The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-05
ATE'S FINANCES.

lae 'ts.st.
Gregg Will be ready for Distributing IA. " .rw
weeks. \ SUMMARY Of receipts from all
sources for the year ending November 30
shows 4 total Of sl3.252. .727 -, which added
10 the balance of -GOO0.6li 95 from ls92
gives SO 2j3.3I2 81 H. tn" sum total uu tu"
debit side OF th" states ledger IN" total
Payments for the year were Sl342j.Oii ~,
leaving a hHiaur' at IA" end of the fiscal y'uI
November 80. 1898. Of ri.s3O.30S g..
The revenue "l IN" commonwealth i- large.
ly derived frOW ia" taxation Of corr uratiuu-.
Here are a few ut tn moro important items
TAX on corporation stock aud limited part
u"rshiIs TI.jil SGS 81. tax on gross receipts
of corporations. Sji2 .UnG -; tan IN bank
stock. $3.50 .222 ~: tax Ou net earnings Of
incomes, -, ,I}2. foreign nsurauc" rompau-
les Gall companies oUt~ld" P"nu~y ~ylNunlul
S4G3 2j2 ~: tax uu gross premiums. -tu. .BNN
30. municipal loans. s2Hl 32G -: CORPORATION
loans t1G".lI9 80. tax uu personal pruP"rt q,
-. .J02. iIG 80, taN uu writ~, wills. d"r!-. etc .
.lbj Ojl -. tax on collateral Iuhor.tunrr-
sl.l24.iOG ~. TIA" r"N"uu" from llr".s..
was : .}G2 So ~ divided ~ follows
Mercantile. Sj~2 ij3 IS wholesale liJupr.
S422 ,2lG ~; brewers. :l22 - Ol hptt.rr~.
sll7 .4H2 80; billiard. sil 2S~ 0i; brokers,
-2g.2l9 T.: au";loue"r-, slj.92j o.; I'rii"r~,
Il "Ol -: theatre. circus. ETC.. SlG. sos; eating
hOU-e. .l2,S-2 -. the bonus on charters
amounted To- -2ii.0a0 % and fees from pub
iic officers IA lj9 -. one item of :lN! -
il conscience money
A summary 90 ih" pawn 'uts lpr the wear s.
interesting ~ showing whrr" a." millions 90.
Last year th" "NprH-'- oi the state govern
mnnt were -. lg9. jj5 81. which in hIl", all
the departments and th" various boards. to-
cethcr with the Legislature. But the cNpou- q
Ui the government ui tu" commonwealth rep
resrnt- less than oun-SiNth of IA" total cN-
pendltur"s. II 6or~ No.; include th" half mill
lion dollars a year to public schools or the
vast sums paid for TIC mHiutcuau'r uf char
itahle and rrioruHtory institutions, hospitals
| aud u~yiuW-. IN" state tIN uu personal
properly refunded to counties amounted to
s30Ols $40 80 The national guard item last
year was sIad .G2j ~. which, ,ot course. .inrlGi-
ed sllilIs 80 under "a special appropriation
! for rc-cuuppins the soldiers of the state
There j. also charged H. the national guard
! column r737 - pad under special acts o' as
semhly 10 members ui the guard who were
| disabled at Homestead aud ia other service
| for the State. lh" expense Of ~upprr--iug
| the Homestead riots Wa +Gi,9Sj ~ and II
| cost ss2,Gj7 iG for voting booths and
/ commitments Tor the various counties. An
| item of SGl.jjj ~ i set down for the inspec-
/ ton and supervision oi roul mines.
IL IL not a dit"Ilt matter 70 discover where
| the money goes. the report pr,'-rnting every
/ item IL the most simple manner. II shows
| among other payments Fl7,Jll 10 for con-
/ 81 900 for postage stamps for III" house aud
| 80, 800 for the senate; s2lj.2 - for public
! printing and binding; ~ 0ll ~ for printing
| aud disIrit uting the "L"gislHiive Record
| sisl,2i- 0Gipr the iudIriary : 10, 1913 refunded
| 90 j. VI. Forster late insurance commissioner.
| fees collected for his own use aud pad into
| the state treasury. Before the ground was
| broken or n stone was land for the new library
and department building ll.9O7 If was
spent. OF this amount the architect John i.
! Windrin. received sll ,2GG 20 for professional
| services uai the balance went for advertising
| and tho expenses Of the board Of public
| buildings aud grounds IN visiting and
examining plans and arrangements OF libra.
fles.
The present state debt II ~, ,2SS .06l %.
! There II also Il statement showing that tho
| commonwealth holds stock in corporations
| worth on the face of the shares Si07 Ash G2.
! Another statement gives the cost of adyer-
| uslng the mercantile list Tor 1893 on the
! basis Of 10 per cent Of the amount Of license
| received the year previous. The total emount
! paid for this advertising was $4,000 %.