The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
1896 AS GRAPARED WITH
1895.
RECEIPTS FELL OFF SOME,
BUT THE SALARIES, COST OF RUN
MING THE kECITY HALL, AND
OTHER ITEAlS
GREATER THAN FORMER YEAR.
Some of the Nb0re striking Items I'm
the List-ROod for the Tax
payers 2rA

The annual report Of the auditor Of
Ramsey county for the year ending
Dec. 81, 1896, was given in detail to the
public yesterday.
The comparative statements of receipts
and disbursements for 1895 and 1896 show that
the receipts for 1895 were s., 1884, 74167, as
against g. 256, 821.2s for 1895, a decrease Of
S272,079.62 in the. receipts. The disbursements
for 1886 amounted to $2,99S, 1928, as against
So, PSI, 953.42 in 1895.
Under the head receipts from the collec-
ton of taxes and redemptionS during the year
1t Is shown that 81, SS4, 10 was received, as
against S., 0S5, 80 for the year 1895.
The receipts from interest on bank deposits
amounted to Sc, 244.27 in 1885, which is ST. lbs So
less than received in 1895.
The sum of. $500 IWas received for liquor
licenses in the past year, while in 1895 twice
that sum was paid in.
The salaries paid county officers in 1896
amounted to $74,413.90 or $2,476. &C. more than
was paid from the same fund in 1895.
The expenses Of the joint court house and
city hall commissions OF the county's one
half were $19.S90.7S in 1896. which was So, 76s
more than expended in 1885,
The printing and advertising expenses in
1895 footed up $10534.78, as against So, 052. Is
in 1895, and the amOult expended for station
cry was S2625 less in 1895 than the preceding
year. ., s,r, a-
county was paid ST, GSS64 in 1896. which
amount was $5,110 less than the same officer
received in 1895. ~; Ct
ing and lighting Of the building. for 1896
were 81, 663.3O, a triale over hundred dollars
more than in the previous year. .,:a
The district court miscellaneous expenses
for 1896 figured up $12S65. So, the bulk of this
going to the clerk of the courts, Rogers The
members of the city reiective department were
fuglt1ves from justice. One of the detectives
Went TO Florida after a saloUnkeeper who
victimized number Of wholesale merchants
The detective received from the county $212.15
Another sleuth secured a witness from
indianapolis, who, owing to some misunder-
standing skipped out before the case was
heard. This, however did not prevent the
county paying the officer $195.9O for his time
and trouble in making the trip. The total
Of the expenditures under the head of dis
than in 1895. .fe .. --..--'--..- ~
Fees paid to attorneys appointed by the
court to defend prisoners who had neither
money nor counsel aggregated $500. slight
Either there were more jury cases during
1895 than in the previous year or else the
1ur1es held out longer and secured more pay,
for $40, IS was handed out to Jurors which
was about So, 900 more than distributed in 1896
The expenses in connection with insanity
cases in the probate court for 1896 amounted
to $4,262.75, of witch amount over 81, 500 was
paid the sheriff as fees for taking the pa
tients to the aSylums. The balance went to
physicians examination fees.
Under the head of miscellaneous county ex-
penses, $17,959. II was expended in 1896 as
against $7,0S3.S4 in the preceding year. The
fund is explained by the new assessment
made last year. Of the total amount the
county surveyor was paid as fees for mis-
cellaneous services rendered the county over
81, 600.
From the road and bridge fund $25979. O6 was
dls6ursed in 1896 as against $50. AZ in 1895.
Two-thirds Of the. expenses OF the aims
house, rity hospital and fund for the poor ia
borne by the county, ana one third by the
city. Last year the county expended $4S, Ia
021 as against SIS, 167 Is for 1895 -.
The amount paid from the bond and inter-
est fund last year was $39, S37.4O.