St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-10
MONEY AND TO SPARE.

Financial Condition or ramsey
County.
One of the best and most cOmprehen-
sive financial statements Of Ramsey
comfy which has ever been submitted
to the board of county commissioners
was that of Auditor M. F. Kahn for the
fiscal year ending Dec. 81, 1883. The
statement is exhaustive and exhibits in
detail the entire years business OF the
auditing department of this county.
Following are some interesting extracts
from the report: On the 3lst of Deem
Der. 1883, the county had a cash balance
on hand of 500, 36S.SS; on the LIST of Jan
uary OF the same year, S133, S9S.44. The
tax collections during the year amount
ed to S1,720,939.19, and the collections
for 1856 and prior years were SAC, $50.
Money collected for private redemption
amounted to Sc, 5000; the fees from the
stfact Office, S9,61S.24, and the fines col
The county has received as interest on
its deposits in the fourteen St. Paul
banks, of which the Bank of Minnesota
holds the greatest deposit. 5000. 16.
The sum of $4,000 was received for
liquor licenses granted in the county.
Three of these were issued to New Can
ada saloonists, one to White Bear town
and one to North st. Paul. The ex-
penditure to the state revenue fund Was
$l6S, 2O9.57; school fund, $50, 1851;
county revenue, s155, 451.45; county
roads and bridges, Sl4,925.S2; county
moor, $29. 770.92; interest on bonds and
,loans, S34, 79S. go; Marshall avenue
bridge, SIS, O766 SO; city OF st. Paul, $685.
i640.eS; city water,taX, S43, 062.60. There
was 81, 466.53 spent OH Rose town roads,
'ands S146. II on it's poor; S2,206.44 on
New, Canada roads. 81, 657.S9 on White
Bear roads, 81 ,669. SO on Mounds View
roads, and but S50.19 on Reserve Town
roads. The board of education received
S422, 5640S. Ramsey county owes upon
sS49. AGO outstanding bonds maturing be-
tween the years 1892 and 1918. The first
block was issued in 1872. and the last
for the new court hOuse-Was issued
Jply 2, 1888. Of this amount $4,000 are
at per cent. $6S,000 at 7, sos, 900 at 5,
thousand dollars of the whole bonded
indebtedness was incurred for renewals,
$500, 900 for the new court house, S34 900
for erecting the aims house, $4,000
for the construction of Marshall avenue
bridge, and s2,46O are old Fort street
bonds which are past due, but have not
been presented for payment. The
county owns 100000 worth of real es-
tate-an undivided half of the court
house square, valued at 100000; poor
farm and improvements, $4,000. and
hospital grounds, $4,000. The mis-
celIaneOuS county expenses were S22.-
39e.29: for salaries to county officials,
judges, etc., $57,7OS.09; for the district
court, in the prosecution of cases, fees
to clerk and stehographer. ETC., S12,-
491.75; coroner's fees and inquest ex-
penses, s3,91S; for examining insane
persons and committing them to asy-
lums, S2,0lS.11; county printing,
s9,457.1; stationery, $l,579.SS; consta-
bic and justices fees, s16:.50; for main
tanning county jail. S3,391.S8. The sher-
if received for fees, salaries for help,
board and washing for prisoners, S2O,-
69S.74. Jury fees for the year amounted
to SIG, 7O6.5O, and witness fees, 81. 0G2.62.
The state tax for 1883 was II mills; state
school tax, mill; county tax, 1.S mills,
and general school tax, mill, making
5.5 mills. Add this with the highest
and lowest city tax and the maximum
will be 1875 mills and the minimum 1871
mills. The total assets of the county.
consisting of real estate, books, cash
and credits. equal 1851, S0s.S4; the liza
bilities-bonds and unpaid warrants and
coupons-S355,7 72.9S; leaving county liza
bilitieS over it's assets, S2,964.14.