The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-17
The Supervisors Have Fixed
the Rate at Sl.40
HOW REDUCTION WAS MADE
The First Estimates Cut Down Eighty
Thousand Dollars
Fewer Improvements Will Be Made, and the
Sinking Fund viii Be Forty Thou
sand Dollars Less

The state and county tax rate has been
fixed at $40 The road tax on outside
property is 80 cents, besides the tax to
pay the interest and bonds of the vari Gus
school districts, ranging from five cents
to 50. 80, with special tax levy in ten
districts for school purposes ranging from
10 to 30 cents, and high SC hool tax for
the five outside high schools varying
from 10 cents in Pasadena to Al cents in
Monrovla city.
The supervisors finally revised the L es
Inmates yesterday cutting off $4,000 in
cluded III the first estimates, and there
by reducing the rate from Sl50 to $1.40.
OF this $50, 600 reduction $4,000 was for
new elevator for the courthouse. $4,000 for
@ protection district to take care of the
storm water at Rubio canyon, SD, 900 for a
new ward at the county nospital. and
$l2, 600 from the current expense fund.
Then $40 900 was cut off from the sink
ing fund, bringing the total up to $780,
900. The final figures were turned over
to County Auditor Bicknell between 1
and o'clock, and the auditor, Deputy
Wilard,and other assistants at once went
to work making out the details, conclud-
ing their labors about 80 O'Clock, when
the report was suSmittedd to the board
and adopted. The following Is a synop-
sis of the auditors statement:
Current expense fund-Estimated en-
penditures, $3.50, $780, primary election.
$13, 900; new system maps, $iJ. COG; total,
$2SS, $50. Deduct estimated receipts and
balance July J, 1895, Sll5, 395; to levy for
$l72, 935.
Salary fund-Estimat expenditures,
cd taA Mt
balance July /, 1893, S74,4l5; to levy for
$37 S15.
Hospital fund-Estimated expend-
lures, $s6, 100; improvements at hospital,
$4,000; improvements at farm. $4,000; to-
tai, S96, 100. Deduct estimated receipts
and balance July |. 1895, SAC, $50; to levy
for $40, $40.
General school fund-Six dollars per
capita on 81. 245 census children, as per
communication from superjnten dent of
schools, $205, 40.
Interest and shaking funds-Interest
coupons maturing, sal, 5S5; bonds ina
turing, $50, 500. Proportion of shortage
from previous levies to be paid this year,
S14, Ill; to levy for Sill, 595.
spitulation-Current expense fund.
fund, $40, SO; school fund, S205, 40; in
terest and sinking fund, Sill, 595; total,
$577. 645.
Total assessed valuation OF county, in
Guiding railroads, SS4, 797, 1876.
By making deduction of about per
cent for anticipated delinquencies, the
rates necessary to produce the above
amounts will be as follows:
Current expense fund, .2l62 salary fund,
.0473; hospital fund, .0623; school fund,
.25; interest and sinking 1889 fund. .005;
interest and sinking 1884 fund. .02S2; in
teres. and sinking 1885 fund, .04S1; inter
est and sinking 1897 fund. .U2l5; interest
and sinking 1880 fund. .0364; county rate,
.7150; state rate, .6S5; total state and
county rate, lao; road tax, 30.
TO raise money to pay interest and ma
turing school oonds taxes are levied in
the various school districts ranging from
5 cents to $3.50. with special taxes in ten
districts for school purposes ranging from
10 to SO cents. There are also five high
schools ouside of Los Angeles, the Citrus
Union at Azusa, at Long Beach, Mon
rovia. Pasadena and Santa Monica, and
for their support special tax is also levied
in the respective districts ranging from
II Is cents in Pasadena to A cents in
MonroVia CITY.