Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-18

by Section SOL Of the R. s., provides for the
taking of the State census every ten years.
To carry out the provisions of this act, and
Tor printing the census report $9S,354.74
was expended by the State.
Chapter POP Of the laws of 1895 abolished
the custom Of transferring to the Treasurer
or the Board OF Control Of the charitable
and penal institutions, the money estimated
to be expended In the succeeding month for
the maintenance of the several Institutions
and accordingly S49. 252.71, which was trans
ferred in April for that purpose, was refund
ed to the general fund. Under this law
the receipts of the several institutions were
also paid into the State Treasury, to the
amount of STA. 1851, which. prior to the
enactment of this law. were not accounted
for in the receipts and disbursements In the
reports of the Secretary of State and state
Treasurer This explanation would show
credit to the State Board Of Control. In
their expenditures, of $163. S59.52.
The increase for the maintenance OF the
chronic insane in the county asylums is who'll
therein, and the provisions of chapter 233 OF
the laws of 1881. providing that the State
shall pay each county $3.50 per week for
each patient SO cared for, accounts for the
increase in this item.
While it Is true that in some departments
OF the State government there Is an lncreas-
ed expenditure for clerk hire. it Is also true
that, leaving out the items mentioned here
In, the actual expenses for running the
State Government were $14, S95.47 less than
for the preceding biennial term. This may
there were decreased expenditures in mat
tiers other than clerk hire.
During the past year the Orange Judd Com
pany made compilation from the official re-
ports Of the several States of the Union,
showing an Increase in State extravaganza,
making comparison between the years
1860 and 1895. This table was compiled
with the assistance of the governors, treas
urers and auditors Of the various States, and
shows the expenditures in 1860. the assessed
valuation, the population the expense per
capita, and the expense per one thousand
dollars Of taxable property, and also the
same for the year 1895.
From the very interesting table compiled
1t concluded that Wisconsin is the only State
in the list which has not shown an increase.
The report closes with the following lam
guage:
eve thus find that the expense per capita
Of State administrations costs to-day sew
eral times more than it did in 1860 In
Maine the increase per capita is It's per
cent, In Vermont PIG per cent, in Massa-
chuSettS 215 per cent, in Connecticut 52S
per cent, in New Jersey 800 per cent. In
Michigan 50 per cent, and in Iowa II per
cent, while in Minnesota the expenses per
capita Of population are now 1874 per cent.
greater. Wisconsin has the proud distinc-
ton of showing a light decrease per capita,
in expenses, and in Illinois the increase is
only 10 per cent"
From the table given the expenses per
capita in Wisconsin in 1860 were 2.21, and
in 1895 2.13. In 1860 the expense per one
thousand dollars of assessable property was
9.2O, and in 1895 6.9S, being the only State
in the entire list showing a decrease.