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estate tax rate steady at 58 cents per $100 of assessed value, this year’s levy.

But at Wednesday’s session, Commissioner of Revenue Beverly Atkins protested the move. Personal property bills would jump 50 percent, and surprised taxpayers would direct their ire at the commissioner of revenue, blaming that office for the extra drain on pocketbooks and wallets, she said.

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