The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-17
or State Psisop,
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Leaving halaBce IN tie
State Treasury To tie
credit Of lIi. faui, De-
cember 3lst, 1861: Of $4,000 IS
The estimates Of tie Secretary Of State
anticipate deficiency in the revenues
provided - met current expenses 10 the
r!ose Of he fiscal year September 30;h,
ISL Of s22373 q. Making further
reasonable allowances for "Aleara2es
Tue from coun:ies," Of which the state
las always Ieen comPelle ed to carry large
ainoant from year ~ year. probable de-
i:eieucy is shown Of s5G 453 40 This
detc.cGc, Is attributable 10 IL failing of in
the Bank Tax, anl license fees from Ibsu-
rsnce companies from without the State,
together estimated to equal SAT, ?62 CT
aud tho insulliriency Of the $50 900 adii-
il"nal Sta:e tax ievied last year To srpply
ia.s failure IN customary revenues, and
the same time provide for extraordinary
expenditures Ibis year of Sl06 904 s. for
building and permanent Improvements.
and SGG 290 90 20 pay the interest on war
bones issued. for which no special tax was
imposed with the last levy. That losses
from the revenues of former years, and in
crea,ed expenditures, amounting 10 an ag
gregste Of 1920 567 50 have been 50 far
supplied that s56,453 40 is reasonahy
estimated to equai the whole deficiency,
affords ,olerably plain int.mation of the
gain to the State from the stopping Of Ger
tain familiar wastes, as in the pubic print
irg. AMI esinces general economy ard
good management Of this Fund.
Two means Of present relief suggest
themselves, by either Of which The estima
led deficiency can he very nearly supplied
a reioaR Of the money provided in The
last levy OF State tax to meet $50 0G0 Of
Sac bonds which fall due on the first day
Of April next; or the appropriation Of that
portion Of the Town Library Fund derived
tium The one tenth of mill State tax,
which now amounts 10 S53 500 10 10
case YOU deem it advisable Ia rei,irnish
the General Fund from the latter source
| would most earnestly second the recon,
mendation urged IN the report of the SUI
uerintendent Of Public Instruction, that
TIE moLey be taken As a temporary loan,
to he again, after three or FIVE wears, de-
so'ei 70 the wise purposes for which 1t
was raised and that thu operation Of he
law creating Township Library Fund be
simply suspended for II like period.
Or TAXATION.
For now three successive years, our
State tax has been 80 trihiag in amount
a. TO suggest, in each instance, honest
doab,s Of good faith by the legislature in
making he levy. Yet the treasury has
not iae /, during these three wears, TO
meet every demand for current expenses
upon presentation, ahd at the end Of each
wear handsome balance has been found
remaining the credit of the General Fund
notwithstanding this the people of the
stat" have experienced no appreciate re
lief from the burden, of taxation. This
fact suggested the institution of some in
q1iries as to the Objects and amosnt OF
taxes annually paid ny the people of Wis
cousin.
Pur.ung these inquiries statements
have been obtained the past simmer and
htl, from The Gle, Is Of supervisors Of forty
seven Of the fifty six organized counties OF
the state. showing the amount levied for
county taxes in each county for the wears
1857. 1873, 1880 and 1860, respectively.
Th4 table compiled from these statements
possesses great interest in all its exhibit Of
details. The aggregate are as follows;
ITai Of all pr"p.
r9etiiz d b.
hs Siqfc BID .Stafe tax Cotrntg tar
~ sI4O,03J GEO 90 20s 90 90 800 .nS4 ~
SO IG2 10000 90 3q51l5 so $50. S74 b5
80 1888 739 lis 40 2l4, 285 % 642 81 s44
20 ~ 205 $40 20 1859 Sc $50 500 06
\ comparison Of the averages taken
shows that the county taxes exceed the
state taves by the ratio Of 21S1%. Thi.
rnmpari>or, being made on the average Of
four Successive years, in one of which (5S)
occurred the highest state tax ever levied
IN WiScon,in-and on actual returns from
so nearly the entire humber Of counties in
the state, i certainly broad enough to as
sumo That county taxes hold the same ratio
tn ,,a'e taxes through the whole state, and
taking one year with another.
IL is not easy to obtain reliable statistics
af local TAXATION below counties A cal
au's'ion upon returns If taxes levied for
town purposes f,r 1857, 1858, 1859, and
1860. A. before, gathered from large
nuu her Of L yns, would indicate . 29* as
the ratio Of excess Of town over State taxes
averaging for four yosrs.
The amount IF school taxes voted di-
rec,ly hy the people at iheir district meet;
ings, the past year, is stated in the Annual
Report Of the State Superindent of Public
obstruction, from actual returns made TO
hi. Office. At s55l4229s.
The sts'utes provides that = highway
tax Of not less than three nor more than
seven mills On the dollar, shall he assess
ed on all the real aud personal property in
each road district 81 the State II will BE-
fur T. assume five mitis 10 be the arcrag.
Of lie assessments imposed.
| Shall venture no calculation upon the
taxes imposed in the cities, since. from
the look Of the statements obra!ne.i, the
most favorable estimate The figures will
ter you'd s.agger probability The.
sisternent from one Of our inani citie.. re-
,,utei, ami no doubt lastly SO. to be among