Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-12
CRIMINAL EXPENSES.
PROPORTION OF EACH COUNTY
AMI CITY AND ASSESSED TAXES.
RICHMOND SHOWS UP VERY WE'LL.
SEVERAL Counties Get More Th"n
They Pay Into the state treasury
rtcnr.s n: 10 Assessments and
Expepses-In-erestin Comparison.

II ,s Of special interest to people
throughout Virginia to know that inc
criminal EXPENSES OF all the counties ana
cities throughout the State are not as
heavy as It would appear that some OF
them are. when they are compared WIN
the total sum to be derived by the STATE
from the assessment Of property, ooth
real and personal Very few, II any, OF
the counties or cities, make any better
showing in this respect than the county
of Henrico and the city Of Richmond III
fact. some of the counties call upon the
State for a larger amount In crimlhai
EXPENSES than they are really assessed on
personal property and real estate ior
State taxes.
A number Of counties are charged upon
the books of the Auditor Of Public &C
counts with a greater sum for crliniilai
expenses than the sum they pay IN III
taxes for real and personal property IL
was impossible for a Dispatch man 10
learn at the Auditors office yesterday
exactly the amounts each county ana CITY
paid last year in real and personal pro-
perty taxes. but the report of Colonel
Marye for the fiscal year ending Septem-
Der 30, 1896, makes a most remarkable
showing i'm some respects.
The annual report Of this Official 1or
that year, however shows that the city
of Richmond during that year was as
sessed In realty and personally taxes
1851. 7S2. 50. and that II only spent Si,S5OSl
in criminal expenses. The former figures
do not embrace the sums received by the
State from this city in license taxes,
which makes a pretty fair-szed aggre-
gate. The State last year received IN
license-taxes. throughout Virginia, 1884,
$3.50. and Richmond paid in its part OF H.
FIGURES FROM COUNTIES.
In this connection it will be interesting
to note some Of the prominent figures
observed in Auditor Marye's report.
Buchanan county expended last year
S5.SO8.57 in criminal expenses, while the
largest sum to have been collected from
realty and personally taxes was only
6.sSs.S2 The county Of Carroll expends
in the same way little over half Of the
total amount Of taxes assessed. In Dick
enson county $51796f was expended in
criminal expenses last year, and only
50 957.34 is the sum Of the assessed taxes.
Greenesville's criminal expenses were
about half Of the assessed taxes, and
Grayson and MiddleseE filled about the
same position.
The county of Norfolk could only have
paid in $41 ,SOO95 in taxes last year, but
she spent Sl1, 6OS.07 criminally, while Hen
rico could have returned in taxes $66,l29OS,
and spent only SS,OS3.7S in criminal ex-
penses. Patrick county called upon the
state for S7,451.36 while her personal pro-
perry and real estate were only taxed
Sc 967.91. Scott county came pretty nearly
spending all she paid in. and Wise did
similarly.
COUNTIES AND CITIES.
Below the Dispatch gives figures from
the annual report of the Auditor Of Pub
lie Accounts for the fiscal year ending
September &c. 1856, showing the sums each
county and city expended I'm criminal ex-
penses and should have paid in in taxes
on realty and personal property: