Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-07-26
TREASURER 5 REPORT.
Semi-Annual Report Of State Treas
urer Driscoll is Filled With Gov
ernor Fancher. Il
States Finances for the Period Of Six
Months, from December to July
s.53 Of this Year.

Months, from December to July
=:#! Of this Year.
Items Of the Receipts and Disburse-
ments Of the State Treasurer for
81 the Semi Annual Period.
The semi-annual statement of State
Treasurer D. w. Driscpll has been filed
with the governor, showing the re-
sceipts and disbursements Of the state
streasurer's Office for the term ending
July l., 1900. The statement shows
total balance in the various funds jan
.uary 1 Of. SS2O9, 1888. 10, of which s59,-
9060. 10 was in the general funds. The
total receipts from all sources in the
six months period was $7O3, ,147 81 and
the total disbursements for the same
period $736, 6,610.73, leaving "a balance
on hand July /, 1900, Of $176, ,426. OF
this amount $40, ,2S9 SO was in the gen
eral fund The miscellaneous receipts
from various sources Of revenue, in
Guiding fees of state officers and SINH
lar sources was S139, $50. .76. OF this
amount there were So, ,42O fees received
from the Office of the secretary Of state
Incorporation, brand, notary and other
fees. The fees received from the
Office of the commissioner Of insurance
were $7,703. so. Taxes charged against
the insurance companies and collected
during the six months gave total of
$50, $40 .25. Interest on the public
funds added $2,11O.90 to the total re-
ceipts. Convict labor at the state
penitentiary TURNED in 81 2655 to the re-
ceipts. This was from the sale of
brick and other products of labor of
the state penitentiary. The 20 per
cent of the fees paid in the state for
hunting permits brought $371 10 The
sale Of certincates for the operating
fund Of the state twine and cordage
plant brought SIG, ,6S5 % to be devoted
to the purpose for which it was author
lied by the state.
The total receipts to the general fund
from taxes, paid in by the counties,
was $$341 ,O6S. .9s. Of this amount
the largest single amount was paid by
Cass county, So, ,233 10. Grand Forks
comes second with s2S, ,491 %. Rich
land is third with 23,66O. % and
Trail fourth with SIC, ,694. So. The
smallest amount paid was by Mercer
county, 1921. 95. The total receipts
I to the bond interest fund were ST.
S77.7O and to the special fund for the
payment of wolf bounty tax s17,-,
O55. 81.
The state tuition fund, distributed
for the benefit of the schools of the
state, received So 1896 40 from fines
through the state. The largest single
sum comes from sargent county where
from 81 ,2O7 in fines is covered into the
fund. Wells county is second with
$3.50.
From the interest and income fund,
turned into the state tuition fund from
interest paid on state school funds,
| land contracts, etc., the total receipts
are sos, GAG "a. Cass county pays
over $2O, 900 of this sum, Grand Forks
$11 700, 1Richland $4,000, Trail $14 900
and Walsh $1,000. The interest on
bonds held by the permanent school;
funds of the state aggregates $2l, ,O69. II
and the interest on mortgages $4,-
456. 90 The total receipts from in:
lstallments ON farm loans, made on ag-
Iricultural lands through the state from
the permanent school fund were sS,417:
land the redemp ion Of bonds aggre
gated about sc, 900. The sale of gov
ernment lands in the state. of which
| by a recent law the state receives five
per cent, brought in s3.219. so.
Some of the items OF disbursement
are interesting The state paid out
during the six months 500 for the
Iconviction of horse thieves, by the law
authorizing the payment of this amount
Las a reward for the capture Of a horse
thief;; $50 was paid for tiags for public
buildings; sl,026 80 was paid for the
return Of fugitives from Justice; $3.50
was paid for the promotion Of immi-
grafton; 81, ,464 as was paid for the
care Of refractory boys at the South
Dakota reform school; 5000 was paid
for the burial of old soldiers and sail
ors:: Sss ,sso3 $50 was paid out for starch
bounty, 81. 70l, II was paid to the VOL
nnteer firemen Of the state as their 2
per cent of the tax paid by insurance
companies; transp sportation Of conyicts
Ito the penitentiary cost sss27s 81 and
of patients TO the hospital for The IN
sane. cost s5. A. 3t;; S5,s ia 90 was paid