Nine Mills State Tax Levy Fixed by Comptroller
Columbia reports Comptroller General Rutledge L. Osborne reduced the state levy to nine mills for 1919 from nine and a half, predicting about $200,000 fewer taxes. He explains the appropriation, non tax revenues, and property assessments, noting 42 percent valuation and urging 100 percent assessment to lower levies, with calls for new income, franchise, and inheritance taxes.