The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07
tax. SO, 76l, 251.99
*This District School tax embra.

*This District School tax embra.
ces school-house fund, teachers fund,
and school contingent fund tax.
1t is interesting to look at this Ia.
BILE. Ofthe eight and three-quarter
millions of taxes paid in Iowa, three
millions seven hundred and Hi,teen
thousand four hundred and seventy
taco dollars are paid for common
schools. This is moro than three
eighths of the entire amount. Aside
from, but directly connected with
this, it should be stated here that the
State has permanent school fund Of
two million and half dollars, at an
average interest ofeight per cent,
which will yield two hundred thous-
and dollars this year. This sum
should be added to the above to OBJ
tain the total (s3,913,472O5) amount
paid for common schools in Iowa
Last January there were 434, 900
persons in the State between five
and twenty.one years OF ago. Yet
our school system is 80 liberal that
we annually pay about ten dollars
for educating each one of these 434,-
600 children while our entire tax is
only seven dollars and thirty-five
cents per capital
The lowest assessment in the list
is for paupers One hundred and
twenty-five thousand eight hundred
and sixty seven dollars foots that
bill. Only one sixty.fifth of the
whole levy. The insane require bu,
little more, $l63, 900 suficing.
1t requires nearly one.eighth to
build and keep up the necessary
roads and bridges.
Only one-quarter of million is re.
CURED to pay interest and principal
OF the bonds issued by counties for
various purposes, but mostly for aid
to railroads.
Railroads are pretty well aided in
this list, the amount in the table
showing how literally our people
have voted money to assist them in
constructing routes. Not a very
large amount is necessary to carry |
on the State government--S611, 2o7.
q answering the purpose. This
pays all salaries of State officers. all |
the Judges and District ATTORNEYS.
all the clerical force, entire expenses
Of the Legislature, support of all the |
state institutions-deaf and dumb |
asylum, blind asylum, three orphans
homes, agricultural college and farm,
md the renitentiary-with their
,fhcers. Besides these, it answers
or carrying on the erection of new
state House, new insane asylum,
ND repairs and improvements to
'ther institutions. i
Special and corporation taxes only
each half million. These last, It II
hould be borne In mind cover ex-
enses ofall cities organized under
no general corporation law. The
pecial taxes are those levied for i'm TX
dental purposes in the various To-
aGties. H In
| have at hand the report Of the | i
commissioners of New York, ap. G
olnted by the last Legislature to t
wise the laws Of that State for tho d
'sessment and collection of taxes- f
81. In their comparative taxation n
municipalities they give New a
ork city a population of 927, 436 G
,gregate taxation, s27 ,4O3, $50; tax. a
ion per capita, $29.54. Democracy "
MS that thing. q
In Iowa, the population is 1,19I.- 8,
o; aggregate taxation, SS,76l, 251.. 81
!; taxation per capita, s735? Re- Ia
blicanism rules here. Put tho two st
10 by side and see how they look: p,
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