976
3,187
3,122
3,191
3,339
3,506
3,271
3,390
3,404
3,534
3,401
3,512
3,428
5,273
5,556
5,650
6,055
6,909
7,152
6,843
7,264
10,107
10,058
3,631
4,158
4,020
3,592
2,672
3.463
3,318
3,256
3,222
2,940
3,458
3,597
3,512
3,618
3,353
3,342
2,283
2,340
2,240
2,332
2,000
2.742
3,621
393
AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES, NEW YORK.
The following exhibit shows the number of males, fe- males, naturalized citizens, etc., according to the census of 1875 :
Towss.
Total Males.
Total Females.
Number who can neither
read nor write oftwenty-
one years and upwards.
Naturalized Citizens.
The following exhibit shows the first valuation of real and personal estate in this county, also amount of taxes levied on the various towns:
Real.
Personal.
Total.
Groton
$1.413,761
$209,927
81,623,691
Dryden
911,550
94,703
1,006,253
Newfield
697,720
41,190
738,910
Caroline ..
943,836
36,350
980,186
Enfield
582,467
60,110
612,907
Ulysses
1,322,252
319,502
1,611,754
Lansing
1,401,535
196,454
1,600,989
Ithaca.
3,360,326
669,465
4,029,791
Danby
670,310
21,265
694,575
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE.
The equalized valuation of real estate in the several towus of Tompkins County for 1877, as returned by the several assessors, is as follows :
Acres.
Real.
Personal.
Total.
Groton.
30,725
$985,819
$209,927
$1,195,746
Dryden
61,309
1,702,807
94,703
1,797,510
Newfield
36,410
647,466
41,190
688,656
Caroline
31,253
545,960
36,350
582,310
Enfield ..
22,007
471,291
60,440
531,731
Ulysses.
19,005
1,166,751
319,502
1,186,253
Lansing
37,731
1,543,992
196,454
1,740,446
Ithaca ..
19,233
3,567,727
669,465
4,237,192
Danby
33,268
685,142
24,265
709,407
$11,316,755
$1,652,296
$12,969,051
ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION.
TowNs.
Real Estate.
Personal Property.
Town.
Schools.
Poor.
High ways.
County.
State.
Ulysses
$666,740
$35,432
$230.52
$255.33
$578.07
$1400.44
Dryden
338,006
22,418
174.47
155.12
$210.53
297.80
721.62
Division
174,246
6,871
129.56
91.48
149.54
362.23
Lansing ..
305,061
28,682
91.20
202.15
$105.27
275.53
667.49
Covert.
301,553
28,815
149.47
189.47
272.75
660.74
Hector
347,463
12,662
147.37
134.74
297.31
720.25
Total.
$2,133,069
$655,810
$922.59
$1028.29
$210.53
$105.27
$1870.80
$3232.77
The following exhibit shows the total tax of Tompkins annually, from the organization of the county to the year 1878 :
1818
$5,193.24
1848
$20,923.51
1819
7,728.40
1849.
29,960.28
1820
8,406.19
1850.
26,392.92
1821
5,988.16
1851
37,562.56
IS22
6,226.17
1852
41,004.19
1823
8,194.88
1853
50,934.91
1824
1854
48,328.00
1825
1855
50,883.01 1856.
County tax.
5,038.66
llightways ..
1,200.00
Town audits
1,277.15
Willard Asylum.
542.49
Superintendent of Poor.
178.14
Return tax
25.56
1832
1862
70,707.21
1833
12,774.80
1863
87,053.15
183-1
13,809.95
1864
281,271.45
1835
13,520.23
1865
222,651.44
1836
14,701.53 15,382.61
1867.
140,115.82
1838
18,416.09
1868
105,503.52
1839
1869
104,631.72
1840
1870
130,174.42
1841
1871
158,880.53
1842
1872
183,859.53
1813
22,936.78
1873
153,156.71
1844
24,745.80
1874
212,542.01
1845
23.743.30
1875
184,224.12
1846
20,832.89
167,455.72 1876
851.93
Superintendents of Poor
55.36
Return tax.
28.23
Interest on railroad bonds.
1750.00
Sinking fund.
250.00
The following exhibit shows the assessed valuation of the several towns for 1877 :
The following exhibits the tax-list for 1877 :
CAROLINE.
State tax.
$1755.62
County tax.
1632.29
Highways
350.00
Town audits
1005.65
Willard Asylum
141.02
Superintendents of Poor.
155.50
Return tax ..
1.85
Overseer of the Poor.
210.60
DRYDEN.
State tax.
$5,419.36
1826
11,966.82
1827
12,657.32
49,960.30
1828
14,909.36
1858
45,390.68
1829
12,282.77
1859
45,446.03
1830
10,259.63
56,812.33
1831
13,227.94 13,342.65
$13,681.66
DANBY.
State tax.
$2138.81
County tax.
1988.56
Highways ..
250.00
Town audits
363.19
Willard Asylum ...
285.11
Superintendents of Poor.
370.21
$5395.91
ENFIELD.
State tax.
$1603.13
County tax
1490.51
Highways ..
250.00
1847
20,283.79
13
15
Danby
1128
1028
14
26
Dryden
2289
2264
63
29
Enfield
843
841
12
6
Groton
1697
1725
61
28
Ithaca
4845
5181
398
119
Lansing
1478
1478
33
22
Newfield
1256
1268
30
7
Ulysses
1639
1779
S2
21
Caroline
1057
1065
$6279.16
50
1866
157,355.06
1837
16,701.70 20,440.61 19,464.41 23,244.93
1860
1861
55,674.13
$5252.53
9,454.80 9,757.95
34,352.55 1857
Town audits
394
HISTORY OF TIOGA, CHEMUNG, TOMPKINS,
GROTON.
State tax.
$3,605.08
County tax.
3,351.82
Ilighways.
250.00
Town audits.
1,595.40
Willard Asylum.
334.17
Superintendents of Poor.
216.06
Return tax
103.57
Interest on railroad bonds
1,917.42
Principal of railroad bonds.
12,500.00
Overseer of Poor
200.00
Sinking fund.
150.00
ITHACA.
State tax.
$12,774.20
County tax
11,876.82
Town audits.
15,941.54
Interest on I. & A. R. R. bonds
21,000.00
Interest on G. & I. R. R. bonds.
7,000.00
Sinking fund.
2,000.00
Town audits added by Supervisor.
27.00
Superintendents of Poor.
568.99
Return tax .
562.55
Willard Asylum.
1,342.29
Highways.
250.00
Tax Receiver's salary.
400.00
$73,743.39
LANSING.
State tax
$5,247.31
County tax
4,878.69
Town audits.
4,481.15
Willard Asylum
26.42
Superintendents of Poor
306.97
Return tax
153.89
$15,094.40
NEWFIELD.
State tax.
$2,076.25
County tax.
1,930.39
Town audits.
1,625.87
Superintendents of Poor.
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