Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Moines. Sept. %. 1901.


ments of the many that are to be in.
cluded. in the liennfal report of the
state auditor is that showing the tax
collections during the years 1899 and
1900, as compiled from the reports Of
the county auditors and the auditors
of special charter cities. The total
collections for 1899 were $40, 1885,.
1880. The collections include all
corporate taxes derived from the gem
eral and special levies. A portion Of
the increase of 1860 over the preced-,
ing year Is due to the additional lew
of one-tenth of mill for the agricuL
tural college.
-
Captain f.. Il. Soper of Emmets-
ourg, head of the Shiloh monument
commission I, snaak;na ~ n. nIan.
of the comr,iss;nn s.il. .As 800.
ters now stand we ,re WAITING To-
the national commiss;on 70 an5roys,
the design selected for the state mon.
national con,miss;o, has az das;a,s
directly in charge the annrovaI ~ IL
being left to him by the national COM
mission. Some slight changes will
have to be made in the inscriptions
for the regimental monuments. The
design for these has been approved
by the national commission. The
reason for the changes is that it is
found necessary to shorten some of
them to make them correspond with
the size of the space reserved for the
bronze tablets. This matter is in,
process of adjustment.
Il would like very much to get the
approval of the plan for the state
monument from the national commits
sion and the secretary of war, so we
could go ahead and let the contract
for putting up the monuments. j do
not expect there will be much further
delay. When the plans are approved.
think immediate steps for the let
ting of the contract will be taken.'
would be completed next summer,
iaptain Soper said he hoped so, but
much would depend ON the time or
ietting the contracts.
Inc great volume OF business done
by the board of control is shown by
the report of the expert accountants
to the executive council. which was
recently filed with Secretary A. H.
Dawson and which has been made
public, though it has not formally
been taken up by the council The
report covers the three years begin
ming July /. 1898. when the board Of
control law went into effect, to July
I, 1901. Tie total receipts for all the
institutions in the three years in gem
eral support funds were $1,000, 697.97
and in special appropriations were
81 zoo, 1888, making a total of $4,276,-
243.SO. The total disbursements were
S3,5S1 .s@0.09, of which $2.997, 072.51 was
III general support funds and special
appropriations, July ], 1901, was S694.-
423.I. The report of the experts. L.
IL. skinner and w. II. Hedges, Is
splendid tribute to the efficiency or
the BOARD
four years ago a deal was made
oy Which the city OF Des MONIES got
building grounds on the river front
ior Guy horary site, ana the state
got Pia' OF gro"hu iaeihg the stare
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