Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-08-30

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veLtion has kept this objection constant.
ly in mind, and it affords us great salts
faction to announce to the tax. payers oil
Idaho that the aggregate cost of the
State and county governments under
the proposed Constitution will be
S55.290 LESS ANNUALLY
Than under the present Territorial
government.
The result is reached by the follow ing
statement OF the cost of the new State
government, to-wit:
Annual expense Of Executive Depart
Annual expense Of Judiciary Denartment' ~ 90
Annual expense Of Legislative Depart
ment .......... X m
Annual expense of Insane Asylum % coo
Annual expense of Penitentiary - 2307f
ainun i interest on AZ outstanding bonds 10,20C
Annual expense of State University II 600
All other annual expenses 300
Total annual cost of State Government
~ under the proposed Constitution g. 1925
luthl annual cost of present Territorial
government to the tax payers Of
Idaho .....s.. .,........ ...'........... 1896
Increase of cost of State Government s SO. 100
by changing the system of county
government now in vogue to that pro.
posed by the Constitution, by which Of
icers are to be paid fees instead of SAL
aries, there will be saved annually TO
the counties of the State the following
amounts, to-wit:
Salaries OF Sheriffs . s6 nm
Salaries of Auditors and Recorders IL 900
Salaries of Probate Judges 500. ....... lO26O
Salaries Of County District Attorneys Sf2lO
n riY ,.1a e
Public instruction -..-. ..... 7 O2O
Salaries Of Clerks OF District Courts 49,. $50
Total annual saving in county govern
ment under the Cons tuition - 100 050
Increase of cost of State over Territorial
Government ........-.... ........... 80. SO ,76O
Total net saving annually to the tax
payers by adopting the State and
county Government proposed by the
constitution ..-...... .......-.....$ 81, 900
In addition to the above in many in
stances the fees of officers will amount
Annually to cum greater than the
maximum compensation allowed them.
This excess will 90 into the County
Treasury for the benefit of the tax-pav-
ers. II is believed that in few instances
Will any minimum compensation have
to be made up. Thus it will be seen
that the State and County Governments
under the proposed Consultation will
cost the taxpayers
SO 300 PER ANNUM LESS
Than the present Territorial and Coun-
~ Governments.
DIMlNUrIoN OF SCHOOL TAXES To BE OBJ
TANNED IN STATEHOOD.
The school lands which will belong TO
the new State of Idaho will consist of
sections l6 and SO of every township
and 800 600 acres granted under section
237S of The Revised Statutes of the
United States, all of which in round
numbers will amount to over $40 O00
acres, and at $40 per acre are valued at
S33, 100000
OF these the Constitution provides
that no more than % sections, or 10000
acres, shall be sold annually. In ten
years there would be sold 100 OCO acres.
Estimated at the minimum price of $40
per acre, the total sum realized by the
sale of this band in ten years will be
81 100000. This sum should certainly
yield six (6) per ce'.t. net, which would
s.vc q annual incomc o. $4,000. b.
sides this rcv2Lue The Lands thus sold
are immediltcly 'jec. to laxat.on, and
the revenue obtained from these lands
in the way OF t.xcs will decrease the
general annual leVieS
AS the school tax constitutes a large
part of the expense of government, aud
as the revenue derived from school
lands will enable the Legislature in
short time to reduce the school levies To
almost nothirg, it is easy to see that
your taxes will bo greatly reduced, i'll
this respect, by State governmert.
With Statehood there will be avail
able ether public lands as follow: