Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-30

amounted to l.674,sss.7s; January l, 1875
s.ss4 ,s5i6s; January / 1879, g sos. 457 II; Jan
Ss,lS. .s3l65; September /. 1885, s., I3i, s7ils.
In 1859 the state superintendent Of schoo
i59 as in ISL 1888 In is7s ss55 5ssH g. Il
1913, SIS, s76.41; in 1874. s4l0,a6a.2s; in 1876
$40. SO: in 1877. $685., S6s.z2: in 1852. $780,
1886, s70i, l00.6s.
| If the State of Missouri is liberal in her
support of free public schools, she is no less
so in the maintenance of schools for higher
| education. The General Assembly literally
| provides for the support of the State uni
versity at Columbia and the school of mines
| and metalurgy at Rolia-appropriating in
| 1855 for the university S62,sl0 and for the
| school of mines $4,000. In addition t o regu-
| lar biennial appropriations for its support
| the State holds AS an endowment for the
| university $519,095.OS, which is invested as
| Missouri six per cent. certificates
| of indebtedness. ...Sl22, 600 90
| Missouri five per cent certificates
| of indebtedness Observation-Disclosures. 397 900 90
| Cash in State treasury. 95 %
| Total. SaI9,09j 0S
| The interest upon this fund is annually APP
| piled to the ma intenance of the University
| in addition to regular appropriations for its
| support.
| other appropriations are also made for i'm
| provement as for instance, in 1885 $40 900
| was appropriated for the enlargement of the
| institution
| Ample appropriations are also made for
| the maintenance of normal schools and for
the keeping OF their buildings in good con-
dition and repair. The normal schools at
| Huntsville, Warrensburg and Cape Girardeau
| each received at the last session $4,000 for
support, while Lincoln Institute of JeferSo m
| City, State school for the education and
| training OF colored teachers, received $3.50 0
| for maintenance, and for it's enlargemens
and Improvement $500 In proportion tic
| its taxable wealth and population no State
provides more Literally for education than
| does Missouri
STATE CHARITIES
For the care of the unfortunate insane the
state maintains Lunatic Asylum No. /, nc
Fulton. and No ,, at st. Joseph. and for con-
stractrng third insane asylum, the LIE ss'a-
ture, in l.s5, appropriated s20o,OD0. which in
stitutl1n Is now ping quilt at Nevada. me
INDECENT insane confined in the ct. Louis In
sane asylum.
The Missouri school for the blind located
in st. Louis and the Institution for the edu-
cation of the deaf ana dumb at Fulton are
| amply provided for by each succeeding Gen
eral Assembly. Appropriations for state
charities made in 1850 are given as follows:
For support OF Iunatic asylum No. !.
at Fulton, including salaries of Off
GERS and repairs Observation-Disclosures. SOD, IC0
For support of Iunatic asylum No. ,,
at st. Joseph, including salaries of
officers and enlargement, etc.,. 40, 400
Insane asylum. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
No 3, at Nevada 1000
For the support of the institution for
the education of the deaf and
For the Missouri school for the edu-
cation of the blind..... .......,.... $1,000
TAXABLE WEALTH..
The assessed vaiution of the State for
taxes of 1886, amounts to $14l, 705S3.74, as
follows:
Personal PROPERTY. lSi,011,ll9 90
Railroad companies .............. 42,StI,294 Is
Bridge companies. .......... 2,3lo,O00 30
Telegraph companies. 622,570 Is
Total. $40, 5s3 "a
Embraced in this assessment are 719,525
horS g, PA, 406 mnles, 2,030192 neat cattle ,
}25,9i7 hogs, 1,147,9i3 sheep and 4,536 asses
ana jennets Compared with the actual
mems Oh fails as pr9 iar short Of the real
wealth of the State. for it is well
known that real estate is assessed at
hundred thousand dollars in personal prop
erty escapes taxation altogether The as
sessment of railroad property, like that OF
real estate does not represent its actual cash
value. but in proportion to mileage the as
sessment in Missouri is much higher than this
assessment in the neighboring States of IiIi-
nois, Iowa and Kansas. The taxable wealth
Of the State Tor taxes of 1871 was s5s5, $780,
so: for 1892 Si49 267, 342 SO; for 1884, 10.
259. Is; for 1886, s7i1, s7o.5sa74.
1878 were: revenue tax. % cents; interest
tax, % cents revenue poll tax, p cents: in
1859, 1870 and 1871, revenue tax: % cents, and
interest tax, % cents: for lSI2-3-4-5 revenue
tax, 20 cents, and interest tax D cents; from
1876 to 1886, rev enue tax, 20 cents. Interest
ay, 20 cents.
HIGH LICENSE.
The high license system prevailing in Mis-
souri, lessons the number OF dram shops, in
crcases the amount OF revenue derived from
them. abolishes the cross road or country
sttoon and confines the sale of In.
toxicating liquors under the
vcitanca of the police. For the year
ending July 4, ISL, there were S,469 lcens ed
dram shops and 152 wine and beer houses in
this State, from which were derived State
and county taxes, amounting to S547, $1,000
For the year ending July 4. 1856. the number
of dram shops will not exceed $500 and tho
State and county licenses paid by them
amounts to not less than ST 500, 600.
Official returns from 100 counties show that
eighteen are without licensed dram shops.
The 5! granting license report 2,675 dram
shops, OF which number 1,6lS are
in the city OF st. Louis and 1856 in
Jackson County. These 1873 dram.
shops paid for the year ending July
4, 1886, State and county licenses aggregat-
ing 81 APO. 065.S9 Fifteen counties are yet to
hear from, which will probably increase the
number of dramshops l35, and the revenue
not less than $4,000. The amount of town
Louis, will not fail very far short of $780,
town licenses will amount to about $780,
600. In majority of counties the State lie
censr is S25 for six months and $3.50 for the
county, but in many counties the lie 'nse
is higher, some placing the State license at
$40, $50, and even $i5h and the county at
$500, $3.50, and 500 for six months.