Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
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financial statement of Je-
aud county, comparing the expenses
incurred by the first board of commits
sioners with that incurred by succeed
ng boards.
The following is full itemlzed
statement Of the expenses incurred by
the first board, obtained by us from the
county records and which we believe
to be correct.
Warrants Issued on Gen'l Co. Fund.
Office rent. court house, stove. furnitare.
chimney and insurance, Ss92.l7
Record books printing, stationery. Of
flee supplies and express on the same l3S
Three elections February, March, and
November, including expense OF $4,000
caused by j Durham, and $1,000 clerks
expenses to Bon Hommc as member of can
wasting board. SO3,55
TRANSMITTING records from Brule and
Aurora counties, 57O.i5
Fuel, 1921
Salaries &mileage comrs, A. B. Smart 205.36
. S. q. Melcher 72l.s4
:" '' g H. D. Fisher 259.9O
+" OF county clerk 2cS. so
Z" fee g attorney 26.O0
. g $ supt of schools G39.s
Fees of County Surveyor. 1920
g assessors 1880
Z" and expenses in cases of insanity. 1925
% in support of the poor 1889
in eases from Just courts 1926
Road VIEWERS 27.OO
safe and moving the same, 266.2s
General indexes, $3.50
Abstract OF proved ND land from U $
land Office, 900
Total S5515.9G
SubIracting this from the total amount
Of warrants issued by first board
S6,59ll6 Gas given in True Republican,
there remains $lOl5.2O us warrants is
sued on road and bridge fund. The
True Republican says; "Other bills
contracted by the above board during
1854, for which warrants We're issued
by the board of 1SS5(Fisher, Wilson
and Snllivan) We're us follows:
Warrant 373. for bridge lumber $1,000
No. 4o6, for goods burned for I.awton
family by order of board in 1884 5s.35
No. 500. to Aurora county for court
expense i'll cases which accumulated
in 1884 COZ %
No. 39l, to 4 S Fordham for work US
road supervisor in 1854 $3.50
No. 3gs. to !.rick KLudtson, for road
work done i'll 1884 5000
Total Observation-Disclosures. Si2S. so
Total expenses OF 1851. ............ .01 8. 90
AO,nynt nf t.,y r,llarrnd 4 IN
Expenses i'll excess of income ,is0. 4G
Surprising these figures to be correct
it must be remembered that the expen-
SEES OF the first board covered a period
of about fourteen months. which gives
I; monthly falling behind Of ssl55.7o.
the HepmI!ican states that the eX-
p,nses in excess of the taxes due for
the three and one-fourth wears OF ruie
by the ring element" is $3.50 SO.
This gives a monthly detinlt of S;222 81
or S61 q per month more than during
what Mr.. Loomis calls the "Ordway
rule. 1t gives as an explanation of
this great Indebtedness. that the Solo
ter which OF course could not he avoid
ed)' and also refers TO the county
buildings as costing $4,000. (Which
are now on hand. and worth III they
cost the county,
We. also, might call attention to the
fact that during the first year there
was an expense OF $4,000 tor transcri-
bling the .lerauld county records from
those of Aurora and Brule counties
ga matter Which OF course could not
be avoided,) and the court house. now
used tor a Jail, safe, record books, and
furniture amounting to about $4,000
which still represent their purchase
price, and We're expenses unavoidable
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