The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-01-29
COUNTY FINANCES.
some Facts and Figures Of Interest 60
nEuntbcIdters.

| Inc county Auu!COfs report TOT the
quarter ending January 9th, 1850, re-
ceived for publication, appears in an
other column. 1t shows that the net
receipts from all sources for the quarter
year ending at that date were SG6, :
! 337 81, and that the total disburse-
ments for the same period were $685.
| 600 81. On the date OF the report
there were outstanding warrants on the
Redemption Fund amounting to $780,
40 81, less cash in the Fund for their
redemption, $l,574 %. During the
, quarter the taxes on real estate for the
{ year 1879 were payable, and the rev.
| vnue from this source amounted to
$50. G23 SO, Of which the State received
| $40, ESQ %. The balance in the Treas
urv at date Of report was ST. ,169 81,
and the floating Indebtedness of the
! county exclusive of that balance, 3d.
ST. e. The Board of County Com
missioners at the January Term allowed
bills amounting to 1878 20, which
are not included in the Auditors re-
port, making the actual floating debt OF
the county, including these bills which
accrued during the quarter, $50, 40 50.
The report of the County Audi
tor for the quarter ending Jan
uary 9Th, 1879, one year from the
date Of the above report, shows the
financial affairs of the county at that
time to have been as follows: Net re
ccipts from all sources for the quarter
ending at date of report, SGT, 302 "a,
| and disbursements for the same quarter,
/ SJ7,2l7 80. There were then outstand
/ ing warrants on the Redemption Fund
amounting to $4,000 IS, anil the cash
| in tle Treasury amounted to SlS,-
65S %, less 1891 sc ovcrdrawn on
the Redemption Fund, and $50 e.
overdrawn on the Winnemucca Fire
Fund, which reduced the actual
amount in the Treasury to SD, S94 o..
! The taxes collected during the quarter
amounted to sos, 3l4 ~, which Nas
s., $50 80 more than the receipts from
| the same source for the quarter ending
January 5th, 1850, in consequ>sce OF
i the reduction in the rate Of taxation
from - so or each 500 valuation in
1878 to g 65 in 1879. OF this amount
the State received $40, l35 05, or ST.
444 70 more than IN the last quarter in
consequence of the reduction Of State
taxes by the Legislature OF 1879 from
80 cents to s. cents OF each 500 valn-
/ alton. The aoating indebtedness Of
the county on January 9th, 1879, was,
according to the Auditors report, 49,,
372 sc, to which should be added Sd,
l53 Is allowed by the Board OF Com
missioacrs at the January Term, and
not included in the Auditors report,
which, with the S3,69i SO overtlrawn
from the Redemption Fund, male the
actual floating Indebtedness of the
county one year ago, So, 20, or
1892 G2 less than it was when the
Board of Commissioners adjourned at
the January Term, three weeks ago.
During the year 1879, the Board OF
Commissioners expended about $4,000
in lining the County jail with boiler
iron, and in having fre-proof vaults
built in the County Clerks and County
Recorders Offices. 1t was necessary to
secure the jail to prevent the escape OF
prisoners, as Jail breaking was getting
TO be d regular occurrence, and it was
| also necessary to secure the records OF
of the county in case of fire. These
were extraordinary expenses which had
to BE incurred, otherwise the county
Indebtedness would have been reduced
at least to the amount of the difference
between Humbollt's proportion of the
State tex at the. sem-annual settle
ments in December, 1878, when the
State tax was 80 cents on each ST00
valuation, and in December, 1879, when
the State tax was So cents on the same
valuation.
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